culture
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What Sugar Babies Can Teach Women About the Value of the Emotional Work They Put Into a Relationship
Earlier this week, the New York Post ran one of those “news” stories that come either on slow-news days or shortly after big-news tragedies that have left folks emotionally spent. Sometimes you need some “fluff” as a distraction. Enter the story of Nina Peterson, a 37-year-old, self-described “sugar baby”— i.e., a woman who dates wealthy…
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Racism in Asian Countries and Fear of the Black Male
“Now the Chinese are talking s—t about us, too?” My friend Keba semiwhispered, wide-eyed, leaning into her MacBook Pro. We were sitting side by side in the café, and she had just complained about how much time Facebook was sucking. “What happened?” I asked without turning away from my screen, brow wrinkled, frustrated from my…
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Apollo Spring Gala Honors Prince With Star on Walk of Fame
The legendary Apollo Theater recently celebrated its rich legacy of showcasing the best in black music. Now in its 11th year, the Apollo Spring Gala is an unforgettable night that celebrates the theater with a spectacular one-night-only concert followed by a star-studded party with dinner, music and dancing. Proceeds from the event support the theater’s…
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How 1 NYC Man Is Helping People Create Their Dream Families for Free
Going about having a baby the traditional route isn’t an option for everyone. Whether you’re a single woman, single man, in a gay relationship or a hetero couple with fertility issues, sometimes the only option is a visit to a cryobank to buy some sperm. But guess what? Sperm ain’t cheap. And it’s not covered…
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Racist Seeking Racist: How the Internet Helped Create Dylann Roof
Before accused South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof one year ago walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where parishioners welcomed him into their Bible study, he was “locked in his room looking up bad stuff on his computer,” Paige Mann, Roof’s former stepmother, told Time. “Something on the computer drew him in—this internet evil.” Roof…
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We Are Charleston: The Mother Emanuel Church Shooting a Year Later
Forgiveness. It was the main thing that stuck out, and one of the few things outsiders didn’t understand about Charleston, S.C., last year. How could so many who’d lost so much forgive then-21-year-old Dylann Roof after he allegedly shot and killed nine African-American worshippers during Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church? Only five people survived…
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All You Need to Know to Get Ready to Binge-Watch the New Season of Orange Is the New Black
Finally, it’s time to get back to the ladies of Litchfield as Orange Is the New Black returns for a fourth season. It officially returns early Friday morning, but Netflix has been known to surprise by dropping episodes early. The last time we saw the inmates, a mixup enabled them to get free and frolic…
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Watch: Music Innovators King Dish Out Food for Thought
The group King stands tall among this generation’s wave of black musical innovators. “[Black music] is something that we provide to the whole world; it’s something that so much of our culture was founded on,” says Paris Strother, King’s pianist and producer. The trio first emerged in 2011 with their independently released EP, The Story.…
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Jackee Harry and Anita Baker Are Great on Twitter, but Tina Knowles Lawson Is Killing the ’Gram
Older black women are, by and large, my happy place. They often prove themselves to be incredibly honest, wonderfully hilarious and the very best of blackness. I have had an affinity for the group I describe as “black aunties” since I was a child who obsessed over his literal black aunties. However, it is often…