culture
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I Can’t Have an Orgasm; What’s Wrong With Me?
I’m 34 years old and I’ve never had an orgasm. I’m a healthy woman. I enjoy intimate relations. What’s wrong with me? —Diane W. There is probably nothing wrong with you! Having an orgasm is not as easy as one might think. One in 10 women have never had an orgasm through sexual intercourse, manual…
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Deposition Reveals Bobbi Kristina’s Alleged Drug Use During Final Days
A deposition taken this fall in a civil lawsuit filed against Bobbi Kristina Brown reveals troubling new details about her alleged drug use during her final days, according to the Washington Post. Danyela D. Bradley, who lived with the 21-year-old at her Atlanta townhouse, said in a Sept. 24, 2015, deposition that she believed Bobbi…
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More Than 100,000 Sign Petition to Remove Raven-Symoné From The View
In the latest update about Raven-Symoné, an online petition is calling for her removal from The View after she intimated last week that a high school student in Columbia, S.C., could have avoided being violently attacked by a school resource officer if she had simply gotten off her phone. “You are in school, get…
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Watch: Spike Lee, Grand Marshal of NYC Marathon, Makes Short Film About the City
Filmmaker Spike Lee has long been known for his love of New York City. So it was fitting that he became the first New Yorker to serve as grand marshal of Sunday’s New York City Marathon, according to CBS New York. “He was blown away by the fact that we asked him to do it,…
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Mini Pope at the White House and Other Kid Halloween Costumes That Were Everything
From the mini pope at the White House to President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, some kids’ Halloween costumes this year were downright cute and creative, knocking the traditional Cinderella and Batman getups straight out of the box. Here are a few costumes from around the Internet that will give you a chuckle,…
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The Nappyheaded Black Male Revolution Is On
Named after Rakim from Eric B. & Rakim, the Rakim cut was a box with a part going from the front of the head to the back. It was a very popular hairstyle in 1989, a fact I remember quite vividly because I had one, too. By sixth grade, I’d cut the Rakim off and just had…
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Finding Your Roots Curriculum Receives $659,000 in Grants; PBS Series Returns in Jan.
A new curriculum based on Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s popular PBS documentary series, Finding Your Roots, received two grants this week: one for $355,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to create Genetics and Genealogy Summer Camps for Middle School-Aged Youth; and one for $304,000 from the National Science Foundation to establish a college program,…
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10 Classic Black Horror Movies to Get You in the Halloween Spirit
The trope of the black character dying—often first and sometimes even before the opening credits of a horror movie—is so well-known that discussing (and parodying) this trope has become a trope. There is, however, a long history of horror movies featuring black characters as villains and vampires that not only live until the end (or…
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Robert Cray: 40 Years of the Blues
Bluesman Robert Cray explains his eclectic 40-year career—and his band’s ability to effortlessly straddle traditional blues, rock and R&B—this way: “We get excited about music still. You never know what might pop up when someone is writing something new.” The five-time Grammy Award winner, and member of the Blues Hall of Fame, has reached a…
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Black Students Don’t Study Abroad, but a New Initiative Hopes to Change That
Be it socioeconomics, lack of general opportunities and resources, or just plain fear of the unknown, when it comes to students of color studying abroad, it just doesn’t happen. A 2014 report by the Institute of International Education shows that 9 percent of U.S. undergraduates study abroad. Of that 9 percent, 75 percent are white,…