culture
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Watch: Protesters Speak Out on Freddie Gray: ‘I Miss Him So Much’
“All I have to say is, black lives matter,” said young Briana Briscoe in a video of protests that erupted on Saturday, April 25, in response to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who died under suspicious circumstances from injuries he sustained while in police custody. In the video, Briana described Gray…
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5 Awkward Realities Millennials Face
Being 20-something today means getting through a phase of awkwardness our parents didn’t have to face. Whether it’s technology or general societal shifts, we’re constantly navigating the phase of life when we’re too young for a midlife crisis, yet too old for a Keg Stand. Though unique to our generation, millennial growing pains, like the ones listed below, are all too real;…
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Mom’s House or Flophouse? Where to Live After College
The thing I, as a shorty, looked forward to the most about transitioning from jailbait-hood to manhood was the right to move out of my parents’ house and “be grown” somewhere, anywhere, on my own. “Give [me] free!” my autonomy-hungry heart cried out as I signed the lease to my first apartment two days after…
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How Not to Go Broke
“Adulting” in this cold, crazy world as a newly graduated grown-up is hard. Seriously. It may be the first time you’re contending with bills and scheduling payments, making sure you have your finances in order and enough money to put on your bus pass (or put gas in the car), and eating enough so that…
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Yes, Social Media Can Cost You Your Job
It’s amazing how much trouble you can get into with just 140 characters. Just ask the Texas teen who goes by the Twitter handle @Cellla. Back in February, the teenager was supposed to start her new job at Jet’s Pizza in Mansfield, Texas, when she sent out a tweet the day before that read, “Ew,…
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Dear 20-Somethings, Stop Chasing Perfection!
Work-life balance? What’s that in your 20s? I didn’t think I needed it. I didn’t even consider it. Not when I was willing to ditch the States to “make it or break it” overseas. Emphasis on “break it.” In June 2011 I sold “Tima,” my beloved 2001 Nissan Altima, shipped most of my belongings home…
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It Gets Better: Jobs 8 Celebrities Worked Before Fame
So you’re stuck in a job you hate, staring at the lights above your cubicle and playing a rousing game of left eye-right eye while you wait to clock out. This is not what you imagined doing in your 20s. After all, if your calculations are correct, you should be preparing to release your second…
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Yes, He Said It: ‘Mayweather Is Better Than Ali’
The conversation started with an email from Associate Editor Stephen Crockett to his colleagues, and the responses that ensued led to an exchange about race and class in America: From: Stephen Crockett To: Lyne Pitts, Danielle Belton, Genetta Adams Is the hate for Floyd so strong that white folks are embracing a Filipino fighter over…
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Scandal Recap: Like Father, Like Daughter
Operation Save Jake JAKE IS ALIVE! Somehow, Russell stabbed Jake 22 times, but missed all his major organs. Nonetheless, Jake is barely hanging on, so B613 agent Charlie calls a Russian doctor to stitch Jake back together in an underground dungeon (because rogue B613 agents don’t qualify for Obamacare). However, the doctor won’t save Jake…
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He Said I ‘Trapped’ Him With a Baby
A guy I’ve been seeing on and off for almost two years recently told me he had a dream that I got pregnant. When telling me this, he used the word “trapped.” Clearly, I was pissed. He doesn’t understand why using that particular word would imply that he thinks lowly or negatively of me. We’re…