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Black-ish Wraps Up its Eight Season Run with Beautiful, Poignant Finale
‘We did want to spend 13 episodes with this family and celebrate a lot of joy and a lot of love,’ said showrunner Courtney Lilly.
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Insecure Intermissions: Goodbyes Are Said, Snacks Are Eaten, and All the Feelings Come Out, Okay?!
Tiffany and Derek say their final goodbyes to their crew, Ahmal finds a potential new boo and Dro mysteriously pops back up too!
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The Only Takeaway From The ‘Insecure’ Finale Is That Lawrence Is No Catch
This piece was originally published on November 30th, 2016 on The Frisky. The sight of black men cheering for Lawrence during Sunday night’s Insecure season finale gave me heart palpitations. Men gathered around the TV to howl like it was a NBA Championship game when Lawrence (Jay Ellis) had revenge sex with bank teller Tasha…
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4 Reasons Why Greenleaf Is the Show the Black Church Needs
Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers. Having worked in a black church for over 10 years, I think I can say without concern of successful contradiction that church folks can be petty. From disagreements over who will sing lead in the mass-choir musical to bickering about what color the toothpicks will be at the…
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The Night Of Illuminates Issues of Class and the Justice System
Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers. It can happen to you. That’s the chilling premise behind HBO’s latest edge-of-your-seat limited series The Night Of, which wraps up this Sunday. Based on the BBC series Criminal Justice, the show is a dark, deliberate exploration of what it’s like to unwittingly end up the suspect in a…
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I Deserve More of Momma Dee’s Music, and I’m Not Kidding
Although the nucleus of Love & Hip Hop is supposed to be the dramas involved with the music industry and those who date within in it, each franchise largely shifts its focus toward the latter. Still, in the midst of all the madness that’s happening, there is music made that eventually floats into space. When…