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Hidden Figures: Meet the Black Female Math Geniuses Who Helped Win the Space Race
Even before the publication of Margot Lee Shetterly’s Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, the rights to the film version of the book—starring Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monáe—had been sold. This comes as no surprise: The story of…
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Why President Obama's Final 4th of July White House BBQ Will Be The Blackest Thing That Ever Happened
It’s been well-established that President Obama discarded the last one of his fucks many moons ago; letting it go the same way Kappas forsake dignity at coed kickball games. We don’t know exactly where he left that last fuck, but my guess would be in a bathroom sink in Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street,…
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Things I’d Like To See (And Not See) From BET’s Prince Tribute
(Some suggestions for next month’s tribute from a concerned fan who really wants to see BET pull this off) No yodeling from Trey Songz How dare you disrespect the legend by letting Trey Songz vocally tap dance on “Purple Rain.” Please exclude him and other fellow yodelers Jussie Smollet, The Dream, and Chris Brown. Put…
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Janelle Monae Just Released The Year's Best Twerk Video, And We Need To Talk About This
Why do we need to talk about this? Because, when Janelle Monae releases the year’s best twerk video, it needs to be discussed. Because Janelle Monae has reached the rarified air alongside “orange juice,” “the first Aunt Viv,” “puppies,” “Saturday,” “the concept of living in a space with multiple trees and shit,” and “twerking” on…