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Entertainment, It's Lit

PageTurners: Historic Black Women and the Literary Legacies They've Paved

It has already been a historic year for Black women, and this week we can reflect on the legacies of history-making women who paved the way for our successes today. The long-awaited biography Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells; Cicely Tyson’s, Just as I Am: A Memoir; and…

By

Bella Morais

Published

January 28, 2021
News

Throwing Shade at Throwing Shade: How TV Land’s New Show Leeches Off Black Gay Culture

I imagine that Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi are lovely white people, but that doesn’t make the formal rollout of their new TV Land late-night show Throwing Shade any less grating. And before anyone else mentions it for the umpteenth time: Yes, plenty of us are well aware that these two have been using that…

By

Michael Arceneaux

Published

January 7, 2017
News

President Obama Is Really Leaving, Will Deliver Farewell Address in Chicago

As we move closer to the final days of an actual adult presidency, the reality that we’re letting go of scandal-free years is starting to set in. President Barack Obama didn’t help matters when he announced Monday that he would be delivering his farewell speech in his hometown of Chicago on Jan. 10. “I’m just…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 3, 2017