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  • The 5 Stages of MacBook Charger Death

    I realized the depths of my technological dependency when I first had the misfortune of watching the vibrancy and life fade from my MacBook Pro charger for the very first time. I wouldn’t wish the experience on my worst enemy or the most fervent Slim Jesus fan. As Rebbie (my charger) gracefully transitioned from this…

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    Alexander Hardy

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  • An Abridged Guide to White People Shit

    Don’t let my Neon Carrot crayon complexion fool you. Both of my parents are Negroes. Mind you, they’re also Neon Carrot Negroes: Pops is Louisiana Creole – a (literal) cotton-picking product of the rural Jim Crow south. Mama was raised around the project housing culture of Detroit in the 1950s and 60s. I was born…

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    Dustin J. Seibert

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  • Ask Agatha: Family Christmas Card Etiquette And Deleting Naked Pics

    David from Rochester, NY asks: Every year we take a family photo for our Christmas card. And by we, I mean, myself, my parents and my siblings and their spouses. My brothers and I think it’s cheesy but it’s important to our mother, so we all show up and say cheese. Except, the family Christmas…

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    Agatha Guilluame

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  • Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2 Reunion Part I Recap

    So I didn’t write a recap for the season finale last week. I actually hoped nobody would notice. I was getting my Empire on. And frankly, I think that anybody who has been watching this long was mostly exasperated by that last episode anyway. Nikki was being messy. Moniece went Hulk Smash. Fizz is selling…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Cuffing While Celibate: Blocking The Box and The Ex

    In conjunction with TVOne in support of the show, Born Again Virgin, we’re taking a look at the idea of cuffing while celibate during this “Cuffing Season”. Find out more about Born Again Virgin here! New episodes of Born Again Virgin premiere December 8 on TVOne! When it’s all said and done, I believe that text…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Why Bernie Sanders Is Blacker Than You

    Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was parlayin’ with Killer Mike, throwing up what could inevitably be mistaken for gang signs, and going to soul food restaurants in The A like it was just a typical day in the ‘hood and shit. Now, if that’s not a White man trying to assimilate into Blackness, I don’t know…

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    Lelita Cannon

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  • Yeah, If You're Still An R. Kelly Fan In 2015 You Just Might Be A Worse Person Than R. Kelly

    I’m not going to say much about R. Kelly because, at this point, on the last day of November in 2015, there’s not much I can say about R. Kelly that hasn’t already been said. And repeated. And reported on. And recounted through anecdote. And even said by me on this very space two years…

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    Damon Young

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  • The Miseducation is Overrated: A Wakeup Call to my Teenage Self

    Sometime last year I went through a gut-wrenching breakup. Not because anybody cheated or invited me to therapy to let me know they were gay in front of 25 cameras and a boom mic or anything. Just a regular ole’ “I think we just broke up and I don’t know how to function without my…

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    Shamira Ibrahim

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  • Cuffing While Celibate: Homie For The Holidays?

    In conjunction with TVOne in support of the show, Born Again Virgin, we’re taking a look at the idea of cuffing while celibate during this “Cuffing Season”. Find out more about Born Again Virgin here! New episodes of Born Again Virgin premiere December 8 on TVOne! You know, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that cuffing…

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    Panama Jackson

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  • Babies Aren't Birth Control. Day Care Is Birth Control.

    There really is no way to prepare for a baby. Not necessarily the baby itself, but the impending change to your life once you become a parent. It’s one of the few instances in life where you may think you know, but you truly have no idea. See, even though they know, show, and care…

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    Panama Jackson

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