pop culture
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An Interview With Independent Black Filmmaker Alton Glass
A few weeks back, I wrote a post entitled, “Dear Netflix, You Are A Liar”. In this post, I spoke about the Black movies that Netflix was alleging were popular that I found hard to believe. Now, as a cultural arbiter of Blackness, Black movies are my bag, baby, but still, lies are lies. Well,…
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Anthony Hamilton and the Blackest, Most Soulful, Most Beautiful Rendition of "Hotline Bling" Ever
Ever since Drake released “Hotline Bling,” we have been inundated with remake after remake. Some of them have been awesome, some of them have been interesting, one of them has even been anointed. But a couple of weeks ago I came across a “Hotline Bling” remake that deserves its own distinction as the blackest version…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 11 Recap
Well it’s another day, another dollar, back up in the heezy baby. And our favorite nincompoops out in Hollywood are up to their usual shenaniganery. So let’s get down to business, bitches. On this last episode of Love & Hip Hop Hollywood, there really are only like two things I can remember, which is sad…
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Empire Is Getting That Pepsi Money. Smart. Very Smart.
For all of its faults – sometimes I feel like the writers behind Empire don’t actually realize that the people watching are old enough to know non-sense when we see it – I do happen to think that Empire is one of the “smartest” shows on television for what they are doing for a few…
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A Case For Why Serena Williams Should Be The Next Marvel Superhero
As a kid, I was never really into comics. I watched the occasional Saturday morning cartoons, but beyond that the unique arcs and storylines of the Marvel and DC universes is something that I’ve only come to understand more of in recent years. Usually while a male paramour is rabidly trying to explain the schism…
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To My Dearest Bennett College Belles
Over the past week, some simmering tensions have reached a fever pitch, ignited by an article written by an alumna of Bennett College, Aziza Jackson, calling for the end of the brother-sister relationship between Morehouse College and Bennett College because Morehouse sucks. While Ms. Jackson takes out most of her frustrations on her fellow “brothers”…
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Cuffing While Celibate: Narrowing The Starting Lineup
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”. Join us for the ride and check out episodes from the first season along the way, like this one! Watch as Jenna, Kelly, and Tara struggle with love…
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Spike Lee Releases Song "WGDB" from Chi-Raq Soundtrack. Misses Point. Offends People.
Oh, Spike. Everybody is currently aware that in a few weeks, Spike Lee’s latest foray into Black hypertension, “Chi-Raq” will be released. The trailer hit the Internet with a bang and had the e-streets and the real streets talking. Some folks are already offended by the movie because of the implied depiction of Chicago. Others…
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Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Season 2: Episode 10 Recap
Last week I took a bit of a flyer on the recap by “talking” to Shanda about why she wanted so badly to get back on that pole. Luckily, this week, we got to SEE her on that pole – as God intended, apparently – though we only got the PG version considering, ya know,…