pop culture
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McDonald's To Test All-Day Breakfast; Rest Of World Says "What Took You So F**king Long?"
There are only five reasons to willingly walk into a McDonald’s after 10:30am. 1. You really have to shit. Like, really, really, really, really have to shit, and there are no other indoor toilets within walking distance 2. You need food, and there’s nothing else — not Wendy’s, not a 7-11 , not even a…
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Who Are Your Writer Crushes?
Writer Crush: A person whose words you enjoy reading so much that you start to like them. It’s not necessary a romantic/sexual thing — you’re not infatuated and you won’t be private messaging them haikus or anything — but you developed an affinity without ever actually meeting them. And, if you happened to see them…
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Why I Want T-Pain To Sing At My Wedding
Not to brag about my life, but Wednesday night, I was in the same room eating chicken with T-Pain. I was invited to a listening session for his new Gangsta Grillz mixtape, The Iron Way, which will be released on Friday. This almost made up for the fact that I never got a chance to…
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A Letter To The People Who Share News On The Deaths Of Celebs Who Already Died Years Ago
Stop doing this. Seriously. Please stop doing this. And by “please stop doing this” I mean “don’t ever fucking do this again.” And by “don’t ever fucking do this again” I mean “I hate you.” (Actually, I don’t really hate you. I don’t want to hate anyone. I love myself. But, if that’s what it takes…
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Cheekie Does SXSW: Part 3
Thursday, March 19th I woke up to do headshots with my bestie, Lauren (of Lauren Michelle Photography), which I had never done before. Right after that, she dropped me off at the Austin Convention Center for more SXSW festivities. At this point, all of the film panels were done (though, I believe there were some…
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Someone Please Tell Deadline.com That White Folks Gonna Be Alright
Yesterday, Deadline.com published Nellie Andreeva’s “Pilots 2015: The Year Of Ethnic Castings – About Time Or Too Much Of Good Thing?” — a piece with so many layers of wrong that calling it a wrong lasagna (ht to Kara Brown) doesn’t quite do it justice. It was a wrong lasagna dipped in wrong Progresso Italian bread crumbs,…
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Love & Hip Hop NY Ep. 514 Recap: ”Beasting Beyond Beastability”
I’ve decided to ride out this points system til the end of this NY run. As always, the points are absolutely arbitrary and almost exclusively beholden to my chicken levels at any point in time. Without further ado, let’s get to it. · Peter Gunz solicits Erica’s help to pick a ring. No points, but…
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Dear Black People: Can Someone Please Tell Me What The "Gay Agenda" Is?
The first season of Empire concluded Wednesday night. Which means I went the entire season of Empire without watching one minute of Empire. There’s really no specific reason why. I’m not boycotting Wet Wipes Howard and it’s not like my Wednesdays are so busy that I couldn’t watch if I wanted to. It just belongs to…