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  • The 6 Best Clapbacks of This Week’s HTGAWM

    Hit them and they’ll hit you back, literally and figuratively. Through pimp slaps, suspensions and black eyes, this was the week of stellar clapbacks, with nearly everyone slinging shade. This episode of How to Get Away With Murder begins with Annalise crying up snot in a jail cell. She is rocking and moaning like she missed…

  • Atlanta Episode 7: "B.A.N." Recap

    “Most people don’t realize their chakras are in another universe.” Does the black community have a problem with the LGBT community, specifically the trans-community and if so is it merely a by-product of oppression fatigue? This question and many others (such as why an Arizona iced tea is ringing up at the register as $1.29…

  • Atlanta Episode 6: "Value" Recap

    Atlanta has thus far been able to paint a lush picture of black life for television, a portrait that includes the various shades of black masculinity and how it can sometimes feel pigeon-holed to certain stock archetypes, essentially robbing black men of their humanity. The show through use of stunning cinematography, stellar scripts and sharp…

  • Atlanta Episode 5: "Nobody Beats The Biebs" Recap

    Atlanta hasn’t been afraid to tackle race in America head-on, specifically how black men are forced to walk the delicate line between being individuals and being a statistic in a country that assumes they have already lost this rigged game. Atlanta doesn’t just tackle the capital “R” racism, however. It delves into the murky waters…

  • The Top 9 'Oh, No, She Didn’t’ Moments from the Season 3 Premiere of HTGAWM

    The Keating Five are back with the top mean girl herself, professor Annalise Keating (played by Viola Davis) in the ABC hit How to Get Away With Murder. Now, don’t get mad at me for calling her a mean girl. She’s only mean if you get in her way, mess with her clients or mess…

  • Atlanta Episode 4: "The Streisand Effect" Recap

    “Me and my mans make baby sneakers… for adults!” Everybody has a hustle just like everybody has a price.  This is especially true in our digital age where everything is a commodity. Where genuine emotion and thought are distilled down to fifteen second YouTube clips and Harambe t shirts.  This week, Paperboi learns a lesson…

  • Atlanta Episode 3: "Going For Broke" Recap

    “Can I just please get a kids meal?” One of the only good things to come out of the recent push to all things Hipster in the past couple of years is an ability to pass off bargain-basement decisions that come with being broke AF as a facet of Hipsterism. Pabst Blue Ribbon is trendy…

  • FX’s Atlanta Is Fucking Awesome. Signed, An ATLien.

    I couldn’t wait for FX’s new series, Atlanta, to hit the screen. Ninety percent of my excitement is that it’s named after a city I like to call home. ZONE 4 ADAMSVILLE. WHAT! The other ten percent is because of all the press and promotion done on behalf of the show. If you watch television…

  • Atlanta Episodes 1 + 2 Recap

    When I was in the fifth grade I had a huge crush on this guy name Lonnie. Lonnie was one school year older than me and barely knew I was alive but for some reason one day he decided to strike up a conversation. I’ll never forget it. It was 3pm on a Wednesday during…

  • Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5 Reunion Shows Recap

    I would cook up come elaborate explanation for my multi-week vacation, but I am unable to tell a lie: I spent the time offering spiritual guidance to Bow Wow. After much prayer and fasting, he has come to terms with the death of his career. Ase. Also coming to the long awaited end of its…