If you happen upon a group of Bougie Black People in the wild — organizing Trap Kayaking trips or attempting to convince people they've "been on SZA since See.SZA.Run" — and you truly wanted to engage them in conversation, ask them about when they discovered that fruit juices and sodas were evil, and listen to them…
Although Black skin and student loans they'll never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever pay off ensure that Bougie Black People are, in fact, authentically Black, sometimes BBP get self-conscious about how Black they're seen by other people. While they don't doubt their own Blackness, they're aware that the perception of…
Really? You're going to devote an entire explainer to a pedantic semantic distinction only like 27 people care about?
Last weekend, I attended a birthday party for a friend. Which, all things considered, may have been the bougiest birthday party I've ever been at. Consider the following:
Bougie Black People are always doing things. In college, while the rest of their classmates were doing things like "listening to Sisqo" and "fucking on twin beds," Bougie Black People spent the bulk of their time "writing spoken word poetry they'd never perform" and "vacillating between 'hating White people' and…
Last week, Esquire Magazine revealed that scientists have "discovered" the face of Jesus. Using forensic anthropology, a group of British scientists and Israeli archeologists determined that Jesus most likely looked how…men from the part of the world he was from tend to look. (Duh!) A stark contrast from the blue eyed…
Hillary Crosley Coker writes for Jezebel, founded Parlor Magazine, and is the best person to know if you ever need to find "Hmm. That really wasn't all that bad. I've had worse tacos" tacos in SoHo. And since I take taco recommendations quite seriously, this is more than enough for her to qualify as a Writing Ass…
VSB is excited to announce that Tees in The Trap will now be the exclusive retailer of our Bougie Black apparel and all other VSB-related products. We've long appreciated and admired the work they do and the products they sell, and this partnership is long overdue; a fact this picture…
I don't know exactly how long I've been a fan of Aisha Harris. (Three years, maybe?) But I do know that the 27-year-old staff writer at Slate has been a personal favorite long enough for me to confidently state that she is the shit. (Also, I can confidently state that she is not Aisha Tyler.) With degrees…
You probably know Jesse Williams as one of the guys on one of those Shonda Rhimes shows that airs before another Shonda Rhimes show. Or perhaps as the racially ambiguous guy who really, really, really, really digs Ciroc.
When I first saw these engagement photos of friend of VSB (and awesome writer) Brandelyn Castine and her fiancee — captured by J.A. Washington — two thoughts came to mind:
Every few years or so, a phenomenon sweeps Bougie Black People off their collective feet, capturing the attention and affection of the entire population. Lupita Nyong'o. The Sperry Top-Sider. The concept of intentionally overtipping. Passport stamps.
Everyone knows that if you were to happen to encounter a random pack of Bougie Black People in the wild — perhaps at a gallery crawl or a Delta Sigma Theta potluck — and you wanted to make a good first impression, the best way of doing so would be to find a woman (any woman, literally) and ask her about her natural…
Last weekend, Pittsburgh tricked us into thinking winter was over by giving us consecutive 70 degree days. This included a spectacular 78 degree day on Saturday; the memory of which makes the 29 degree morning we're currently experiencing particularly cruel. Fuck you, Pittsburgh.
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.
What: "Bougie Black Girl" and "I Love Bougie Black Girls" t-shirts and hoodies.
Yup, it's true. You're not dreaming. No need to pinch yourself. Both the Bougie Black Girl and the I Love Bougie Black Girls t-shirt campaigns are back, again. This time, however, while the Bougie Black Girl shirts and hoodies are black, the I Love Bougie Black Girls tees and hoodies are gray.
Bougie Black People are known for many things. Selfies on bike trails. Coed kickball games. Groupon. Alcoholism. Day parties. Running for Congress. Pescetarianism. Tapered jeans. Delta fundraisers. Working for The Root.
1. You first met each of the last three people you've dated at game nights.
It might seem odd that Solange would appear on this list before Beyonce. After all, Beyonce is Beyonce and is loved by everyone. But people who love Beyonce don't really love Beyonce. Because loving Beyonce is like loving oxygen or a recurring dream about a root beer float. You appreciate these things and might die…
