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Draya Is Being Dragged for Being a Bad Mother … and I Hate It
Black women are hauled over the white-hot coals of racism and sexism on the regular, in real life and especially online, where the trolls spew their anonymous venom. We’re called everything from ugly to “cum dumpsters.” White men call us far worse. Even the president of the United States has gotten in on it. And…
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Back on Their Bullshit: Facebook Suspends Accounts of Women Who Call Men ‘Trash’
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Facebook is banning female users for posting comments like “men are scum” and “men are trash”—even if the statements are ironic or humorous. A new article by the Daily Beast looks specifically at women who have found themselves banned from the platform, but the criticism around Facebook’s views…
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#ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies Is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year on Social Media
Every year on social media, there’s one hashtag you can count on to bring joy and laughter. #ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies is the absolute truth when it comes to the struggles of celebrating the holiday. And this year is no exception. On Tuesday, Michael Harriot gave everyone a step-by-step guide to a black family Thanksgiving, and some of…
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Tech’s Whiteness Is the Problem. Are We the Solution?
Last week, Twitter said it was “pausing” to reconsider the process by which it bestows the blue check mark denoting accounts that had been “verified,” and on Wednesday the company announced that it was yanking the designation from some users who occupy the neo-Nazi or nationalist bucket of grassroots white activism. The announcements came after…
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Bossip Smashes Twitter’s Tender Cakes to Smithereens With Their Hilarious Headlines
Listen, I don’t know what Bossip’s editorial team is on, but I’d like for them to pass it my way. There is no publication like gossip-news giant Bossip. It’s 2017, so it’s safe to assume that you’ve been to Bossip’s website, followed it on social media or seen the wordy and deliciously insulting headlines creep…
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When a Breakdown Is Public (or, That Time My Mom Was on WorldStarHipHop)
Theodora Marie is my mother. She is one-half of an identical twinship forged in Grandmother’s womb some 66 years ago. Teddie is a fiery Sagittarius, an old-school nationalist and my very first love. My mother is a slight woman, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 110 pounds, but her mouth? Gargantuan. Her heart? Titan. If…
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25-Year-Old American Jailed for Tweet Criticizing Zimbabwean Leader Robert Mugabe
A young white American woman is finding her life held in the balance by an African dictator. Twenty-five-year-old New Jersey native Martha O’Donovan is accused of calling the 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, a “selfish & sick man” in a Twitter post that showed him with a catheter, and is facing 20 years in…
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After Getting Her Dry Wig Snatched, Sunny Anderson Backtracks on Victim-Blaming in Sexual Harassment Cases
Chef Sunny Anderson had a few polarizing opinions about the recent New York Times piece uncovering Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and rape scandals. But she wasn’t exactly showing support to the victims. Instead, Partly Cloudy Anderson used victim-blaming when telling her own story about sexual harassment. Thunderstorm Anderson tweeted that the definition of “brave” shouldn’t…
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Feds in the DMs: DHS Now Wants to Collect Social Media Info From All US Immigrants
Federal officials have set in motion a new rule that allows the government to collect social media from all immigrants—including people who are already permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The regulation was published in the Federal Register last week by the Department of Homeland Security and was first reported by BuzzFeed News. The guidelines state…
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My Marriage Is Over. Most of My Friends Don’t Know
How do you announce that your 10-year marriage is over? Do you change your status on Facebook? Write a cryptic post about new beginnings? Group text? When my then-husband (let’s call him the Homey) and I decided it was time to spread the word, it was the start of the holiday season. (Merry Christmas, we’re…
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