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Watch: Jasmyn Lawson Is Doing It for Black Girls at Giphy
Jasmyn Lawson is probably ghostwriting your favorite GIFs. No, really. If you’ve ever used Giphy to find a GIF of Beyoncé or Joanne the Scammer, Jasmyn Lawson probably made it. The self-described “GIF connoisseur” is the culture editor at Giphy, and she’s been leaving her mark all over its GIF library for over a year.…
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Facebook to Hire an Additional 3,000 People to Review Videos of Crime, Suicide
With the advent of Facebook Live, the social media website has seen an uptick in livestreamed suicides, killings, sex crimes, abuse—the painful list goes on and on. Now Facebook is slated to hire 3,000 more people to review videos and posts of crime and other questionable content, following the seeming increase in the number of…
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Break Up Advice from a Young Millennial to Other Young Millennials
At the top of 2017, I brought in the New Year with a girlfriend and we wished for positivity and stability. Literally two weeks later the relationship ended. Why? I’d rather not say, but what I will say is this, after months of consistent arguing, loss of sleep, and continuous stress, we mutually decided that…
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Black Twitter Claps Back at Confederate-Loving Candidate for Va. Governor
The Urban Dictionary defines “big mad” as “being mad as fuck about something.” It’s a derogatory term used most often to laugh and point at people who are outraged about something stupid. Trump was big mad when a federal appeals court struck down his travel ban. White women were big mad when Beyoncé sang the…
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Comedians Pay Tribute to Charlie Murphy
The comedy world is mourning the loss of fellow comedian Charlie Murphy after the comic and actor died of leukemia Wednesday. Murphy, who has been doing stand-up comedy for more than 20 years, starred on Chappelle’s Show and brought his own brand of storytelling to his stand-up shows. Comics, such as Chris Rock and David…
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#NuggsForCarter: Wendy’s Promises Student Free Nuggets for a Year if He Gets 18,000,000 Retweets
Carter Wilkerson likes chicken nuggets. Wendy’s makes chicken nuggets. Carter asked Wendy’s how many retweets did he need for free nuggets for a year. Wendy’s was like: Carter was like: And #NuggsForCarter was born. Everyone is trying to help Carter get those damn nuggets. No, really. I mean everyone: Currently, Carter has over 1 million…
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Watch: Hashtag Revolution: Breaking Down Necessity of #BlackGirlMagic Through 1 Magical Black Girl
Hashtags have defined pop culture. You spot them all over social media, and now many of them have become popular phrases, especially when they highlight blackness: #BlackBoyJoy, #BlackLivesMatter, #GrowingUpBlack and the list goes on. #BlackGirlMagic is obviously one of those transcendent hashtags. These three words smashed together bring a smile to even the tightest lips.…
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Twitter Rejoices After Learning ESPN Analyst Sage Steele Is Out
ESPN analyst Sage Steele’s invite to the cookout has long been rescinded, and now her job as host of NBA Countdown on ABC and ESPN has come to an end. With the playoffs just around the corner, Steele will be replaced by Michelle Beadle, the co-host of SportsNation, who is expected to host the pregame…
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2 Fla. Men Dead in Shootout Following Online Dispute
Two men were killed Saturday morning in a shootout following an argument outside a St. Augustine, Fla., convenience store. According to the Florida Times-Union, 25-year-old Canyon Charles Molitor suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the incident and died at the scene around 10 a.m. The other man, Elroi Ishmael Ashley, 20, was shot at least once…
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Do You Have a Constitutional Right to Use Facebook and Twitter? Supreme Court Weighs In
A North Carolina law that bars registered sex offenders from using Facebook, Twitter and similar sites is up for debate in the U.S. Supreme Court, and Monday’s argument turned into a discussion of just how much social media has transformed American civic discourse. The New York Times reports that the justices demonstrated familiarity with the…
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