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Come on, Tyga, You Wanted to Keep Up With a Kardashian and Now You're Complaining?
Unless you have been living under the largest rock in the world with no cable or internet access, when it comes to the Kardashians, you know what it is. If anyone asks you what they do for a living, they’re being insincere and smug. We know what they do: They tell us every tidbit of…
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How Social Media Is Helping to Change the Image of Young Black Dads
When mainstream media paints a picture of black fatherhood, the image is usually marred by racialized prejudices and stereotypes about black manhood in general. Case in point: Remember the little boy who fell into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo, resulting in the death of the endangered silverback gorilla, Harambe? (Of course you do.)…
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Facebook Has An Illuminati Inbox They Didn't Bother Telling Anyone About. Facebook Aint Shit.
Over the last half decade, as newer and sexier social media platforms have entered our zeitgeist, Facebook — who, although only 12 years old, is practically ancient today — has become the Internet’s version of Subway. It is both ubiquitous and completely and utterly unexciting. In today’s cultural landscape, it’s no longer where the cool kids go…
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The 10 Most Important Black Memes Of All-Time
The Internet has returned the singular image to the forefront of creative ideation. Interconnectivity has destroyed our patience for content and thusly videos have taken a backseat to memes. Memes, reaction gifs, viral videos all move ideas through the internet at rapid pace. But memes in particular allow an unprecedented consolidation of pop culture and…
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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 31. Unnecessary Hashtags
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 ‘dating White people.” As they transitioned…
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Ask Agatha: Regretful Threesomes And Why Men Should Never, Ever, Ever Take Selfies
Andre from Patterson, NJ asks: What are the worst mistake guys make on Social Media? Taking selfies. There is nothing masculine about a man alone in a bathroom trying to find his best light. Natasha from Brooklyn, NY asks: My boyfriend talked me into a threesome. I’d never been with a girl before and I…
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Premature Bae Posting Syndrome
You have dated this man/woman/combination of the two for all of 33 seconds and now your entire social media platform is dedicated to them. Basic things change from “I” to “we” and you start doing obscure things like sharing chicken with them and posting “bae caught me slipping” images of you sleeping in the arms…
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The Importance Of Self Preservation Amidst Casual Savagery
Though they rain down my social media feeds and timelines daily, I have been hiding or scrolling past videos depicting shitbag police having their way with Black and brown bodies lately. It’s not fair that I mosey on over to Facebook to squander my day with chicken recipes and clips of paternal itch-inducing dancing Black…
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Ask Agatha: "I Can't Stop Stalking My Ex On Instagram!"
Cash from Queens, NY asks: My ex and I broke up a year ago but I still find myself checking her social media accounts. On the train ride to work. Standing in line for coffee. At night, after I put my FWB in a cab. I know it’s keeping me from moving on but I…
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Somebody Take Away Cornel West's Pens, Paper, Computer Passwords, Scarves, Glasses, Etc…
I’m not a fan of Ta-Nehisi Coates. I respect the hell out of the man, but a fan? Nah. I understand, however, that many people are and I am okay with this. But me, myself, and I? We are still not a fan. It’s nothing personal. I don’t know the man nor have I ever seen him…
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