the hardline

I’m not a fan of weight-loss shows because I’m on Team Big Girl and not for nothing. A recent poll from a dating site confirmed what the barbershop has known for years: Most men think big girls are better in bed. Of course, they have fine personalities, too: Multiple degrees and the whole nine. But…

Kanye West is a disgrace to Beta males everywhere. His outburst last night at the VMAs was uncalled for. He should have been hogtied and ejected like Robert Deniro did Joe Pesci’s cowboy friend with all the lip in Casino. Kanye’s wasn’t an artful expression, an MC challenge or a PSA. It was a Beta…

There’s been alot of outrage in certain circles behind reports that filmaker Tyler Perry is on-board to write and direct a screen adaption of Ntozake Shange’s play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” Shange’s work resonates with a generation of young black women eager to define themselves outside of society’s…

According to recent studies, children form their own ideas about race, despite our best efforts. When the kids in one study were asked how many white people were mean, they said “almost none.” When asked about how many black folks were mean, they said “some” or “a lot.”How about that? So, you mean all that…

I’m sure glad singer Chris Brown was on Larry King to stand accountable for his role in the IPV incident between him and his girlfriend Rihanna. Now, given reports (if TMZ counts)  that she was the instigator, I’m waiting for Rihanna to be charged with domestic violence so she can do her turn on CNN…

I had my suspicions when I heard the story: Roxanne Shante’s tale of the clause in her contract that compelled Warner Bros. Records to pay for her Ph.D didn’t past muster.  Ever. And as it turns out, according to Slate, she doesn’t even have an undergraduate degree. Mad ups to Ben Sheffner for sniffing this…

There is a story floating around the Internets that BMW has issued a “non urban dictate” for all advertising for the new line of Mini Coopers, which BMW makes. A “non urban dictate” is when companies don’t spend advertising dollars on media dedicated to people of color. Normally, you wouldn’t catch me printing up t-shirts…

The d-bag who threw that shoe at Dubya? Well, he’s getting out the joint on good behavior —- what the eff? Are you serious? Dude tried to bean the leader of the free world with one of his Skechers and he gets out the joint early? Holy Crap. I’m not saying he should have been…

For the longest time, besides family, black people would only put three pictures up on the wall: Jesus Christ, Nipsey Russell and John F. Kennedy. The Kennedys, in general, have always had a soft spot in the hearts of many black folks because they have always been, as old timers say, “good white folk.” The…

Normally, I’m the first one out the gate telling black people to get over some silly ish, but Costco definitely needed a chin-check for selling  black dolls labeled “Lil Monkey.” It seems the dolls were one of a set. The black doll was wearing a hat that read “Lil Monkey” whereas the white doll was…