theory & essay
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How It Feels To Get Your Ass Kicked In Spades
There are many benefits to living in Pittsburgh. There are literally thousands of places to get great breakfast food, the topography is completely unique and completely spectacular, and it’s surprisingly close to Toronto. Unfortunately, a robust nightlife for Black people is not one of them. If you’re a 30-something Black person in this city and…
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Cheekie Does SXSW: Part 1
South By Southwest has always been on my bucket list. And since you’re never too young to start checking things off of the bucket list — and since I’m a filmmaker myself and shit — I decided to go this year. One of my friends suggested that I write about my experience and Damon one-upped…
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Why People Just Don't Give A Fuck About College Athletes Being Exploited
Last week, a friend joked that the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament should be national holidays. No one gets any work done anyway, he said, so why not just give everyone those two days off? This was not the first and will not be the last time I’ll hear someone make a…
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Ladies, What's Up With the Late Night, Last Minute, When I'm Trying To Sleep, We Need A Resolution Convos?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Man and woman get into argument about something. It doesn’t matter what its about. It could be about Obama’s favorite Jordans. Or whether or not Season 3 of House of Cards was any good and advanced the cause of dismantling FEMA. Or an argument about Beyoncé and…
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On Karrueche, Mendeecees, and Name-Shaming
In just a few more weeks, I will have two children. Some weeks back, I threw the most clear vague hint to the ether that I may have another descendent on the way, and well, it’s true. I have gone forth and multiplied..again. This time, it’s a little boy. Clap for him. Lots of fun…
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A Message To The Person(s) Using My Netflix Password
Gotchabitch. Actually, let’s back this train up a bit. Relationships are great. They’re great for all of the big things like plus-ones to events that suck to go to by yourself (like weddings, movies, and the all you can eat buffet at CiCi’s Pizza), but they’re also great for the minor and mundane things. Such…
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It's Official: Bill Cosby Is Out Of His Gotdamn Mind
Bill Cosby is out of his gotdamn mind. This is the only thought that went through my head this morning while watching a fuschia pajamas-clad Cosby address anonymous fans on a rotary phone in a video intended on winning back the public. Because, when watching a fuschia pajamas-clad man who’s been accused of dozens of rapes…
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Draymond Green Summarized The Entire Black Experience In Five Seconds
At the beginning of the interview, he is every Black American trying to do the right thing. Every worker catching two trains to work this morning. Every parent dropping their kids off at school. Every husband agreeing to go weekend toaster shopping even though the toaster they currently own works perfectly fine. And then, something…