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Director X, Known for Highlighting Dark-Skinned Beauty In His Music Videos, Debuts Short Film Celebrating the 'Diversity' of Black Love
In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, Director X’s stamp was all over your favorite music videos. Whether he made you whine with Sean Paul’s catalog or emote with Usher, Director X is certainly a staple within the culture. As a man who’s had a few names throughout his journey—Little X, X and now…
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Trolls Gonna Troll: Kid Killer George Zimmerman Reportedly Using Fake Name to Trap Girls on Tinder
In news of the creeper variety, apparently Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, is looking for love online—and using a fake name to do it. Zimmerman, who got off scot-free on murder charges after admittedly stalking and fatally shooting Trayvon in 2012, is reportedly stalking the interwebs (Tinder to be exact) for l’amour, using the fake…
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5 Things I Learned After Signing Up for a Tinder Account
I will admit that I am late to the game when it comes to Tinder. I heard about it when it first popped on the scene, and I have friends who have had some success using the dating app, but I was still hesitant to use it for myself. Some people had told me that…
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Online Dating Apps, Rated for Your Black Ass
When I broke up with my college sweetheart in 2005, I was living and working as a newspaper reporter in God’s crustiest dingleberry, Rockford, Ill. Rockford is one of those cities where people get married and start families at an age when they still need a co-signer to rent an Enterprise vehicle—not exactly fertile dating…
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Houston Man Gets Catfished and Scammed Out of $80,000
After years of MTV’s Catfish series, there are people still willing to throw it all away on a pretty face and a few text messages. And one Houston man is now out of $80,000 after meeting a “woman” on Match.com. “Woman” is in quotes because at this point, Greg Davis probably doesn’t know who he…
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Sean Hannity Can’t Accept That Some of Us Don’t Want to Have Sex With Trump Supporters
If you voted for the moron who would rather spend his time being a messy Twitter bitch than doing the duties associated with the presidency, I regret to inform you that my dick will fall into a deep coma state whenever in your presence. You could look like the reason God created sex, but there…
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When To Stop Online Dating And Embrace Becoming An Occasionally Slutty Cat Lady Auntie
Staring at my half eaten plate of moderately priced American Asian fusion chain restaurant fare, I glanced up at my date to notice he had never stopped talking. It was our first outing together, and he was going through the regular first date particulars. All the while my mind wandered, thinking about if my new…
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Ask Agatha: Effective Online Dating Profiles And Proper Spades Reneging Etiquette
Robin from Brooklyn, NY asks: I’ve finally talked myself into signing up for online dating. There are lots of eligible men in NY but I don’t go out enough to meet any of them. Between my job and my lifestyle, I’ve decided this is the easiest way to go about meeting men. So now that…
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Black, Male, Gay, And Dating…And Not Your Fetish
***This piece originally published on 1839*** The amount of times that someone has told me that they’ve never hooked up with or dated a Black man is unbelievable. These men, almost always White, look at me hungrily, their jaws slack, their eyes half-closed. With low voices they say, “You know, I’ve never hooked up with…