Very Smart Brothas
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This Cartoon Me Is Giving The Real Me Beard Envy And I Want To Take It On A Date
This cartoon me — created by GQ for my profile there — is giving the real me beard envy. Deadly serious beard envy. Like, I look at this beard the same way Kappas look at Benetton mannequins. Now, don’t get me wrong. My beard is nice. (Hi beard!) Well, its nicer now than it has ever…
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Its Time To Stop Allowing Ourselves To Be Seduced By Shitty White Women
Tomi Lahren is a terrible person. Not misunderstood. Or just a conservative. Or capital letter White. Or even very problematic. No, she is an abjectly awful person. She says abhorrent and hateful things, and has leveraged this abhorrence and hate to give herself a larger platform to infect more people with it and make more money…
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REMINISCE Ugly Sweater Party + Toy Drive | Saturday, December 10th | DC
REMINISCE UGLY SWEATER PARTY AND TOY DRIVE Saturday, December 10th Big Chief – 2002 Fenwick Street, NE 10pm-3am | FREE BEFORE 11pm w/ RSVP RSVP: reminiscedc.eventbrite.com It’s the return out of the best 90s party in DC and also our Ugly Sweater Christmas Party and Toy Drive. The cast and crew is assembled. We’ve got crowd pleaser…
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On Walter Scott, Michael Slager, Mistrials, and Serving on Jury Duty
I’m one of those people who never wanted to serve on a jury. I live in Washington, DC, and because of the population of this city, I feel like I get called in every two years, like clockwork. I’m never happy about this though I do use it, similar to voting in national elections, as…
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Joe McKnight Is Dead And His Killer Is Free Because His Life Didn't Matter Enough For Him To Be Alive
Birthday parties for babies tend to be more for the adults present than the actual baby celebrated, and my daughter’s first birthday party — which, due to rush of people who happened to be in town Thanksgiving weekend, was pushed up to the Saturday after Thanksgiving (the 26th) instead of her actual birthday (the 30th) — was…
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This Clip Of Zara Larsson Covering Beyonce Is Peak Mayonnaise, And Harper's Bazaar Is Petty For Sharing It
Surprisingly, the worse part about this video isn’t actually Zara Larsson’s attempt to cover Beyonce. It was bad, of course. It looks and sounds like a professionally edited clip from karaoke night at Mayonnaise Caribana. But although I was tempted to coin her “Darth Mediocre” after first watching it, that would be unfair because she…
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The Only Takeaway From The ‘Insecure’ Finale Is That Lawrence Is No Catch
This piece was originally published on November 30th, 2016 on The Frisky. The sight of black men cheering for Lawrence during Sunday night’s Insecure season finale gave me heart palpitations. Men gathered around the TV to howl like it was a NBA Championship game when Lawrence (Jay Ellis) had revenge sex with bank teller Tasha…