Very Smart Brothas
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Why Patrice Brown (AKA #TeacherBae) Is The Subject Of A Dumb-Ass "Debate," Explained
Who is Patrice Brown? Patrice Brown is an elementary school teacher in Atlanta. She is also the muse for a verse about “Nicey from Atlanta” from a song that Drake hasn’t produced yet. And in it Drake will lament about that one time he was in a Panera Bread in Buckhead and he met this teacher he wanted…
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Ask Agatha: "I Think He's Using Me For My National Museum of African American History and Culture Opening Tickets"
Nkasi from Brooklyn, NY asks: I’m a very open-minded, tough-skinned, blunt-tongued, easy-going gal. Which is why it might be so hard for me to wrap my head around this situation… I went on two dates with this guy. We had a good time the first date and after said date I invited him to my…
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The President And The First Lady Are Totally, Definitely Fucking Everywhere In The White House
Of course, its extremely presumptuous of me — or anyone, rather — to speculate on the Obamas’ sex life. Who knows what’s happening privately between them? For all we know, they could have one of those arrangements like Claire and Frank Underwood where they both kinda do their own thing (and occasionally include secret service…
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The NFL Is Sociopathic And Racist Trash. But Keep Watching, And Just Know You're Watching Trash
The worst part about the Colin Kaepernick protest situation isn’t the flagrant hypocrisy, colorism, or the stifling of freedom of speech. It’s something a little more matter of fact. Something that I wasn’t truly aware of until this situation garnered mainstream media attention. Apparently, Colin is not a great football player anymore. Who knew? In…
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Damon Young's Talk At The University Of Houston
As I wrote yesterday, the University of Houston’s Valenti School of Communication invited me to campus to speak about race and writing and shit. Video footage of the talk is below. A couple highlights: ***I was wearing a mic, but apparently it wasn’t working. I didn’t realize it wasn’t working, though, so I kept talking. Moments later,…
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FX’s Atlanta Is Fucking Awesome. Signed, An ATLien.
I couldn’t wait for FX’s new series, Atlanta, to hit the screen. Ninety percent of my excitement is that it’s named after a city I like to call home. ZONE 4 ADAMSVILLE. WHAT! The other ten percent is because of all the press and promotion done on behalf of the show. If you watch television…
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Atlanta Episodes 1 + 2 Recap
When I was in the fifth grade I had a huge crush on this guy name Lonnie. Lonnie was one school year older than me and barely knew I was alive but for some reason one day he decided to strike up a conversation. I’ll never forget it. It was 3pm on a Wednesday during…
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Some Lessons For Aspiring Writers Everywhere
Last week, I set my momma up for the fall. Not on purpose, of course, but the end result was the same nonetheless. I took an assumption – my mother MIGHT vote for Trump – and couched it in two stories that without context (and for some people, even with context) painted my mother in…