Very Smart Brothas
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Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 12 Recap
Fresh off the cacophony of questionable outfits, poor hosting skits and octoroon overcompensation that was the BET Awards, VH1 brought us an extra lit episode of Our Daily Shade, also known as Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, Season 5. Is it me or did Mona try to stuff everything under the sun into this episode…
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Do You Have To Keep Inviting A Friend to Events Who Always Says No? A Discussion.
Every day across this land (and presumably across lands across the world), butthurt friends and associates get into their feelings about an alleged slight. You’ve been there. I’ve been there. We all scream for ice cream. You’re doing what we all do during the course of the day, skimming your Facebook timeline or perusing Instagram…
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Why Kyrie Irving's Snow Bunny Sex Yacht Is A Thing People Are Talking About, Explained
Who is Kyrie Irving? Kyrie Irving is the star point guard for the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers. He’s also my favorite NBA player. Your favorite player? Really? Don’t tell me you’re one of those people who gets a new favorite player every time a different team wins a championship. You’re the worst type of sports…
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Ask Agatha: The Rationale Behind "Ghosting" On A Relationship, Explained
Raven from Brooklyn, NY asks: We met a year ago at a house party in Bmore. I sat next to him on the couch because he had prime real estate by the lone fan (and because he was sexy as hell). He introduced himself. And we soon discovered we were both from Brooklyn. We spent…
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Jesse Williams is Brilliant
Apparently, God woke up one fine mornting and she said you know what it’s a Friday and I ain’t got shit to do. Except it was actually Wednesday, August 5, 1981. On this day I shall give y’all Earth heathens a man. He will be smart. He’s gon’ be famous. And y’all don’t say “woke”…
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The Best And Blackest Part Of Jesse Williams' Speech Was An Indictment Of Black Men
I first watched Jesse Williams’ speech on a phone in a lobby in a country club in Long Island. I wasn’t able to watch the BET Awards (or the Game of Thrones) live yesterday because I was at a wedding reception there, but knowing both BET and HBO were going to broadcast several re-airings, I planned on watching each when…
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Why Brexit Should Scare The Shit Out Of You, Explained
What is Brexit? Brexit is the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. “Brexit” is a catchy portmanteau of “Britain” and “exit.” They withdrew from the European Union? How? There was a vote. And the Leave forces defeated Remain 52 percent to 48 percent. How did this vote even happen? What was the impetus for this? There are…
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Yeah, I'm Finished With The Black Suffering Trauma Porn Of Orange Is The New Black
Warning: For those of you who do things like have lives and stuff and haven’t gotten around to watching the latest season of this Netflix show, spoilers ahead. Last Friday, Netflix dropped the latest season of Orange is The New Black, the critically-acclaimed dramedy of life in a minimum-security prison centered around Piper “I Didn’t…
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Abigail Fisher, The Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Of Average White Women, Loses
Half-empty bottle of backwashed room temperature Aquafina Abigail Fisher finally (!) lost her years-long bid to have the Supreme Court recognize her hawkish and pandemic averageness as fucking special. From The Huffington Post: In a victory for diversity in higher education, a hamstrung Supreme Court narrowly upheld the affirmative action program at the University of Texas…