Very Smart Brothas
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This Bobby Brown Biography Seems Like It Will Be The Greatest Book Of All Time
To call myself a Bobby Brown fan would do a disservice to the many years I’ve fought for Don’t Be Cruel’s recognition as one of the greatest R&B albums of all time. The album is damn near flawless. The WORST song on the album is “Take It Slow” and it’s not even a bad song.…
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Ironic Homophobia Is Still Homophobia
Earlier this week, Panama and I made a trip together for VSB-related business. We met with a group of people interested in our long-term goals for the site. During this conversation, they expressed how unique they believe VSB to be, especially in regards to our (collective) candor, tone, and irreverence with race-related and race-adjacent topics. This…
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Game Of Thrones Recap: Season 6, Episode 8 "No One"
My God. We are finally nearing the end of season six. With only two episodes left, the showrunners appear to be close to resolving a few storylines while setting up some cliffhangers to take us into next season. This week, in a shocking turn of events, a Stark finally manages to overcome a serious setback…of…
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Ask Agatha: Reckless Flirting, Fronting On Black Twitter, And Wiping While Sitting
Before we dive into this week’s questions, I want to apologize to my constant reader[s] for my absence (hey Kas). You see what had happened was, I haven’t been getting any good questions and Damon never put out the call like I so sweetly asked because apparently he has a popular site to run and…
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VSB + Friends Podcast Ep. 1: Drake Is Not Dadsafe
It’s been a long time, we shouldn’t have left you. So we came back. Damon and I bring you the reboot of our old VSB Podcast, renamed VSB + Friends. Check out our first episode, currently available on SoundCloud (as we wait for the iTunes link to go up) where we talk about pitching to…
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This Alleged Relationship Contract Between 8th Graders Is The Greatest Thing You'll Ever See
I still have doubts about whether this relationship contract found and tweeted by Longform.org founder Max Linsky (@maxlinsky) today is real. But I’m going to officially choose to believe that it is. Because that choice allows me to officially acknowledge it as the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. Also, it being real means it was created by the…
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Bevel Sent Me A Free Shave System. I Tried It. Here Are My Thoughts.
[Editor’s Note: I was not paid to write this review. The people suggested I try something and because it was made available to me, I tried it. I do this for the culture. The culture does not pay very well, or at all really.] One of the more awesome things about this writing action we’ve…
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An Unofficial Guide To Ramadan Fasting For The Uninitiated Negro
The holy month of Ramadan has started for much of the Muslim population—which, despite all statements by Donald Trump and his ilk, is not exclusively made up of bomb-toting Arabs in menacing turbans. This demographic includes Asians (fun fact—Indonesia contains the largest Muslim population in the world), Caucasians, the man who sells you your bean…