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Things Actively Attempting To Murder Your Marriage, Ranked

A Million Ways to Die in the West is a terrible, terrible movie. Admittedly, there are some chuckle-worthy parts. But even saying that is misleading, because you’re hit with so many gags and jokes per minute that a few of them are bound to land. It’s humor diarrhea. From the ass of a mid-air hawk. Which is unfortunate,…

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Damon Young

Published

July 21, 2015
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Somebody Take Away Cornel West's Pens, Paper, Computer Passwords, Scarves, Glasses, Etc…

I’m not a fan of Ta-Nehisi Coates. I respect the hell out of the man, but a fan? Nah. I understand, however, that many people are and I am okay with this. But me, myself, and I? We are still not a fan. It’s nothing personal. I don’t know the man nor have I ever seen him…

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Panama Jackson

Published

July 20, 2015
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Yeah, Let's Chill With The "KKK Clashes With The Black Panthers" Headlines And Story Angles

(Quick thoughts about this weekend’s rallies in South Carolina to protest the removal of the Confederate flag) 1. I mean, I get it. The Ku Klux Klan was present at this rally. As were some Black pride groups, including those affiliated with the Black Panthers. And, I would assume that if a KKK member and a Black…

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Damon Young

Published

July 20, 2015
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Our 10 Favorite Manic Pixie Free Black Girls

Even before it was given an actual title, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl has long been one of the most popular — and most critically debated — stock film characters. Originally coined by Nathan Rabin, it’s defined as “that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful…

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Damon Young

Published

July 17, 2015
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Dear Washington, D.C.: I Hated You…But I Miss You

Five years and six months; that was my sentence. Blame it on a molotov cocktail of bad luck and amazing opportunities; but I spent the early years of my adulthood in the Nation’s Capital plotting my escape. If it wasn’t a spring break or summer internship I was looking forward to, I was on the…

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Michael Tomlin Crutchfield

Published

July 16, 2015
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On Ciara, And How Some Men Must Really, Really, Really, Really Hate Women

Any automobile produced by Kia. Turkey bacon that’s not Trader Joe’s turkey bacon. Bobby Jindal. The Transformer movie series. Beets. The Bleacher Report. Your opinion on anything if you ever use the phrase “bed wench” unironicially. These are perhaps the only things I’m less interested in than I am in Ciara’s sex life. Seriously, she could…

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Damon Young

Published

July 16, 2015
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Five Quick Thoughts About The Stills From The Barack And Michelle Date Movie

Yesterday, two stills were released from Southside With You, the movie depicting the President and the First Lady’s first date. I have some thoughts about this. 1. A friend and I used to joke about each other being a “big deal.” Sometimes it would happen in conversation (“Waitress at Pamela’s got me extra crispy bacon…

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Damon Young

Published

July 15, 2015
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Wait…Drake Is Your For Real Pretend Boo?!

Despite all of the relentless and hilarious mocking of one Aubrey Drake Graham, he’s really having the best 2010’s ever. He’s got hits on hits on hits, definitely has racks on racks on racks, and pretty much everything he does manages to work. Hell, I’m a fan. I even feel like I owe him an…

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Panama Jackson

Published

July 14, 2015
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Warren G's "Regulate" Robbery Was Set Up By The Lightskin Girl In Aaron Hall's "I Miss You" Video

Friday, Panama asked did Warren G get robbed by his homies on “Regulate”? The answer is yes, but there’s a little-known backstory behind the jacking: Charmane Charwood, Aaron Hall’s fiancée in the “I Miss You” video, orchestrated the robbery.Charmane Charwood faked her own death to become one of the skirts in “Regulate”.Charmane Charwood is the…

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Christina E

Published

July 14, 2015
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The "What If?" Game: Whoopi Goldberg Edition

An unexpected, annoying, and occasionally entertaining biproduct of the untimely deaths of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac has been the “What if?” game hip-hop heads love to play. You’ve surely heard it before. It starts with a lament on how wack and soft today’s artists are. And then someone says something like “If Biggie was…

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Damon Young

Published

July 14, 2015