Very Smart Brothas
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Explaining White People, Part 1: Why Whites Take Pics Of Other People’s Kids
TIME Magazine’s vigilant quest to keep White folks in the loop — What does bae mean? …Why do Asians pose with a peace sign in pictures?…Why is the sky blue, why is water wet, why did Judas rat the Romans while Jesus slept? — has inspired us all. That’s why I’ve decided to just tackle the core…
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Beyonce Inspires Two Very Strange Women To Make Shitty Music
My expectations weren’t exactly high when waiting to listen to Lil Kim’s addition to “Flawless.” But, because I respect my elders — and because her Hardcore poster remains one of the most seminal moments of my life — I listened to it. And it made me sad. Ok. I’m lying. Kim’s very public deterioration over…
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Olivia Wilde Breastfeeds Son For Glamour Magazine. She Also Has Son Named "Otis"
I had been vaguely aware of people being bothered by public breastfeeding, but not until the advent of social media did I realize just how much of a “thing” it was. I think moments like this is why the hashtag, #onhere was created for Twitter. Because only “on there” do I see most of the debates about…
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Lil' Kim Adds Nicki Minaj Jab To Flawless Remix
The Queen Bee has put out a diss track aimed at Nicki Minaj. And by that, we mean she threw a verse on the end of the Flawless remix and put her face over Nicki’s on the album art the way you might paste your face into a picture of a girl group you admire……
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Since My Biological Didn't Bother
Last year, my father sent me a “Happy Father’s Day” text message. It might have been the funniest, yet most ironic text message that I’ve ever received. I didn’t reply. I couldn’t think of an adequate response; that “Eat a dick” response was waiting in the draft folder though. If it’s not obvious by now,…
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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 17. Pretending To Be "Ratchet"
No one quite knows exactly where ratchet stems from. Some say it’s an evolved, colloquial form of “wretched.” Others trace the etymology to Lil Boosie’s “Do Tha Ratchet”, which would help to explain why the justified incarceration of a shitty rapper upset so much of the south. What is known, though, is that ratchet has come to…
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Swagger Wagon: Here's How I Like My Cultural Appropriation
By now, I’m sure most people have seen the commercial/video for the 2015 Toyota Sienna minivan. It features a new version of the Sienna family (The Neuberts) from the original “Swagger Wagon” video from 2010. There’s one big difference between the 2010 version and this latest 2014 version. The 2014 version is exactly how I like my cultural…
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TIME Magazine Continues Series Of Odd Culture-Shocked Explications
TIME already caught itself being mocked by the internet for its breakdown of the word bae, which struck an impressive balance between educational and utterly useless, and they’re at it again. This time, they’re looking at East Asian people throwing up the peace sign in pictures and giving you a historical/anthropological/bullshit-tastical account of what might…
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"Bougie Black Girl"…And "I Love Bougie Black Girls" Tees Available Today
After a couple months of requests and pre-orders, we decided to bring back both the Bougie Black Girl and the I Love Bougie Black Girls t-shirt campaigns. The details remain the same. Teespring.com/bougieblackgirl2 for the Bougie Black Girl shirts. And Teespring.com/ilovebougieblackgirlspart2 for the I Love Bougie Black Girls shirts. Both campaigns end in 10 days. (Also,…
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Ebola Patients Cured By New Serum…Which Means We're All Going To Die
Look, as optimistic as I want to be about this new treatment for Ebola, we’ve all seen enough post-apocalyptic horror movies to know how it starts: 1. A fucked up but manageable disease kills a bunch of humans. 2. We scramble to find a cure. 3. We find a cure that “works.” 4. Except the…