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How Not To Let Valentine's Day Ruin Your Valentine's Day
Did you know that, along with being Valentine’s Day, more people contract chlamydia on February 14th than any other day of the year? Of course you didn’t know that. Because I’m making it up. I have no idea if this is true. But that doesn’t matter. (Well, chlamydia matters. But the specific day you contracted chlamydia doesn’t…
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The Real Life Equivalent To How Seattle Lost The Super Bowl
You’re consistently unlucky with love. You’ve never had a girlfriend, and the last date you were on was when you went to the grocery store to buy a bag of dates, and you accidentally sat on the bag while driving back home. You are lonely. Desolate. You’re a tumbleweed on a windless day. A candle…
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Rooting For New England Is Like Rooting For Gout, And More Thoughts About The Super Bowl
1. The NFL football season usually ends for me when the Steelers are done playing. Whether it’s the last game of the regular season or the first game of the playoffs, when the Steelers are out, so am I. I’ll still watch a game if it happens to be on, and, depending on the game,…
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When White Liberals Attack
Doing things The Right Way â when your actions are closely aligned with what would be considered the most moral way to act â is (obviously) the right way to do things. It is often very difficult; and, in the moment, The Right Way is also often unpopular. In this context, human nature is a saboteur.…
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Kyrie Irving, Who Is Very Good At Playing Basketball, Drops Double Nickel On Damian Lillard
Kyrie Irving is very good at playing basketball. Here are the results from the last seven professional basketball games Kyrie Irving â who is very good at playing basketball â played, and how the point guards matched up against him fared. (Each game, btw, was a Cavs victory) 1/16/15 vs the LA Clippers and Chris…
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On Life As A Black Person Who Doesn't Really Like Chicken All That Much
I don’t know where to begin. And, since I don’t know where to begin, I’ll begin from the beginning â the first time I realized I don’t really like chicken all that much. It was a little over a year ago. I was at the Cheesecake Factory, set to order the shrimp and bacon club.…
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Yup, I Said It: Red Velvet (Everything) Is Overrated
I don’t remember exactly where I was or when it was the first time I tried red velvet cake. If it was like any other of my notable firsts, it likely occurred in a Delta’s living room while debating whether the cocker spaniel Noreaga referenced at the beginning of “Superthug” was male or female. But, I don’t remember, so…
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Yes, Black People Can Be Privileged. Because Blackness Is Fucking Awesome.
Earlier this week, our conversation about Light Girls segued to a conversation about colorism, which then segued to a conversation about the concept of privilege. Specifically, how certain members of the Black community are privileged more than others. Predictably, some scoffed at the notion that a Black person living in America in 2015 could be privileged…
