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Shit Bougie Black People Love: 23. Thinkpieces
Whether they’re injecting facts to conversations (“Speaking of Obama’s speech on ISIS, did you know ‘Malia’ is a Hawaii name meaning ‘calm and peaceful’?”), providing obscure tidbits (“I know everyone loved Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but Jason Segel’s best role was inĀ Bye Bye Benjamin”), using smart sounding words (“That trope harkensĀ back to a deconstructionist narrative”) or…
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Our Dangerous Definition Of Manhood
While performing a couple of my daily tasks at EBONY this morning, I came across two extremely tragic news stories. The first was out of Detroit, where a 27-year-old mother of three was killed recently after rejecting a man’s advances in a bar. From My Fox Detroit A mass shooting killed one person and wounded…
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Eight Dumb-Ass Sexual Myths (Some) People Somehow Still Believe
Last week’s episode of Key & Peele featured a hilarious skit where a gay man was invited to a Black family’s home to speak to them about how to act at a gay wedding. Included were questions about pony shows, “gay sections,” couscous, and a perfectly deadpan Lance Reddick reminding everyone why he should have…
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The Levels Of The Friend Zone, Brought To You By Scandal's Jake Ballard
If you were to ask 20 random fans of Scandal why they watch the show, you might get 20 different answers, all recognizing a different aspect of its genius. Some might say they appreciate the beauty and proficiency of Olivia Pope’sĀ chin quivers. Others might admit they devise drinking games for the increasing amount of fucks…
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Black-ish Is Cute And Cuddly, Not Controversial
The first thing you notice when watching Black-ish is how cute everything and everyone is. The voiceovers are cute. The kids are cute. Anthony Anderson (“Andre”) and Tracee Ellis Ross (“Rainbow”) are cute. Laurence Fishburne’s cuddly non-cuddlyness is cute. The interactions they all have with the kids are cute. The house is cute. The asides…
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Why This Seagram's Gin With A Complimentary Du-Rag Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen
This bottle of Seagram’s gin with a complimentary du-rag, brought to our attention when @itweetdafif shared it withĀ Panama Jackson, is the Blackest Thing we’ve ever seen this week. Here’s why. 1. There’s a certain level of Blackness you need to ascend to in order to willingly purchase and consume a bottle of Seagram’s gin. And…
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Ebola Is In America Now. So Yeah. Fuck This, I'm Moving To Canada
The more you hear about Ebola, the more it sounds like something conjured in aĀ Guillermo Del Toro adaptation of aĀ Cormac McCarthy novel. It’s so antagonistic and the effect it has on the body is so grotesque that it’s almost cinematic.Ā It, to be plain, fucks people the fuck up worse than the most fucked up fucked…
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The One Great Thing About Moving? Getting Rid Of Old Shit
There are few things that inspire the type of unanimous hate that movingĀ does. Sure, living in a new space can be fun and exciting. But the process of transporting each of your earthly possessions from your old place to you new place is a fucking drag. Gathering boxes sucks. Collecting your items together sucks. Packing…
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On Believing In "Black Love" But Not Really Liking Black People
The idea of “Black Love” died a thousand internet deaths yesterday when news broke of the Amber Rose, Wiz Khalifa split. They appeared to beĀ such a happy couple. He makes music for Black kids who smoke weed in Macy’s dressing rooms and the adults who smoked weed in Macy’s dressing rooms as kids, and she…
