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  • What I've Learned About Myself After Being Married For A Month

    “They” say you learn more about yourself when you’re in a relationship than you learn about the other person. “They” even say you learn more about yourself when you’re in a relationship than you would at any other time. “They” also said ASAP Rocky would save New York City hip-hop, so I know “they” tend…

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  • 10 Reasons Why You Totally Need To Be Watching The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

    1. Because it contains all the elements people who say they love basketball but don’t love the NBA wish the NBA had (shorter games, a single elimination tournament, annoying non-Black guards making faces and taking charges, etc) AND the one element making the NBA the best basketball league in the world (NBA talent and skill). Basically,…

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  • A Minute-By-Minute Recap Of The Night The VMAs Reminded Me I'm Old As Fuck

    I have never been less interested in pop music than I was this year. Part of this lack of interest is practical. I barely listen to the radio when driving, choosing instead to rock to one of the 1500 songs (and no, 1400 of them are not Kanye tracks) on my iPhone. I don’t watch…

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  • A Definitive List Of Every Bougie Black Girl Celebrity Crush Of The Last 20 Years

    Judging from the dozens of thirsty Bougie Black Girls on my Facebook page, Twitter feed, and GChat list, within the last week or so Jesse Williams — best known for playing one of the doctors on that Shonda Rhimes show that airs before Scandal — has cemented himself as 2014’s holder of the Bougie Black…

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  • 5 Things Weed Makes You Do (Hint: "Attack A Police Officer" Is Not On The List)

    I’ve never smoked weed. It’s illegal in the state of Pennsylvania. And I don’t break the law. Because breaking the law is illegal. And I’m a role model. But, for fun, let’s create an alternative reality where I smoked weed before. Let’s also say I wasn’t a habitual weed smoker, but I smoked enough to…

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  • Negro Supercriminal Michael Brown Apparently Deserved To Die

    This title is not hyperbole. There is also no sarcasm here. Well, let me rephrase that. For rational, clear-thinking, and thoughtful people, the sentiment expressed in the title is not true. This is also not true for Americans — Black, White, whoever — who’ve learned not to believe everything — or, in some cases, anything…

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  • President Obama Speaks On Ferguson…And Words Come Out Of His Mouth

    I’m a huge President Obama fan. Which, these days, often makes me an Obama defender. Part of this defense is a personality-based relation. He’s a textbook introvert. I am as well. I know how it feels to have your pensive and deliberate nature interpreted as being robotic, arrogant, and aloof. I also know how it…

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  • Shit Bougie Black People Love: 19. Business Cards

    Aside from the memory of that time last year when they were retweeted by Shonda Rhimes, there’s nothing that will more bring joy to a Bougie Black Person’s spirit than creating personalized business cards, receiving those personalized business cards in the mail, and handing out those personalized business cards to people they happen to meet. The…

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  • How Not To Be An Asshole On The Internet When Everyone's Upset

    This has been one of the most depressing weeks of news I can remember. Mike Brown. The fallout in Ferguson. #Iftheygunnedmedown and every other reminder that, as Deadspin’s Greg Howard put it, America is Not For Black People. The news of Robin Williams’ death. Learning that he committed suicide. The dozens of powerful, heartbreaking stories…

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  • Leaked New Kanye Track ('All Day') Sounds Like Old Kanye

    You know those people who want the old Kanye West back? Who reminisce about the days of ‘Spaceship’ and “Bush don’t care about Black people” and colorblocking Lacoste polos and dating Deltas? I am not one of those people. (Although I do love Deltas.) I do not miss the old Kanye, and I actually prefer…

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