• "How To Get Away With Murder" Season Three, Episode 12 Recap: (ā€œGo Cry Somewhere Elseā€)

    The big mystery of the third season’s second half continues in episode 12 as everyone tries to figure out who killed Wes. We immediately see that (unsurprisingly) Frank was lying about being with Wes through the time of the fire. Wes actually ended up getting into a cab and calling a mysterious contact marked ā€œIn…

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  • How To Be An Asshole Who Spoils A Show Without Even Realizing It

    To the great and vocal chagrin of everyone I know, I was not totally caught up on Scandal until very recently. Between being way more interested in How to Get Away With Murder (in which the main character’s affair with a handsome-ish White man does NOT constantly make my teeth itch) and being exhausted with…

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  • Bisexual People Are Tired of Your Shit: A Beginner’s Course in Non-Normative Queer Life

    As some of you may know, yesterday was National Coming Out Day. Facebook timelines everywhere filled with rainbow profile pictures and inspirational videos and coming out stories and articles about cisgenderĀ White men finding love, since we apparently don’t see enough of those. My timeline was likely filled with more queer folks than the average user;…

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  • Six Foolproof And Effective Things To Do To Bring Atheists Back To The Lord

    A few years ago, I told my mother, a Christian woman from Mississippi who had freshly aged into her 60s, that I was an atheist. She didn’t speak to me for three days straight. I should be clearer—I actually told her, as we waited at the window of an Arby’s drive-thru, that God didn’t have…

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  • Police Crackdown On Marijuana Proving Fatal For Black People, Bags Of Weed

    Via WLWT, Cincinnati local news: Some of the contents of Sam DuBose’s car at the time of his death have been identified. WLWT has confirmed through CPD’s search warrant inventory document that four bags and a jar of marijuana were in Dubose’s car at the time of the July 19 traffic stop that ended in…

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  • Seven Songs We Need To Retire From Cookouts, Clubs, And Other Places Colored People Congregate

    After years of being exposed to White parties, I’ve gained a particular appreciation for the comfort of attending a Black party and having a general idea of what to expect musically. No getting Rachel Dolezaled when you hear a Black song starting to play and it’s suddenly remixed with EDM porn music. No sir, there…

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  • Explaining White People, Part 2: Waiting For A ā€œMore Informedā€ Opinion About Race Issues

    It’s no secret to anyone with a Facebook feed that White people take issues of health, wellness, and rights very seriously. Watching my feed over the last month, I’ve seen no less than four different articles about how deadly microbeads are. Seriously. You know—those little exfoliating beads in your soap. That shit’ll kill ya. Or…

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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 theĀ core…

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