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Sasha Obama Hung Out With Cardi B and Offset; We Have a Few Questions
Being the daughter of the first black president of the United States comes with certain privileges, one of which appears to be getting to hang out with Cardi B at her last tour performance before the rap superstar gives birth to Cardi C (or, perhaps, Onset, if it’s a boy). Sasha Obama apparently got the…
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Kanye West Calls Emma González His ‘Hero’; She Responds by Calling This Man Hers
It looks like Kanye West is still on his dissociated, rambling run on Twitter, and in addition to dropping new music, he recently called Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma González, a survivor of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., his “hero.” He also bigged her up again minutes later, saying that he was inspired by…
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Dominate
I wanted to believe it didn’t mean anything. The smell of whiskey on his breath. The hurried kiss and his tongue latched around my left nipple. The gentle suckling as my abrasive wool sweater remained bunched against my throat. I told myself it meant nothing and I was nothing but an ends to a means.…
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No Hack: Joy Reid Issues Mea Culpa for Unearthed Homophobic Comments
On Saturday morning’s AM Joy, the brilliant host of the MSNBC weekend staple, Joy-Ann Reid, began her segment apologizing for words that may have hurt those in the LGBTQ community, calling the commentary “despicable.” Over the last week, the MSNBC host had come under fire, especially from conservative outlets, after an Intercept article by founder…
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Exactly 1 Good, Weird Thing Happened on Twitter This Week, and Lakeith Stanfield Was Involved
If you were on Twitter this week, then surely you know that it was a messy tornado hellscape of “Make America Great Again” hats and free thought and Bill Cosby apologists—all of this on top of the nonreading Ye-holes that tend to dominate the site on a daily basis. (If this doesn’t apply to you,…
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Miramax Releases Trailer for Upcoming Whitney Houston Documentary
At the age of 48, Whitney Houston died a tragic death on Feb. 11, 2012. The singer’s body was found in a bathtub at the famed Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. According to the official autopsy report, the cause of death was an accidental drowning, and heart disease and cocaine use were listed as…
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TV Network Bounces Cosby Show From Lineup Following Guilty Verdict
Bounce TV, a network geared toward African-American viewers, has removed reruns of The Cosby Show from its lineup following Bill Cosby’s conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault Thursday afternoon. Deadline reports that the move to drop the classic 1980s sitcom was announced by the digital network in a statement Thursday. “Effective immediately,…
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Cardi B’s Ex-Manager Sues Her for Allegedly Giving Him the Shaft
Behind every great woman is a man waiting to take credit for her success, and our new fave, Cardi B, is no exception. TMZ reports that Cardi’s former manager has filed a $10 million lawsuit against her, claiming that he is responsible for her meteoric rise from Instagram personality to the trap Selena, and that…
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Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Aggravated Indecent Assault
On Thursday a jury in Norristown, Pa., that consisted of seven men and five women found Bill Cosby guilty of aggravated indecent assault after 14 hours of deliberation. Cosby was on trial for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. During the trial, five women testified against the 80-year-old comedian…
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Janelle Monáe Says Dirty Computer Is a Soundtrack for Carefree Black Women Who Are ‘Beautiful as Fuck’
I woke up this morning to headlines of Janelle Monáe coming out as a “queer black woman.” Sure, this is something many of us speculated about and indulged over once we peeped the visuals for her new album, Dirty Computer, but to have the CEO, record label owner, CoverGirl, artist and actual black girl magician…