Antisocial
Antisocial
-
I Won an Award, but Who's the Real MVP?
Last week, on Monday night, was the 19th annual Womenâs eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century gala at Club 101 in Manhattan, N.Y. There was some revelry, but there was a lot more talk about how we can advance our cause as women, and ultimately, not just save ourselves, but save the world. As…
-
How I Finally Learned to (Sort of)Â Stop Hitting Myself
As I often tell people, what got me to finally get my life together (of sorts) was not me. I wish I was enough, but alas, for me, as Iâve demonstrated time and time again, I am not. The first time I pulled it together out of the darkness of bipolar disorder was for my…
-
The Ms. Foundation for Women Goes for a Welcome Laugh in Aggressively Unfunny Times
A long time ago (2016), in a land similar to our own but very different (pre-Trump America), comedy was about the absurd. Presidents were fun to make fun of because they were confined by the stature of the office. It was fun to imagine how they would be if they were a more extreme version…
-
From Get-Out-the-Vote to Respectability Politics, Aretha Franklin's Homegoing Was a Dramatic, Political Affair
DETROITâA stage is a stage, even when itâs a church and the performance is a marathon of a funeral. Clocking in at more than nine hours long for those who showed up at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning to view her body, perhaps Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul and daughter of Detroit, wouldnât have had…
-
A List of Every Stress-Related Illness Iâve Ever Had, Ranked From Horrible to âI Think Iâm Dyingâ
When you donât listen to your body, your body has a way of forcing you to listen. Or at least thatâs what my body does, over and over again, from annoying to terrifying effect. When you suffer from stress-induced anxiety, as I do and have since I was a child, you get a host of…
-
The Root Is at the 2018 BET Awards and All You're Getting Is This Liveblog
Todayâs the day! Weâve picked out our best bougie girl, not-for-the-BET-Awards-outfits and are going to the 2018 BET Awards, with all the cool kids. Yes, your Editor-in-Chief, Danielle C. Belton, and The Rootâs Deputy Managing Editor Yesha Callahan, are in Los Angeles, ready for primetime (sort of), when the show starts at 7 p.m. CST/8…
-
Marvelâs Luke Cage Premiere Party Was Cool and I Was Cool, Too, for Once
Before I headed to Los Angeles for the BET Awards this weekend, I decided to test my old-person âstay awakeâ abilities by going to the premiere party for Netflix and Marvelâs Luke Cage series Thursday night before my flight. While I succeeded in turning all the way up at this party, I failed at staying…
-
Our Hotel Is for the Birds (Literally). Cuh-CAAAAW!
There are literal birds chirping, tweeting and running around our hotel for the BET Awardsâthe vast Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles, where scenes from the film True Lies were shot. These birds, however, are not just of the feathered kind but of these kinds, too. Yes, birds. Birds of the âPick me, choose me,…
-
The Root Is in Los Angeles for the BET Awards and Has No Idea What to Wear
What to wear? What to wear? First things first: Iâm not cool. Iâve never been cool. Not gonna be cool. Couldnât be cool if I tried. And the BET Awardsâas well as the various colorfully dressed, still flat-and-tight-stomached young people who attend itâare cool. (Even when I was a young-ânâ-flat-stomached little thing, I wasnât cool.)…
-
Artist Nick Cave Teaches Me How to âLet Goâ at The Let Go
I needed this. Thatâs what I told myself as I walked into the Park Avenue Armory on Wednesday, June 6, to see the premiere of performance artist Nick Caveâs newest installation: The Let Go. I didnât really know what to expect. I knew that there would be music and, obviously, dance, considering Caveâs background as…