Some Thoughts
Some Thoughts
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Euphoria and Colman Domingo Delivered the Best Phone Call Scene I've Ever Seen, and I Still Can't Get It Out of My Head
So, during my conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates earlier this week, he mentioned that he wants his work to āhauntā those who read it, where (paraphrasing) it sticks in their heads and they canāt extract it. Iāve had similar conversations with other writersāand others across the creative spectrumāand this feeling is universal among them. Us, I…
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A Short Blog About a Confused Dipshit in My Neighborhood With Trump Flags in Their Windows
In 2004, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh opened its doors on Sampsonia Way in Pittsburghās Northside neighborhood with a specific mission: to provide sanctuary to literary writers who were exiled and under threat of persecution. For two years we provide an exiled writer (and family) with a house, a stipend, and medical benefits, as well as a…
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20 Spoiler-Filled Questions After Finally Watching HBO's The Undoing
I watched HBOās The Undoing, and I have questions. 1. Why would he try to burn the murder thing in a janky outdoor fire pit when the whole ass ocean is literally right there? 2. Do rich whites (āthe wichā) just not have ceilings in their homes? 3. Is there a ceiling-less house level of…
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My Chaotic and COVID-Influenced 2020 Spotify Wrapped, Explained
Soooo… Yeah? Are we ready to talk about this list? I think so. I think Iām ready. Letās start at the top, then. James Blake has pretty much cemented his status as the Blacksā favorite contemporary white in music. This is true. The Blacks love James Blake, and I am a Black. I like him…
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So I Watched the 'Y'all Can't Twerk in Here' Video Again, and That Guy's Short-Sleeved Turtleneck Still Makes No Sense
It is below freezing in Pittsburgh today, with wind chills in the teens. Iāve spent much of the day indoors, shielded from the weather and protected by the central heating in our house, but inside still feels the effects of the cold. Sitting next to a window, for instance, feels like sitting next to a…
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This Holiday Season, Be Thankful You're Not Jason Whitlock
āIt could be worseā seems to have overtaken the many versions of āIām fineā on the list of the most common responses to āHow are you doing?ā Understandable, considering that weāre in a global pandemic and just responding with āIām fineā feels both disingenuous and insensitive. But while āIt could be worseā is sufficiently sober,…
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Was the Greatest Rap Album of the 21st Century, and Kanye Never Recovered From It
A funny thing about My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy when compared to the other rap albums that exist in the space where āiconic albumā and āalbum I happen to loveā overlap is that I donāt remember where or when I first heard it. I could tell you where I was when I first heard Wu-Forever…
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Unpopular Opinion: Turkey Is Good
I hadnāt realized exactly how thoroughly Iād been influenced by the onslaught of anti-turkey propaganda until making a Thanksgiving shopping list with my wife this morning. (It is weird that weāre still planning to purchase and cook a sailorās buffet of food despite the fact that no one will be in our house except for…
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For White Men Who Have Considered Genocide When Patriarchy and Privilege Are Not Enuf
The cacophony of celebratory sounds that rang out last week in reaction to Joe Bidenās win was based on a sundry of emotionsāranging from relief at ending aĀ racist regime dominated by white men who were fanatical about protecting their own wealth and privilege to jubilance over a historic win for Kamala Harris, the first woman…
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55 Ways White People Say āWhite Peopleā Without Actually Saying āWhite Peopleā (Updated)
1. Americans 2. Real Americans 3. Middle America 4. Working-class Americans 5. Patriots 6. Europeans 7. Southerners 8. Midwesterners 9. Millennials 10. Christians 11. Evangelicals 12. Red-state voters 13. Rust Belt voters 14. Conservatives 15. Republicans 16. Suburbanites 17. Gentrifiers 18. Families 19. Veterans 20. Soccer moms 21. Management 22. Law enforcement 23. Hardworking Americans…