Opinion
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Auntie Unfiltered Discusses Securing the Bag With Kandi Burruss
Kandi Burruss has been in the game a long time. She has had success as a member of the group Xscape; as a songwriter who has penned such eternal classics as “Bills, Bills, Bills” for Destiny’s Child and the girl anthem “No Scrubs” for TLC; as a member of the fan-favorite Real Housewives of Atlanta…
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I'll Be Around
This month makes 10 years from the weekend I drove from Pittsburgh to D.C. for a party to celebrate both the three-year anniversary of the launch of VerySmartBrothas—the blog Panama Jackson, Liz Burr, and I created in 2008—and the release of Your Degrees Won’t Keep You Warm At Night, a self-published compilation of satirical dating…
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Was Drake’s Views Really Fire or Did It Leave a Lot to Be Desired? Let’s Argue
On this fifth anniversary of Drake’s fourth studio album Views, I think it’s high time we say what needs to be said. The album was not that great. Sure, it had bops. Looking at you, “Child’s Play,” “Controlla,” “One Dance, “Pop Style,”and “Feel No Ways.” Yes, it had vibes. Shouts out to you, “Weston Road…
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15 Things the Pandemic Taught Me About Being an Introvert
1. No one gives a shit 2. Seriously 3. No one cares 4. I guess I knew this before the pandemic, actually 5. When all those “How introverted are you?” quizzes infested the internet 6. And every introvert was like “Finally! I’m seen! I’m understood! Finally there’s a word to explain why I hate small…
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I Think It May Be Time for Tyrese to Throw in the Tile
OK, first things first—let me just say that I like Tyrese. I do, I really do. “Sweet Lady” and “Stay” are my jams, he and Ludacris literally make up some of the best moments in the Fast & Furious franchise and I firmly believe that if he could get together whatever he needs to get…
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Yeah, I Can Watch This Clip of Daniel Kaluuya and His Famous Bruvs Celebrating His Oscar Win Forever
One of the everlasting values of Saturday Night Live is that it recreates a dynamic that really only exists one other place in popular culture—the NBA All-Star Game. Although the intensity level of that game is notoriously inconsistent, what remains static is how easy it is to discern comfort. In this group of the 24…
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We Need to Talk About the 'Conservative Republican' Who Wrote a Whole Essay About How He Misses White Privilege Disney World
It’s not very often that I am astonished by the sheer caucasity of white people. I’ve written stories about a white woman claiming to have been called the n-word in school because she has bigger lips than like six other white people; a story about a Republican declaring that the three-fifths compromise wasn’t racist; one…
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Auntie Unfiltered Chats With Iyanla Vanzant
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the Queen of fixing lives, Iyanla Vanzant. For the last seven seasons, Iyanla has dug in deep with all of her guests, getting them to self-reflect and look deep within to resolve various issues they have in their lives. On April 10, the eighth and final…