I tweeted about Janet Jackson’s flawlessness and the trolls came out
I rarely pay attention to celebrity Twitter. Not because I have some type of moralistic claim to do so. It takes too much work to know what is going on...
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Trick Daddy’s Looks Have Nothing To Do With The Vileness Of His Comments
Recently, last-century rapper Trick Daddy went on a tirade against Black women confirming the fact that undesirable men are always the first ones to try to lecture Black women about being...
10 Best Responses To Justin Timberlake Trying To Be Black Again
The 2016 BET Awards were amazing, and Jesse Williams acceptance speech was the highlight. Then Justin Timberlake went and tried to inject himself into the conversation. A twitter dragging quickly...
Stephen A. Smith Has a Point About the Curry Family And Colorism
I’m not a fan of ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. I’m not even remotely interested in organized sports. And, I have no investments in any of the intersections of the two....
B.o.B Thinks The Earth Is Flat On His Neil DeGrasse Tyson “Diss Track”
The new leader of freethinking has arrived. And his name is B.o.B.
Why Ayesha Curry’s Tweets About “Classy” Dress are a Black Feminist Issue
In this week’s patriarchal news, Ayesha Curry, wife of Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, posted about how she prefers “classy” and modest dress over the “trendy” fashion she is seeing everywhere...
Black Twitter’s Thanksgiving Game Has No Chill
This year, we saw the creation of the #ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies and #ThanksgivingClapBack hashtags. These have to be some of the greatest tweets of all time. From snatched edges to the White...
Let’s Get Real about “Zola”
This week, Twitter user Aziah King (@_zolarmoon) relayed the details of a crazy weekend she spent in Florida. Then the world lost its collective minds for her compelling tale of...
Disney’s ‘The Princess of North Sudan’ and the Mythology of White Childhood
When I was seven-years-old, my father would frequently take me to a little theme park in Oakland, Calif. called “Fairyland.” It was tiny and a bit meager but it gave...
Hell Nawl Report: Corporations Are Clueless About #BAE
Slang follows a life cycle. A new term is put into the global lexicon, most commonly by Black entertainers and influencers. It catches on with the their fanbases – which are usually...
Shonda Rhimes Says Hashtags Don’t Help, She’s Wrong [VIDEO]
I am a fan of Shonda Rhimes. I have loved her since the 1999 biopic “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.” And, while I grew weary of Private Practice, pretty much hated every...
TLC Aren’t the Only Ones Tired of Rihanna’s Nipples
I am sick of Rihanna. Sick to death. I’m sick of her yodel-barking. I’m sick of her acting like her success is because of her musical prowess. I’m sick of...
Hashtag Activism, Silencing, and Sacrificial Lambs of the New Media Movement
One of the most dangerous byproducts of this age of new media is apathy. In this era, far too many people underestimate the power of social media. Conversely, far too...
Justine Sacco Challenged Black Twitter…and Lost
This weekend, I witnessed a brutal battle. It was a virtual battle but a battle nonetheless. I witnessed Justine Sacco (now former PR Director for IAC – a web company...
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