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...
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...
Entertainment / Gender & Sexuality
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published October 31, 2016 · Last modified July 17, 2017
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...
Entertainment / Humor / Lists / Pop Culture / Race
by Daren W. Jackson · Published June 27, 2016 · Last modified December 30, 2016
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...
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....
Blerd Life / Culture / Entertainment / Music / Pop Culture
by Daren W. Jackson · Published January 26, 2016
The new leader of freethinking has arrived. And his name is B.o.B.
Entertainment / Pop Culture / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published December 7, 2015 · Last modified December 17, 2016
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...
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...
Culture / Entertainment / Fiction / Literature / Pop Culture / Technology
by Daren W. Jackson · Published October 30, 2015 · Last modified December 23, 2015
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...
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...
Business / Humor / Pop Culture / Videos
by Daren W. Jackson · Published January 1, 2015 · Last modified January 3, 2016
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...
Culture / Entertainment / Politics / Pop Culture / Videos
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published June 19, 2014 · Last modified March 30, 2016
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...
Culture / Entertainment / Pop Culture / Race
by Daren W. Jackson · Published June 8, 2014 · Last modified December 16, 2016
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...
Motivational / Politics / Race / Videos
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published May 23, 2014 · Last modified December 16, 2016
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...
Pop Culture / Race / Technology
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published December 23, 2013 · Last modified March 26, 2017
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...
“Face, meet palm” was what I said to myself today when I found out that the GOP (Grand Old Party or Republicans) proclaimed via Twitter that Rosa Parks had ended...
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published November 21, 2013 · Last modified December 27, 2015
But we already knew that, right? Thank you Ashton Kutcher for having the balls to stand up to retail hegemon Walmart this week – even if it was only via...
Politics / Pop Culture / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published November 5, 2013 · Last modified March 27, 2017
Don Lemon keeps putting his foot in his mouth. Every few weeks, he has something negative to say about or to the black community. Just weeks after telling black people...
Entertainment / Politics / Pop Culture / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published September 16, 2013 · Last modified December 16, 2016
Do you know what a WASP is? It refers to someone who is white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant (aka white people). Do you know what it isn’t? Brown, black, yellow, or red...
Culture / Entertainment / Pop Culture
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published August 16, 2013 · Last modified January 26, 2018
So, Russell Simmons has been irritating everyone for some time now. We all know he is a male chauvinist and has little back bone when it comes to moral fortitude....
Culture / Entertainment / Pop Culture
by Daren W. Jackson · Published August 14, 2013 · Last modified December 27, 2015
Kendrick Lamar wants to put all rappers on notice: He is here to be the best. He doesn’t care if you are his friend or not. He doesn’t care how...