Category: Personal
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Grandma’s cake at Thanksgiving.
I feel full, in more ways than one. -
How to survive Pines Party as an average brown person.
How hot and white do you need to be in order to have a good time at a circuit party? -
Hopping the turnstile.
Most people do not evade subway fares for fun — they do so out of necessity. Policing them won’t make them any less poor. -
Father’s Day Triptych
Short stories from my Father’s Day memory bank. -
Come get y’all CÉCRED!
Beyoncé’s long-awaited haircare line is here, and it looks promising! -
Ava Duvernay’s Origin and the tribalism of humanity.
Films like Origin might serve to confirm some negative biases about humanity in ardent misanthropes, but exposing the systems and… -
Guess who?!
SoLetsTalkAbout is back, but with less pressure and even less focus. -
More people should get slapped, really.
Jail is the only reason I haven’t slapped more people. -
Being “Very Online” while Black.
Every Very Online Black person you know has been called the n-word in their inbox. -
The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and the space for doubt.
Watch Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama tease each other over their differing religious beliefs.
Hot Takes: Dr. Death
If you’re afraid of doctors, this is definitely not the limited series for you.
Soleimani is dead. What happens now?
No one knows, really. Iran will retaliate, but then what?
Hot Takes: The Clark Sisters – First Ladies of Gospel
I made a white man who don’t know nothing about The Clark Sisters watch it with me and he thoroughly enjoyed himself. Good…