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Lamar Odom Just Flipped The Script On This Kardashian Myth
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Mar 29, 2017
Pop Culture
We Need To Get On The Same Page About Twerking
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Mar 29, 2017
TV Shows
Unfortunately,
Harlots
Is Still Accurate About Sex Work
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Mar 29, 2017
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The Craziest Movies About Time Travel, Ever
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Dear Chance The Rapper, You Should Hire Me To Be Your Intern
When an opportunity this good comes around, you can't pass it up. Here goes nothing.
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The Other Painful Reason That
Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
Re...
Everyone misses Uncle Phil, but die-hard fans of "The Fresh Prince" are salty about the absence of someone who is very much alive and well.
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Music
Quavo Actually Isn't The Beyoncé Of Migos
Quavo would make a great solo artist, but he's just as great in the trio.
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The Most Fascinating Thing About Blac Chyna Is Her Hustle
For every twist and turn in her personal life, there has been a money bag not far behind it.
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The Mysteries Of Mariah Carey
For someone who has spent so much of her life in the public eye, there are a surprising number of unknowns surrounding the pop diva.
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TV Shows
Is Reese Witherspoon Playing Her
Legally Blonde
Characte...
I can’t help but think that I'm seeing the older version of the only person to ever make law school seem cool to me.
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Movies
Is
Beauty & The Beast
Racist?
In this fairy tale, the symbolism of a big, dark beast defines Belle’s perilous captivity.
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Movies
The Most Exciting Heist Movies Of All Time
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TV Shows
Scandal
Might Be The Greatest Love Tragedy Of All Time
Do not be fooled by the show's lusty sex scenes.
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Movies
What The Whitewashing Of
Death Note
Says About Hollywood
Diversity in Hollywood is about more than bringing people of color into the fray. It’s about decentering whiteness as the baseline of humanity and relata
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Movies
The Angela Davis Biopic Is Overdue, But Will Be Done Right
This is going to be movie event of my life, and I am beyond ready.
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TV Shows
Shots Fired
Is Off To A Weird Start, But At Least It Got...
"Shots Fired" is standing on shaky ground in terms of complicating the race narrative, but brings a strong A-game in terms of gender.
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Pop Culture
The Truth Behind Naomi Campbell's Complicated Legacy
That Campbell continues to use boulders as stepping stones and not barriers is something that we can all aspire to.
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Movies
An Ode To My Favorite Taraji P. Henson Role
Cookie is very much the older woman that I envisioned Yvette growing up to be.
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TV Shows
Why I'm So Torn About
Shots Fired
I've seen enough coverage of people dying at the hands of police, but the show could add some meaningful dialogue.
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TV Shows
RuPaul's New Show Is Going To Be Lit
RuPaul's upcoming scripted series already has all the makings of a hit.
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TV Shows
The Irony Of
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's
Open Relationship
Consensual non-monogamy shouldn't be shocking on a show where hardly anyone is monogamous.
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TV Shows
Is
Hip Hop Squares
Part Of A Game Show Revolution?
It's the latest example of a changing game show landscape that is leaning toward inclusivity, just like the rest of the television industry
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TV Shows
6 Actresses Who Brought Black Girl Magic To Sitcoms
Cheers to the actresses who brought Black girl magic to sitcoms.
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TV Shows
Kim Kardashian's Retelling Of Her Paris Robbery Just Made Me Comp...
Just because something may be priceless to me, doesn’t mean someone else can’t put a lofty price tag on it in their own life.
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TV Shows
Privilege Is Danny Rand's Real Superpower In Netflix's
Iron F...
I don’t need to understand comic books to recognize gender and racial privilege when I see it.
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Movies
Netflix's
Deidra & Laney Rob A Train
Is A Whole New Kind...
It has "Napoleon Dynamite" feels with a younger millennial twist.
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TV Shows
Someone Needs To Die For
Scandal
The show is suffering because we don’t have to worry about anything happening to our favorite characters.
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Movies
The Interesting Role Women Played In Netflix's
Burning Sands<...
Women, including sorority members, appeared to be relegated to the background of an extremely masculine part of the Black student experience.
by
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TV Shows
Why We Like That
This Is Us
Makes Us Cry
Each week, "This Is Us" offers viewers a sense of catharsis that keeps them coming back for more.
by
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TV Shows
What Is Going On With The Black Nanny On
Black-ish
?
The generally sharp sitcom's handling of gender felt weird and sloppy last night.
by
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