alexi mccammond is not canceled
Why is it that canceling Black women--the perpetual saviors of the universe--leaves anyone who's not a Black woman salivating at the very thought? Well. . .until everyone who's not a [...]
March 2021
July 2020
naaga hates black women
I joined Shoot 2 Win (S2W) in May. It's a National African American Gun Association (NAAGA)-affiliated club, based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. I have experience with firearms and signed [...]
you me and he
🎶 You, me...and he, what we gonna do, baby? 🎶 . I watched the now infamous Red Table Talk, and I had thoughts in no particular order. . Does August [...]
August 2019
love letter to my sisters
I’m often told that I’m hard on people because of my tough love approach. Especially when regurgitating my unpopular opinions on the female/male dynamic. I openly admit, I may come [...]
January 2019
surviving misogynoir
If you are a survivor who tuned into the Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, peace be with you. I hope you took breaks, but more importantly engaged in the self-care [...]
August 2018
someone needs to read slim thug and I volunteer as tribute
In this week's Bitch, Please broadcast, washed-up rapper Slim Thug came for Ciara and her wedded bliss with Russell Wilson. Entirely fitting, of course, being that I came across this [...]
April 2017
america’s black kangs are upset with the most preeminent athlete of our time
Unless you've been scavenging the bottom of the garbage patch that is the Pacific Ocean, you know that Serena Williams recently announced that she's pregnant. By her F-I-A-N-C-E. Now a [...]
January 2017
when sounding “white” upsets the whites
One day, several years ago, a Black female colleague at a previous job told me that our white colleagues described my emails as "scathing". Pause. Below, the definition of scathing: [...]
November 2016
broken as fvck: plastic wings and turning tables
By now, we've all had time to ingest, digest and regurgitate the season one finale of Issa Rae's pièce de résistance, Insecure. This episode, entitled Broken as F**k, like countless [...]
the conundrum of bridget jones’s baby
The concept of the movie Bridget Jones's Baby, released September 16 of this year, is problematic for several reasons. Walk with me. If Bridget Jones' was Briana Jenkins, a quirky [...]