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August 2018

someone needs to read slim thug and I volunteer as tribute

By lcannon|2019-10-04T17:07:07-04:00August 4th, 2018|Tags: #LevelUp, Black men, Black women, Ciara, Future, Helsinki, LeToya Luckett, Level Up, love, marriage, men, misogny, misogynoir, Putin, relationships, Russell Wilson, sex, Slim Thug, struggle love, trump, vasectomy, white women, women|

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 [...]

i ain’t birthin’ no babies!

By lcannon|2019-10-04T17:07:07-04:00July 14th, 2016|Tags: a woman's right to choose, abortion, birth control, Black professional women, Black professionals, Black women, Cameo, childlessness, children, family planning, mater mea, Planned Parenthood, pro-choice, reproductive rights, single, single life, singledom, singleness, stigma, taboo, uteri, uterus, women, women of color|

I was recently a featured guest on a mater mea podcast, where the topic of discussion was women who don't want children. For anyone who may not be aware, I'm [...]

hollywood divorce

By lcannon|2019-10-04T17:07:08-04:00October 29th, 2015|Tags: Black men, celebrities, David Justice, demonization of Black women, divorce, domestic abuse, Halle Berry, Hollywood divorce, marriage, men, misogynoir, misogyny, Olivier Martinez, relationships, sex addiction, sexism, Wesley Snipes, women|

I've been reading the craziest nonsense on the innanets pertaining to Halle Berry recently filing for divorce from her husband of two years, Olivier Martinez. The usual "she can't keep [...]

why amber rose is the face of a new millennial heroine

By lcannon|2019-10-04T17:07:08-04:00October 13th, 2015|Tags: Amber Rose, bad bitches, Black women, controversy, female empowerment, heroine, historical trajectory, How to Be a Bad Bitch, Kanye West, misogny, misogynoir, rape culture, SlutWalk, uplftment, Wiz Khalifa, woman, women, women supporting women, women's issues|

Last weekend, Amber Rose held her extensively criticized, yet widely misunderstood SlutWalk. The following week, WPGC 95.5 radio morning show host, Joe Clair, offered his meager, and clearly ill-informed opinion [...]

culture shock: the politics of black representation on tv

By lcannon|2019-10-04T17:07:08-04:00October 7th, 2015|Tags: 90210, ABC, African-American, Black, Black people, Black representation, Black women, cultural, culture critique, culture shock, demonization of Black women, Grey's Anatomy, historical trajectory, history, hypersexualized, idiot box, networks, politics, prime time, Private Practice, programming, Shonda Rhimes, strong black woman, television, The CW, TV, women|

Editor's Note: The following piece was written in 2010. Two of the television shows dissected herein have since been canceled and no longer air, but may be viewed on Netflix, [...]

protect ya neck: a wu-tang style guide to dmv dating

By lcannon|2019-10-04T17:07:08-04:00October 5th, 2015|Tags: battle of the sexes, courting, dating, dating in the DMV, DMV, Mars, men, milennials, relationships, sex, Venus, women|

Alas, the concept of dating in the DMV is brutally perplexing for innumerable women, and dare I say, hazardous to the self-esteem of many. Oh, that you were a fly [...]