What This Election and Today’s Inauguration Meant to Me
In 2008 when President Barack Obama was elected, it was with this air of inspiration. It felt like a brand new day. It was history. Untainted history. People were rooting for him and he was the underdog who needed to be cheered on. In 2012 as he went up for …
A Criminal, A Whore, An Idiot and a Liar: Scandal Episode 211 Recap
Scandal went off air over 30 minutes ago and I’m sitting on this couch wondering what my life is about. I mean GAHTDAMB. This episode didn’t murk my spirit in the last 5 minutes like normal. Instead, the entire episode just slayed me completely. Every scene was as important as …
Love and Athletes America Needs to Happen and Here’s the Cast
Lately, the sports world has been giving us the best tea. They might have me caring about who shot what ball over who’s net soon. Or not. But still. You gotta admit that athletes have been in the news more than usual for their off-the-court activities and how it’s affected …
Dear NRA, A Stadium of Seats Awaits You
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been tripping for a good while and they’ve been hitting their dougie all over the collective nerves of people with sense. They’ve more than earned this sternly-worded letter. Dear NRA, I’m beginning to believe that you have to be a dizzy dingbat to be …
Whose Drunk Uncle is This?
We all have black sheep in our family. Some of the folks we don’t like to claim might one day end up on TV for all the wrong reasons. Like this dude: LMAO!!! This dude was so damb drunk that he couldn’t e’em hold his own head up to take …
Social Media Week Lagos, Here I Come!
Social Media Week is a global event that happens in multiple cities all over the world at the same damb time. The goal is to explore the “social, cultural and economic impact of social media.” So it’s basically All Social Media Everything. It happens twice a year, in February and …
The Donkey Booty Dispute: RHOA Episode 11 Recap
*sings* “How do you solve a problem like Kenya Moore? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?” My Sound of Music fans will appreciate that because Kenya needs some nuns somewhere to worry about her. Every episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta has revolved around her, so …
My 10 Thoughts About the 2013 Golden Globe Awards
I was really excited to watch the Golden Globe Awards this year because my comedy sheros Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were hosting. You cannot get a more perfect pairing than those two and I figured it’d be a good show with them at the helm. So I sat through …
I Was on WGNTV’s “People to People” With Micah Materre!
My peoples! I somehow failed to give y’all a heads up but I was on TV this weekend! It was WGN-TV’s People to People with Micah Materre, and I had a GOODT time! I was invited on to speak about my work with my nonprofit organization The Red Pump Project …
Hi, Scandal. This Was One for the Dog: Episode 210 Recap
These past four weeks without Scandal have been tough. LAWD, THEY HAVE BEEN HARD! Thursday nights without Olivia Pope an’ ’em have been empty. They’ve been a shell of their former selves. I was PARCHED for them to return. Dehydrated, even. Last night, I was in front of the TV, …