I Got 20 Questions About the 2012 Soul Train Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards came on and I had no plans on watching it. But my Twitter fam was and I’m impressionable so I watched it. Was it good? It wasn’t bad. But like always, the tweets about the show made it worth watching. It was entertaining, though. I’ll …
Stock Black Criminal is Too Fine For This Treatment
Oh America. Every time we think you might be about to win, you start losing again. Remember when Barack Obama got elected president in 2008 and everyone was talmbout how it was a post-racial country? Yeah… that was boolsheet. Unless post-racial means “just as racist but since there’s a Black …
Why I’m No Longer About That Black Friday Life
Black Friday is upon us, and I am spending it on my couch. The only thing that might make me leave the house today is because I feel like going to IHOP for their incredible caramel hot chocolate. Besides that, catch me in my pajamas. I am over Black Friday …
Free Isn’t Enough: In Defense of the Rihanna Plane Journalists
I’m really surprised at the reaction folks are having over this whole Rihanna #777Tour plane debacle. The plane, carrying 150 people (mostly journalists and some fans) descended to madness in the last couple of days of the tour. The people on it were really disappointed with how the trip went. …
Grandpa Liu is Serving Everything I Need!
The internet is awesome because sometimes it brings things into your life that makes you smile from deep down. The story of 72-year old Liu Xianping from Shanghai and his support for his granddaughter is one. Liu’s granddaughter runs a clothing store with some of her college buddies, and one …
Rihanna’s #777Tour Plane is About to Turn Into Lord of the Flies
Unless you’ve been under a rock, or staying off Twitter, or somewhere minding your business and living a good life of minimal ratchetness, you’ve heard about Rihanna’s #777 tour by now. If not the tour, then at least the plane that’s on the tour with her. The 777 tour is …
We Meet Porsha and She’s a Piece of Work: RHOA Episode 3 Recap
I’m not sure why it took this long but we finally meet Porsha Williams-Stewart, the newest cast member of Real Housewives of Atlanta in episode 3. It seems her and Kenya have similar motives for being on the show, which of course means they butt heads immediately. I’ll get to …
Because Chicken is Worthy of Praise and Worship
No less than 10 people have sent me a link to this video, dubbed the “Chicken Gospel” and it took me a while but I finally watched it. And let me tell you, it took me 10 minutes because I kept on pausing it to laugh. This. is. hilarity. The …
See, Daddy? Spies Got Souls Too: My Scandal Episode 206 Recap
The writers of Scandal don’t even let us chill. This is one show you can’t miss ONE minute of, because in the first 60 seconds, something major happens that lays the groundwork for the entire episode. Let’s get into the tea! Gun to head – An older man runs to …
The Women’s Media Award Was One of the Most Epic Nights Ever!
I’m still trying to process the award I just got from the Women’s Media Center. This Social Media Award means the world because the organization that gave it to me is changing the face of media, therefore the world. When Beyonce said “Who runs the world?” she should have meant …