BusinessMy LifeRed Pump

I Was Chosen as a 30 Under 30. Check Me Out!

So blessings rain down on me continuously and I just want to do all types of church scoots. God is clearly doing the wop and the cabbage patch in my life AS WE SPEAK! That’s the only explanation I got for it. What happened this time? Wells… The Black AIDS Institute, …

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New York Giant Rat Gambian Pouch
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New York’s Giant Dog Rat. iCan’t.

I was minding my own business like I like to do (-___-) when this abomination dropped into my Tumblr dashboard. A gigantic, white rat was killed after being speared with a pitchfork at the Marcy Houses in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Jose Rivera, a Housing Authority worker, was clearing …

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Best Roomy Ever
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Everyone Needs the Best Roomy Ever

Just like everyone needs a Sassy Gay Friend, everyone needs the Best Roomy EVER! in their lives. What/who is it? Wells, I’m glad you didn’t asked! Cliffnotes: He’s awesome. A guy from Alabama is moving to San Francisco in a coupla weeks for work, and he needs a place to stay. …

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Famous folksSocial Media

Aaliyah Passed 10 Years Ago and Twitter Acts A Complete Fool In Her Honor

There are certain times when the folks on Twitter make me shake my head vigorously. Anytime it comes to the death of a celebrity, some of the people on Twitter act like complete dummies with no home training or couth. Folks make me pull out my post on the Stages …

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Spades Question. Did They Renege?

So last year, I wrote a post talmbout how Spades is not a game. SPADES IS LIFE! That card game is serious business, and unless you’re ready to talk shit, get cussed out and possibly lose valued relationships over it, don’t sit down at that table. YOU AIN’T READY YET!!! …

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Famous folks

Someone Come Get Juanita Bynum And Her Speaking in Tongues on Facebook

Some of you may have heard of Evangelist Juanita Bynum. She of the scandal where her husband beat her down in the church parking lot or something wretched and unacceptable like that. AOL Black Voices even wrote a story called “Beat Up From the Feet Up.” And please don’t judge …

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Slave Earrings Vogue Italia
Letters

Dear Vogue Italia, Slave Earrings? Here’s TWO Seats to Have

So sometimes, stuff is published on major outlets that is just sooo jarring and stupid that I am just convinced it was a mistake. Or written for The Onion. This is one of them. Vogue Italia published an article on their site featuring hoop earrings. And instead of calling them …

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McDonald's Ad Parody
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This McDonald’s Ad Parody is Hilarity!

Ok so y’all know how McDonald’s always has Black folks shucking and jiving in their commercials? Yeah… you know. Like the only way they know how to market to us colored folks is to include someone singing while eating one of their kill you slowly foods. Because you know we …

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BusinessMy LifeRed Pump

Guess Who’s On Eight Bus Ads In Chicago? The Red Pump Project!

So some of you know I founded an organization called The Red Pump Project with my girl Karyn Watkins of The Fabulous Giver. We raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS on women & girls, using red pumps as a symbol of empowerment. We’re national, with ambassadors around the country …

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Charlette Jones at the Apple Store
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Charlette got Kang Jesus. At the Apple Store

I asked my Facebook fan page family to give me stuff to roast and they NEVER EVER disappoint. Their cup runneth over with ratchetness. ALL. THE. TIME. So I was linked to this video. And I almost fell out. What is wrong with this? Lemme count the ways! First of …

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