TV and Movies

Orange is the New Black Returns for Season 2 Tomorrow on NetFlix!

I LOVE Orange is the New Black (@OITNB) and I wrote a post on 10 reasons why when I binge-watched it last year. Jenji Kohan’s adaptation of the book of the same name has captured folks’ attention since last year. I’ve been super ready to continue watching the journey of Piper …

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CultureFaithLetters

Dear Fellow Christians, About This Christ Crutch We Use to Justify Foolery…

I just feel like I need to talk to my faith-similar folks for a second. Dear Christians, I’m a life-long Christian and I was raised by a village of protectors and guardians who included my Grandmother, a lover of the Lord (with all her heart and soul). She taught me that being …

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FashionTV and Movies

Peter Griffin’s CFDA Awards Outfit Stole the Show

One person went to the CFDA Awards and slayed EVERYBODY there. They are an American icon and we salute them for their influence in pop culture. Yes, I’m talmbout Peter Griffin. This #ALPHET (outfit) is daring, it’s edgy and it’s bold. It tells us all that Peter is comfortable with …

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Random

A Baby, A Wedding Dress and a Drag Down the Aisle: Failing Successfully

There is never a shortage of mess on these interwebs and last week, and I already blogged about the bridal party and their drunk in love routine. Wells, some woman named Shona Carter-Brooks was all over everywhere. I was gon let Shona be and let the rest of everyone deal …

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Fashion

Say It With Your Chest! Unable To Can and Alphet Tshirts Are Here!

My peoples! If you weren’t on social media from Friday night to Saturday morning, you missed something. I decided to offer UNABLE TO CAN tshirts through Teespring on Friday night and I announced it on the Awesomely Luvvie Facebook fan page, on Twitter and on my Instagram. Teespring allows you …

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TV and Movies

The Mountain and the Viper: Game of Thrones Season 4 Episode 8 Recap

Look and listen. 1 hour. It took me ONE WHOLE HOUR to get any semblance of my bearings back after watching this episode of Game of Thrones. I seriously didn’t know what to do with myself after it ended. This show is gonna be the reason I need high blood …

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CultureTV and Movies

Lupita Nyong’o Optioned Film Rights to Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah. WIN!

If you all need me, I’ll be laid out at the altar because my heart just couldn’t take the awesomeness. IndieWire confirmed that my main boo Lupita Nyong’o optioned the film rights for my other boo and Naija sisthren Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book Americanah! I read the book in ONE DAY …

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CultureFaith

Westboro Baptist Better Have a Gahtdamb Seat!

Westboro Baptist is a boil on all of our collective asses. They’re to Christians what those Jim Crow cartoons from the 1920s are to Disney. We try to dust them under our shoe and act like we don’t know them. But like the roaches they are, they stay coming back. …

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Business

Thanking My Old Readers and Welcoming My Newbies!

Three nights ago, I checked my blog traffic and for the first time ever, I hit 6 figure pageviews in 1 day. There were over 100,000 visits to my website on Tuesday and I smiled so hard my cheeks hurt. Then Wednesday around 8pm, I checked my traffic and that number was …

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FoodThrowback Thursday

The Grossness of Green Ketchup: Throwback Thursday

Remember when the team at Heinz suffered from a bout of temporary insanity and put out green ketchup for the American public to consume? Yeah, it was around Y2K (year 2000, for the babies who went “HUH?”). Actually, they had purple ketchup too but that’s close to red so I …

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