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 …
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 …
We Can Care About Two or Four or Eight Things At Once
I’m so tired and weary of the people who are currently guilting anyone who is sharing light news and celebrity scandal in the place of constant posts about #BringBackOurGirls. Some people are all on Facebook and Twitter saying “WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT SOLANGE WHEN 200 GIRLS ARE STILL MISSING …
The Shonda Rhimes Takeover Continues on ABC This Fall
At the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon in 2012, the president of ABC (Anne Sweeney) presented Shonda Rhimes with an award. Before she did, she said “We usually give people a seat at the table. We gave Shonda the table.” WELL DAMB! It seems she wasn’t playing one bit …
Harrison’s Gone, Our Gingham’s Dead: Fune Plans Have Begun
Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to pay respects to Scandal’s Harrison Wright (aka Brolivia Pope), Gooning Gladiator in Gingham. He came, he read Olivia for filth, he banged Adnan and conquered nothing really. He wore mismatched ties and shirts, suspenders like no other and sometimes, we saw that his …
I’m in LA for the 2014 ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon!
Hey folks! I’m super excited to be in Los Angeles right now because I’ll be covering the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon tomorrow (Thursday, February 27)! It’s such an amazing event and I was at the 2012 luncheon where Kerry Washington, Shonda Rhimes, Paula Patton and Pam Grier were …
Black People Are Conscious Consumers and Nielsen Knows It
There’s been an influx of pieces online about Black Twitter, Black people and our widespread use of the internet and they usually come with a tone of surprise. People are shocked to hear that we’re such power users of social media and THAT astonishment never ceases to amaze me. It …
Cynthia Spills Todd Tea and Kenya STAYS Starting Mess: RHOA Season 6, Episode 12 Recap
Last night’s Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA) had me really wishing someone would give Kenya a papercut and tell her to get her life together. That lady twirls on mess ALLATAHM. She should be tired of herself. Lemme just get started because I got words for Messy Moore further down. …
The Top 10 Awesomely Luvvie Posts of 2013
2013 has been a FANTAWESOME (fantastic and awesome) year on AwesomelyLuvvie.com. My traffic tripled from last year, with more people discovering my work and more opportunities came my way. I definitely hit my jig just thinking about it. As a space that covers pop culture, TV/movies, technology and social issues, …
5 Lessons from My Week-Long Social Media Break
It’s my job to be attached to the internet. I get paid to mind other people’s businesses online and be all up into what’s happening in pop culture. Plus, I’m a child of generation social media so I am HYPER-connected. I’m active on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Google+ etc. …