Why “Lemonade” Was The Most Important Album of 2016
The year 2016 as Kylie Jenner (unintentionally, yet hilariously) put it was really the year of just realizing stuff. For many black people, in wake of the presidential election,...
Why You Shouldn’t Be Supporting Atlanta, Or Donald Glover
In 2016, it seems like blackness is taking over television. With ABC staple shows led by killer black women like “Scandal”, “How To Get Away With Murder”, and “blackISH”,...
Why Non-Black People Can’t Be “Soul Singers”
Now, more than ever, we see all over social media and all throughout the entertainment industry a rising trend of non-black “soul singers” or singers that people consider “soulful”...
Stop Pretending That You Were Born Woke
Being socially aware on social media has become a staple for the younger generations of today. With social justice becoming trendy it seems like every day there is a...
Black Down Low Men: Why So Many Of Them Are In The Closet
The first thing that comes to black peoples minds when a famous black man gets “outed” or comes out of the closet himself is “Why did he wait this long...
No, You Are Not An “Honorary Black”
2016 has been the year of R&B pop music dominating social media, the music industry, and the radio. With singers like Selena Gomez releasing the R&B pop infused “Revival”...
Black People, Don’t Be A “Black Friend”
One of the most complicated things about being a black person with non black friends or a non black significant other will always be the shroud of anti blackness...
East Asians, Chill With The Black Cultural Appropriation
Cultural appropriation has been a topic social media has been tackling hard lately. I myself have always spoken upon it, and my disdain for the fact that we disregard...
There’s Nothing Wrong With Using A Filter
Since the beginning of Instagram there has always been one thing the older generation, the fake deep “everything is wrong with our generation” younger people, and the paternalistic men...
Do’s and Don’t Of Being A Straight Friend
So you’ve officially made it into the “straight friend of a gay/bisexual” boy zone. He doesn’t make you uncomfortable. If you’re a guy you are perfectly secure with your...
