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Kiese Laymon’s Work Shows the Tragedy and Triumph in the Black Experience
Kiese Laymon is an Associate Professor of English and the co-director of Africana Studies at Vassar College. He grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1998 and received...
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On Rashida Jones, the ‘Pornification of Everything’, and ‘Slut Culture’
I will be forthcoming and say that I have had some harsh words here for Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, and Kim Kardashian. I am unapologetic about those opinions. I own them. And, they are linked...
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Need some end of year blackness? Here are our 14 best posts of 2016
2016 has been one hell of a year. Here on the precipice of 2017, I personally can’t wait for the year to be over. But we’d be remiss if we didn’t stop to take a look back at 2016 and all of the amazing...
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Bruno Mars and the appropriation of Black music
In the wake of major cultural success, many have celebrated Bruno Mars for “bringing back funk”. But just like when Prince threw shade at Justin Timberlake for claiming to bring sexy back, funk never...
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We need to bring back ‘The Jeffersons’ for the culture
I grew up in East Oakland in a house filled with bourgie-adjacent adornments, mismatched utensils, and an air of respectability. Our two-bedroom cottage was a walk-up style house in a mixed...
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