I read this and thought, "Come on, it can't be THAT bad." Then I went and read the real essay. Holy shit, what an insufferable fucking idiot he is, and what a truly terrible story. I'm embarrassed for the NYT that they saw fit to publish this tripe.

It’s opposite writing. Great writing tells you what happens and lets you infer how people feel. These examples tell you exactly how you should feel and forces you to guess what happened. The writers know they’re only supposed to do one of the two things but they keep guessing incorrectly.

I typically try to stay away from sweeping generational blame, but this morning someone in my FB feed posted a phenomenally depressing infographic that displayed the voting preferences for the Brexit broken down by age group, along with “how many years they’ll live with this decision”. Damn if it wasn’t the most…

“You’ve Just Voted to Leave the EU. You Won’t BELIEVE What Happens Next...”

Meghan Trainor ... I actually like a lot of her songs, in a “this is catchy and I won’t change the station when it comes on” way. But I was surprised, and not in a good way, when I learned she wasn’t black. (Yes, I still get most of my exposure to new music on the radio.) She is trying really, really hard to sound…

I am of the belief that it’s not so much that black audiences don’t want white artists exploring a black sound: the issue is that white artists can be bad while employing black style and still be successful.