I interviewed Rapsody for the paper i work for. It was a phone interview but she seemed mad cool and down to earth. If anyone deserves the spotlight it’s her. 

I had plans to get back on my diet and gym regimen but after reading this, I’m going to try, for the first time mind you, a popeyes 5 dollar box. I’m black and the only fast food chicken i’ve ever had is KFC. Never had bojangles, Churches or Popeyes. I’m comfortable admitting that because I’m from Jamaica where jerk…

Can i just go on the record as saying Christmas is the most obnoxious holiday. At least with Halloween you get scary books/movies and an excuse to consume amounts of candy otherwise deemed socially unacceptable for adults. But Christmas with the awful music and wanton commercialism and the manufactured controversies…

...also white

Just remember folks, the inanity of the Megyn Kelly Show was exhaustively focus grouped and likely represents the interests/tastes of the vast majority of regular Americans.

Keep fighting the good fight, friend. I’m getting tired just reading the idiotic responses to your comments.

This is an extremely good comment. Jezebel should bring back comment of the day just for this comment.

Apologies to the author of this piece but I’m going to comment before reading and run the risk of repeating what the author probably already said:

“You can’t legislate against evil”

Yes, those book are, without a doubt, devoid of characters named Tim

I happen to agree with the spirit of what these critics are saying. I also know myself and I know that I harbor elitist or, at the very least, elitist-adjacent opinions about literature. But I think celebrity books should be stepping stones to get young people into reading. Pushing these things the way they are is…

I literally laughed out loud at my work desk reading that headline. I need to get back to work. 

On a scale of 1-10, 1 being a baby in Antarctica and 10 being a fully engorged Lexington Steel, how big of a boner do you get trolling Kinja comment sections?

“So all the fear that I was hearing in churches everywhere and amongst African-American people, I was like, ‘Man, we’re making a god out of this fellow. We think that our life is going to go to hell in a handbasket if he don’t get it right. And is he our god or is God our god? Are we going to pray for him or are…

Southern pride is more anchored in a state of mind (indiscriminate and unrepentant racial antipathy) than it is anchored to a geographical region

Don’t be silly, it’s about the nebulous southern pride.

Why mention Black Lives Matter on a replacement marker that has nothing to do with race and everything about a region’s cultural legacy. It’s as if white people know their excuses are nonsense but are too cowardly to admit what they know to be their racist inclinations.

“Her only response should have been an apology, details on how she was working on the dog to fix the problem, and begging you for a little more time to get her dog to stop barking”

Watch whiteness work

Oh my god, story time. About a year ago a couple moved into the apartment next to mine with a dog that loved barking at 4 in the morning every damn morning. THis went on for the initial month (I hate confrontation) and when I finally decided enough is enough and approached one of the people on my way to work, it’s as…