I fucking hate small talk. People are trying to argue that not engaging in small talk may make me miss “the one” or a networking opportunity. You know what not engaging in small talk definitely means: I’m not worn the fuck out after a day at work or running a couple of errands. Like, I don’t give a fuck about the…

If these people have a gofundme/kickstarter/paypal/western union account, they should make it public so I can tip them. These folks may not be the petty heroes we deserve, but they are the petty heroes we need.

I thought Marshawn Lynch’s greatest hit was going to be “I’m just here so I won’t get fined”, but he has managed to drop yet another hot mic with this beautiful act of protest. Not all superheroes wear capes!

I completely disagree with her. Black women should be celebrated just for being Black, until society stops disrespecting Black women just for being Black. When the bar for #blackexcellence or #blackgirlmagic is set so high, it leaves out out of Black women who are doing the damn thing and doing it excellently, without…

“Have we just been brainwashed into thinking this is “bad” because it’s out in the open? Respectability politics got us again?”

Megyn Kelly should not have been sexually harassed and gender discriminated against, but I do not want her to succeed as a “journalist” based on her lack of compunction with racially harassing and discriminating against people for ratings. Like, she can miss me with that. Nobody has a right to be a damn journalist,…

I noticed that the other day, and started to to get hyped. But then I realized, if being low-key hidden means fewer racists and wypipo (LOL, fun with synonyms) stumble upon The Root with their yt nonsense, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. 

Some of the comments are just as ignorant as Cardi’s dismissal of college bitches in long skirts styled like the First Lady. Like, ignorance recognize ignorance like game recognize game? It’s basically a wash.

The thing is, misuse of the word sets up the road to running away from the message. Her ability to succeed or to hustle men doesn’t dismantle the problematic power structures that create second-class citizen status for women. We’re at an interesting flashpoint where feminism is being discussed more than ever in…

I’m all for having a discussion about the problematic elements of “mainstream” feminism, but do you really expect people to be more nuanced than Cardi B’s hot take? People might get extra ignorant about whatever elements of her failure to meet respectability, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a real critique to make…

Hustling men doesn’t dismantle the power structure that keeps men in power though. IDK how that’s feminism.

Ooof. This is going to be a no from me. It’s great for Cardi B that she’s having her moment, but her misunderstanding of the term feminism is a problem. Words matter. And the fact that feminism has become a bad word means it’s only a matter of time before the political and social equality definition gets misunderstood…

He’s basically keeping my Black-ass alive during this Dolt 45 era. Bless him.

We’re seriously reaching peak levels of “What the fuck” when it comes to the stupid-ass responses from the right to these shootings.

IAWTC so hard. He can exoticize himself and the very Black all day long, but doing it on The Root, a site with a predominantly Black readership where we are proud to be Black, is not a good look. While I appreciate hearing from Black people from all walks of life, this dude doesn’t identify as Black. That’s fine and…

We definitely need to file this under “not all heroes wear capes”.

I’m sorry to go full Randy Jackson, but this article is going to be a no from me, dawg. I too wish Chrisette Michele healing, liberation, and freedom. And maybe if she didn’t support an administration who wanted to pry healthcare out of everyone’s hands, she’d be quicker to find it. Like, I’m sorry she shared her pain…

Let me get this logic straight: Obama gets elected, White people feel oppressed because a Black man is in power. Trump gets elected, POC ARE oppressed because he surrounds himself with notable White supremacists and garden variety racists, encourages police to rough up minorities, speaks ill of Mexicans, tries to ban…

THIS. She’s not acknowledging that women have agency in how they choose to present themselves. No, those choices don’t happen in a vacuum, but acting like all women simply seek male approval is shortsighted. Yes, men have sexist views about women and their appearance, but it’s up to men to decolonize their minds. Why…

I’m a Black American, and it’s really crazy how non-native Blacks will be hateful towards Black Americans. Black Americans built this country and created the flyest culture that’s been exported all over the world (music, language, food, dance), but that doesn’t stop groups from trying to cozy up to whiteness by…