I remember, back in ‘86, that I had in my record collection WhiteSnake, White Tiger AND Great White’s albums and my 8th grade mind was blown. That I was a black girl in Arkansas with those albums blew my mama’s mind as well.

Quivers: She was 13!

Again: she was nine when this all started. Girls who followed the KJs on their reality tv show were not all “Kylie is bangable now, let’s buy her lip kits!” so much as, “I’m super invested in this chick’s life. Mama, pick me up a pencil from DASH with her name on it! [real request.]”. I’m actually interested in how…

Straight serving us Woody’s Roundup.

Meanwhile, my 24 year old just got in the house talmbout, “Did you hear?! Me and Whitney watched the video 4 times and cried, then creeped on all the sisters’ sites to see their reactions!” Like, yeah...SHE will most def used that damn filter.

Nope. Not if the original argument is that the girl was trying to protect the sexy image that is the thrust of her brand, cuz lol, no. Besides, her video shows her in several stages of pregnancy looking fly as hell because, duh, she’s twenty! I was 20 when I was pregnant. I looked gorgeous. Youth is awesome.

Her image wasn’t based in hyper sexuality, it was grounded in privileged capitalism. That’s the lure for her fans. “Lucky rich chick, let me buy her shit.” So it might have been I’m her favor to let magazines track her ever bowel movement during this pregnancy. Hell, she’s 20. She still looked cute with a 34 week…

I’ve been bumping Janet all morning! My hubby is traveling and will get a hotel room so as not to miss the Super Bowl, so imma go thru her WHOLE catalog all day!

His whole point is that white supremacy trumps his physical strength, intellect and artistry. Against a powerful man like Venit and the Hollywood machine, he is just another black man that better mind his manners. He’s trying to get justice without being put behind bars.

Same. And same.

They will fall, one by one, given time...But also, given the space to tumble down without support from the women who have congenial partnerships with them, who adore them socially, who consider them their “brother” or “father-figure”. Let the women continue to tell it and shift this paradigm. These so-called…

This is soooo stupid sounding. Like, the type of song that a character on a tv show would sing in a Very Special Episode where they got famous that one time.

Imma need folks to stop acting like that nip slip wasn’t entirely planned by Janet Jackson just like the Madonna/Xtina/Britney kiss was. She tried it. It blew up in her face. “Bet I have you naked by the end of this song.” Oh well. Justin doesn’t have to be pilloried forever over it. Now I’m headed to downtown mpls to…

This actually looks good. I’mma check it out.

Are they both talented? check. Innocuous demeanor? check. Lyrics full of funky banality? check. Entertaining as hell without challenging one damn thing? Yeah...checks out.

That dude is wafting in black funk. It’s his schtick. He’s a pocket funkmeister whose lyrics haven’t a hint of threat to the status quo. I ain’t even mad at him. Nice gig if you can get it.

Bruno Mars is a great entertainer. His songs are wonderful jams at weddings and bar mitzvahs. It’s the funky negritude without all the...ahem...issues that other artists seem to insist on peppering their work with. This is why he will continue to dominate these awards.

Y’all...y’all I wanna write a piece about Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer and our old tradition of needing “good white folks” and how Mo’Nique is being treated by blackfolks right now for not adhering to this old tacit tactic...I wanna call some folks out so bad but I’m too chickenshit about the blowback irl.…

“Now I should like you to tell us something about Nigeria which is different...” And this is how you got the game ENTIRELY fucked up, interviewer! Your ass shoulda done some rudimentary research so that you could provide information to your intended audience your damn self, if they’re so ignorant. Just sat there and…

Ally Mills disappoints me SO much! As a mom and teacher of high schoolers, I would NEVER proclaim what a 16 year old and 20 year young man would NEVER do. Wtf? Was she around them during their every interaction with the dresser? And to say, they should have “just fired the girl” makes her sound like the mid 50s,…