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Pop culture is always trying it. Something is always happening in our fast paced, never stopping news cycle. Once a week, I take something that stressed me out and break it down with a friend. From media's widespread layoffs to Black History Month being ruined by blackface, this is an ode to the pop culture that's exhausting and draining us all.
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I'm gonna smack the next person to ask, "what app are we going to when Twitter is done?" Why? Because if you're looking to replicate the experience, there's no where else (that exists at this moment) that can give it to you. I break down what makes Twitter its own little island in the United States of Social Media.
I mentioned a podcast about the downfall and attempted revival of Black Planet that you can listen to here.
This isn't really about Love Is Blind. Well, it is a little, so skip the first 5 minutes if you haven't seen the reunion. Instead, I make the case that the audiences of dating reality tv shows have reached an inflection point. A lot of us are older than the youngest contests on some of these shows and I think it drastically changes our experiences watching them try to find love on TV. I take a look (with some rambling) at the history of dating on TV, how it's shaped Millennials' perspectives of what dating looks like, and reality TV dating shows are going to struggle to connect with their aging audiences if they keep casting people under the age of 28.
Harsh Reality: The podcast about "There's Something About Miriam", the most offensive and outrageous show in Dating Reality TV history.
The unintended consequence of buying a social media platform with ruthless users is that when you make choices that don't make sense, they will be the first people to let you know.
The Blue tick system on Twitter is about to implode. In part one (I know I said I was taking break at the end...and just ended it), I talk about how El*n Mu*k doesn't really understand the company he just bought for $44 Billion or the people who use it and how we shouldn't have to pay for his horrible decision because he's broke!
Also, wow...did I have to use every form of punctuation in this episode title?
I don't know if he said “This b—h lie ’bout getting shots, but she still a stallion" or “This b—h lie ’bout getting shot, but she still a stallion". Either way, I don't like it, Drake is a menace and Drake's PR team has had a day.
Much like the plot of this show, I'm not even sure what I'm trying to say.
This show is painful to watch. Why would Ceaser Flickman of the Hunger Games do this to his IMDB?
This show makes zero sense. I need to get over it or stop watching it. But I can't do either of those things.
I have thoughts. I'm not letting marketing, perfectionism, self doubt or anything stop me from getting them off.
Here's the deal, I'll set a timer. I'll talk for 5 minutes. That's it. Simple.
If you thought your week was stressful, imagine being a publicist for the Kardashian-Jenner family, Jordyn Woods, Robert Kelly, Gayle King or Taylor Swift.
Celebrities are using new avenues to reclaim their narrative following a scandal in the public eye and Aneisha is back to talk about how the Kardashians thought Jordyn Woods was another disposable Black person and Jordyn had to let them know she was NOT the one; how unbothered Gayle King was able to remain as Robert Kelly raised his voice AND simultaneously wasted her time; and how Taylor Swift brought up a fight that no one remembered or was thinking about in 2019.
Being "Ghetto" is the worst thing that you can be, if you're a little black girl. While you don't understand everything, you do know that there's a thin line between expressing your emotions and being called a hoodrat so you don't roll your eyes, your neck or snap your fingers in a Z formation. But now as a Black woman, I can't log onto the internet without seeing white publications and tweeters adopting black slang or casually using gifs of black women doing thing that would have gotten me called "ghetto" 20 years ago. I'm annoyed and Aneisha has to listen to me gripe about it.
Can Black people dress up in Blackface? Is it worse if a light skinned Black person does it? Is it less offensive if it they're dark skinned? Aneisha and I aren't sure. The one thing I know for sure, is that Aneisha wasn't prepared to learn that her fave Queen B has been accused of Black face. We also talked about the Queens of appropriating Black womanhood, aka none another than Ariana Grande (Grand-ee not Grand-Ay) and her ponytail and a family of women who shall not be named.
It's Black History Month, and as it's been for much of the history of the United States, people have decided to take all of the nice things away from Black people. No one needs to put more RESPEK on the name of Black History Month more than the fashion industry. I sat down with my good friend Aneisha to talk about all of the Blackface gracing the runways in year of our lord 2019.
Points of reference:
The Gucci Sweater: www.instagram.com/p/BtqumA3BCRX/
Grace Coddington: twitter.com/aminatou/status/1093707075534770176
The Moncler: www.instagram.com/p/BtqsBdQhHpZ/
I sit down with my good friend Cass Alcide (@cassndra_ on Twitter) to talk about how exhausted the Lifetime documentary Surviving R. Kelly made us. Everything about those six hours sucked the soul out my body: the lack of empathy from R. Kelly's apologist, the overt complicity from so many people and the complicated relationship that black women have being supportive and being supported was enough to make us want to rip our baby hairs out. I just needed to vent about what hurt me, what enraged me and what truly bewildered me. While we laughed through some of our pain, this conversation is really just us supporting each other as friends and more importantly, as black women. (I'm still working on finding a place with good acoustics, so I do apologize for the echoing.)
I worked in media as a writer and then suddenly, I didn't. Media companies everywhere have been downsizing their editorial departments as the entire industry has made a collective "pivot to video". This week, I talk to my friend Sankara (@s_sankara24), who works in the media department of a major media company, about what a pivot to video means and our projections of the future of digital media. *Spoiler Alert: The future looks incredibly messy*
In an attempt to rectify a massive child pornography problem, Tumblr announced its plan to remove any content containing nudity from its platform. A lot of people have long abandoned their tumblr accounts brushed past this new update because they felt that this was a news item that wasn't relevant to them. However, I'd like to argue that this change actually raised some major red flags in terms of what the future of the all social media platforms might look like.
Every single thought I had watching the Love is Blind season 3 premiere. Too long, don't wanna listen? Being a Ballerina isn't a personality trait, what would you share about your body while dating in the pods, going on this show before moving for grad school is chaos and someone needs to disable Andrew's spotfiy account because the man has access to too many podcasts.
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