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by Veronica Morris Moore Spike Lee’s 2017 reboot of “She’s Gotta Have It” is mediocre, and that’s being generous. In the age of Black television like Issa Rae’s Insecure coupled with our collective endeavor to #StayWoke, Spike Lee seemingly understood that he had to “wake up” Nola Darling if the SGHI Netflix series was going […]

She’s Gotta Have It, Spike Lee’s television reimagining of the film that made his career, is coming to Netflix on Thanksgiving Day. The concept of a free and sexual Black woman was groundbreaking when Lee introduced us to Nola Darling in 1986, and it is still groundbreaking in 2017, because there still aren’t many depictions […]

Jan Shedd, a white woman in Texas, likely learned a new phrase—“big mad”—as her name began to trend after she attacked a biracial Black female journalist on Facebook. Shedd was upset that Demetria Obilor does her job while having a curvy shape. Shedd recently posted a picture of the bubbly, heart-eye-emoji-deserving reporter, and in a […]

Color of Change recently conducted a study examining the writers rooms in Hollywood and it revealed that many major studios do not have any Black writers . Only 35% of writers rooms have at least one Black writer on staff, and within that 35% less than 5% of the writers in those rooms are Black. […]

In a tumultuous week, Donald Trump topped of firing FBI director James Comey with revealing classified information about the fight against ISIS in Syria to the Russians. And then lying about it. And then admitting it.

By Shekinah Mondoua I cannot pinpoint the exact moment I began to question the masculinity of African-American men as toxic. At one point I found myself constantly attempting to live up to the standards presumed from my Black male counterparts. Acceptance from my Black male friends was something that I sought out more than accepting […]

By Imani J. Jackson #Blackboyjoy sounded more like hustle than hubris earlier this week during a telephonic interview with Trevor Wilkins. The tech entrepreneur is a Southside of Chicago native and celebrant. He is also a Princeton sociology graduate who shared parts of his journey to co-creating an app with more than a half million […]

I am not the same person now as I was when I was 14—and thank God for that. I was remarkably naive and unbearably insecure, and stuck in an environment that did nothing but exacerbate those complex internal struggles that are so typical of adolescence. So imagine my outrage upon being continuously confronted with articles […]

It’ll probably be a while before the world’s thrown back into debates over relationships with another season of Insecure. But Issa Rae, who starred in and created the series, won’t leave fans without any entertainment. Issa Rae and Jussie Smolett (Empire) will serve as executive producers for a new web series entitled Giants. 

Issa Rae is the quintessential Black millennial success story but it hasn’t been a crystal stair for her. In an appearance on The View last month, Rae discussed her new hit show Insecure, growing up awkward, and how she has overcome her own insecurities.

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicked off in Philadelphia yesterday, and although Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee, black women were front and center. From the convention chair, Representative Marcia Fudge to Georgia House Representative Stacey Abrams to the incomparable Michelle Obama, it is clear that black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party […]

When Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rogue police, many felt both a great loss and helpless. Issa Rae, the actor-producer responsible for her Awkward Black Girl YouTube series and her forthcoming HBO series, Insecure, has stepped up to provide an outlet. Rae, like many others, saw the pain on the face of Sterling’s family […]