Culture And Entertainment
Nicki Minaj’s Response To Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Hiss’ Was A Miss (HuffPost, January 2024)
The online response to Minaj’s diss track has been overwhelmingly negative.
'And Just Like That...' Is Back With More Sex And Drama — And We Can't Get Enough (HuffPost, June 2023)
The "Sex and the City" spinoff gives audiences more storylines with our favorite gals and gays in New York City.
First, Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion. But even more violence came in the years after, with a cascade of threats, vitriol, and textbook 'misogynoir' harassment (Insider, December 2022)
Megan has inadvertently become one of the most recognizable faces in the campaign to #ProtectBlackWomen, a call all too familiar for her Black female peers who regularly experience violence compounded by more violence, one feminist scholar told Insider.
Takeoff's untimely death sheds light on the music industry's role in the unfortunate trend of Black men dying young (Insider, November 2022)
His death came weeks after that of Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock in South Los Angeles in September, and months after 34-year-old Atlanta rapper Trouble died in Rockdale County, Georgia, in June.
Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit showed that 'death books' are still a disturbing custom in law enforcement (Insider, August 2022)
Some cops are known to keep "macabre" catalogs of bodies and human remains from crime scenes and disasters.
Teyana Taylor tells us what it means to be the first Black woman Maxim named 'Sexiest Woman Alive' (Insider, July 2022)
Taylor told Insider that sexiness is about your charisma and how someone chooses to carry themself.
Revisiting the infamous Oscars slap and breaking down the difference between edgy comedy and being mean(Insider, March 2022)
A comedian said there is a difference between "edgy comedy" that explores new or untouched topics and using comedy to be "mean."
Advocates say an R. Kelly verdict 'would not have happened' without campaigns for justice led by Black women (Insider, October 2021)
Experts tell Insider R. Kelly's case highlights the need for Me Too's racial reckoning in music.
'They take our dances.' Black users demand TikTok combat cultural appropriation (Insider, August 2021)
The app has been criticized for having a racist algorithm, for shadowbanning Black creators, and not appreciating the Black origins of many of its popular trends.