Category: Politics
Ye’s Latest Shock Value “Fashion Statement,” Or: Black People Sanctioning White Supremacy Matters
Just when you thought there could never be a Black man more self-hating than Michael Jackson, Kanye West (or “Ye,” if we must) has gone [Read More…]
Rihanna Joins Up With Jay-Z’s Capitulating Policy on NFL and the Super Bowl: If You Can’t Make ‘Em Anti-Racists, Join ‘Em
It was a rejection of “the Establishment” immortalized on 2018’s “Apeshit.” A single from the seemingly one-off artistic collaboration of Jay-Z and Beyoncé billing themselves [Read More…]
The “Fashion Cunt” Canon Continues to Be Built Upon With Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
What is it about the fashion industry that makes the people working in it feel they have a right to act so self-superior? So gatekeeper-esque. [Read More…]
The Eloi and Morlocks Representing the Outies and Innies of Severance
It’s something, to be sure, that everyone has thought about, in one form or another. The idea of being able to get “another person” to [Read More…]
The Ultimate Twenty-First Century Celebrity Luxury: “Picking and Choosing” How You Want to “Fight” Climate Change
As Jennifer Lawrence has recently made clear, we no longer live in an era where anyone (except celebrities, that is) can afford to be “neutral” [Read More…]
The “Expiry” of Elizabeth II, Or: Well, Shit–Death Really Is Real
She was one of those rare figures one never could have imagined dying. Like Putin or Cheney (because evil never dies). Elizabeth II has been [Read More…]
Now’s the Time: Abolish the Monarchy
Let’s not ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to “mourning” the queen. Because, for the better part of her reign, she was [Read More…]
Jay-Z, Champion of Capitalism as “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” As Opposed to System That Has Fucked Over Most of His Brethren
Capitalism and the Black community do not exactly constitute an “acceptable” (and certainly not “safe”) topic to talk about. Least of all by a white [Read More…]
Janus-Faced Politicker or Mere Pawn in the Capitalist Agenda?: Gorbachev
It’s easy for the West to say that Russia had a “complicated” relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev in that it doesn’t want to flatly admit that [Read More…]
A Woman Having a Good Time Is Always a “Threat to International Security”
With the headline cycle of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s “partying antics” winding down as people focus on new (yet old) subjects, like whether or [Read More…]
