Does Wendy Williams Have a Point About Nicki Minaj?
I feel like I need to start by acknowledging that I know Wendy Williams is… not great. This year alone, she’s made anti-gay comments, mocked Joaquin...
Lilly Singh Can’t Pronounce Carnival and It Is Driving Me Bonkers
Lilly Singh, the YouTube megastar-turned-late night talk show host is (once again) appropriating my Trinidadian culture–and she’s not even doing it well....
Harvey Weinstein Is Guilty and Actually, That *Is* a Victory
Trigger warning: this newsletter contains references to sexual assault. For a little while—like, 24 hours?—after a New York jury found Hollywood producer...
Whoopi Goldberg Is Mad at AOC and It's so Very Predictable
I’m kind of annoyed at Whoopi Goldberg. This week, U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a guest on The View, which was interesting because Whoopi,...
Hey, Remember When Peter Kavinsky Was Every Feminist’s Internet Boyfriend?
Okay, maybe not every feminist, but there was definitely a wide swath of the internet that became temporarily obsessed with Peter Kavinsky—and Noah Centineo,...
I’m Still Thinking About Jay-Z’s Super Bowl Protest That Wasn’t
On Tuesday, Columbia University kicked off its new Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter Lecture Series with a conversation between Jay and journalism professor, New Yorker...
Let’s Talk About How We’re Talking About Kobe Bryant’s Death
Trigger warning: this newsletter contains references to sexual assault. On Sunday, when I heard that Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash, my first...