Equality Issues Lainey nominates: Kathleen on Lemonade When Lemonade came out, Kathleen wrote about her reaction to Beyoncé’s masterpiece through the lens of her own black identity, sharing with us her heartbreak in becoming part of a black “stereotype”, the broken black family, beautifully illuminating why Lemonade was so personal for so many black women. It By Kathleen • Mar 08, 2017 11:41 am
Girly Throw Downs Nicki Minaj vs Remy Ma The first thing that came up yesterday if you googled Nicki Minaj’s name was “Nicki Minaj and Remy Ma.” Unless you haven’t googled Nicki or paid attention to Black Twitter or spent any time on the internet for the past 4 days, you know that Nicki and Remy By Kathleen • Mar 01, 2017 10:48 am
Oscars 2017 Mahershala Ali’s Oscar first Every year, I watch the Oscars with my friend Liz. Every year, she makes fun of me for getting too emotional. This year, she decided to keep a running tally of how many times I cried. The first tears shed were for Mahershala Ali. I actually let out a dramatic By Kathleen • Feb 27, 2017 10:26 am
Oscars 2017 Ava Duvernay: Best Oscar speech we didn’t get Ava Duvernay did not win her first Oscar last night. Her documentary 13th lost to Ezra Edelman’s 6-hour “film” OJ: Made in America. I loved both docs but considering Edelman’s OJ was more of a docu-miniseries that maybe should have won some Emmys instead of an Oscar, I By Kathleen • Feb 27, 2017 09:15 am
TV Updates The Voice covers TLC Today is the day of liking things I wish I hated. This morning, I wrote about how I love Slide, in spite of my extreme distain for Calvin Harris. When Emily sent over a video of The Voice coaches singing Waterfalls, one of my all-time favourite songs and TLC’s By Kathleen • Feb 24, 2017 03:52 pm
Music Frank Ocean x Migos x Calvin Harris When Frank Ocean gave us a visual album, a music video, a new album and a magazine all in one weekend last year, I was worried we wouldn’t hear from him again for a decade. We didn’t have to wait a decade. Last night, Calvin Harris aka Taylor By Kathleen • Feb 24, 2017 09:52 am
Music Jay Z, the songwriter It was announced this morning that Shawn “Jay Z” Carter will be the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Songwriters are only eligible after 20 years in the industry so since his iconic debut Reasonable Doubt dropped in 1996, Jay’s first year of eligibility By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2017 02:34 pm
Music Katy Perry’s purpose No, that's not a Bieber reference. If you haven't heard, Katy Perry has coined the term "purposeful pop" in reference to her new song Chained to the Rhythm. The music video was released yesterday. I'll get to the video. First, let' By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2017 10:53 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Amandla falls in love Tuesday was Valentine’s Day. Tuesday was also the day I wrote about the announcement that Rachel Lindsay will be the first black Bachelorette. I stressed the importance of seeing black love on screen and how we’re starving for more black leads in romantic comedies. This morning, Duana sent By Kathleen • Feb 16, 2017 11:21 am
TV Updates The Black Bachelorette 33 seasons ago, The Bachelor franchise started its journey. The journey has been full of roses, helicopter rides, sequined dresses, all of the douchebags in America, itty bitty bikinis and gaudy Neil Lane diamonds. At times, the journey has been tearful and heartbreaking, always hilarious and cringe-worthy and without fail, By Kathleen • Feb 14, 2017 11:44 am
Grammy Awards 2017 Bruno’s Grammy consistency If there was an award for the Best Artist at Awards Shows, that honour would go to Bruno Mars. Beyoncé and Adele don’t qualify because they don’t grace us with their presence enough. Bruno is an award show staple and, consistently, he delivers. He slayed the American Music By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 03:11 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Blue Ivy saved the Grammys We weren’t going to give Blue her own post. Lainey and I discussed just mentioning Blue’s wonderfulness in a post about Beyoncé. That would not have been enough. Blue Ivy Carter showed up last in her finest form, ready to entertain the world and save a fake car By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 12:24 pm
Style The Grammys needed more Solange My second biggest disappointment of the night was how little we got to see of Miss Tina’s youngest daughter, Solange Knowles. Solange’s A Seat at the Table was one of my favourite albums of 2016. Solange had an incredible year. Last night, she won her first Grammy for By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 11:53 am
Music Beyoncé is worthy There is a lot I would say to Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter if I ever got the chance. I would tell her that she is the single greatest artist of my generation and that it has been one of my life’s pleasures just to be her fan. I would By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 10:18 am
Relationship Assumption J.Lo “gushes” over Drake at the Grammys Most of the headlines featuring Jennifer Lopez today are saying that she “gushed” about Drake in her Grammys red carpet interview with Ryan Seacrest. That is not how I interpreted what she said about Drake. Or, I should say, that is not how I read her body language when she By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 09:46 am
Music We The People A Tribe Called Quest ended their performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards with Q-Tip yelling, “RESIST! RESIST! RESIST!” So, it was the most 2017 performance of the night. ATCQ was joined by Busta Rhymes and Best New Artist nominee Anderson .Paak. ATCQ’s classic jam Award Tour kicked off the By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 08:18 am
