TV Updates Michaela Coel deserves the full Phoebe* Like Cody, I had to work up to Michaela Coel’s new show, I May Destroy You. I loved her previous, two-series run of Chewing Gum, but I had seen a plot description of I May Destroy You and knew about the sexual assault plotline—based on Coel’s By Sarah • Jul 14, 2020 10:38 am
Douchebags 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and the misogyny in rap Last weekend, a clip began to circulate of 50 Cent on Lil Wayne’s radio show where he was ranting about Black women’s reaction to him dating “exotic women”, which kicked off a stream of consciousness that is very difficult to follow. Here’s some of what he said: By Melayna • Jul 10, 2020 10:39 am
Douchebags Lady Antebellum sues Lady A A few weeks ago, as protests were happening around the world in support of Black Lives Matter after the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many more, Lady Antebellum announced that it was changing its band name to Lady A because they no longer wanted to By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 01:41 pm
Top Reads Thandie Newton: A career shaped by pain When we analyze an actor’s career, we often look at what common threads can be found among the projects they’ve been a part of and what does it say about that artist. This week we learned that the common thread of Thandie Newton’s career is pain. E. By Cody • Jul 09, 2020 12:43 pm
Equality Issues Reframing Cancel Culture (This is the latest installment in our Long Read series. For previous entries, please visit the Long Reads archive.) Yesterday morning, Harper’s Magazine published a letter written and signed by 50 public figures including J.K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, Gloria Steinem, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, and so many more. By Prem • Jul 09, 2020 11:20 am
Sports Intro for July 9, 2020 Dear Gossips, Yesterday, July 8, 2020, marked the tenth anniversary of The Decision, when LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. The NBA’s best player was “exercising his right to free agency”. In the decade since then, LeBron has won multiple titles, By Lainey • Jul 09, 2020 10:14 am
Royals Prince Harry on the colonial past Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the President and Vice President of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust. “The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust is a growing network of young changemakers across the Commonwealth. A platform where smart ideas and insights are shared, to show that change can be brought about by By Lainey • Jul 07, 2020 10:33 am
Equality Issues Lil Nas X marks one year since coming out Remember last June, Lil Nas X was in the middle of a 19 week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his mega-smash “Old Town Road,” and on the very last day of Pride month he came out in a tweet? It was a cultural By Cody • Jul 02, 2020 01:53 pm
Equality Issues Intro for June 29, 2020 Dear Gossips, The BET Awards aired last night on CBS. It was the 20th anniversary and of course it’s not like the BET Awards are never broadcast – but what makes this noteworthy is that they were broadcast for the first time on one of the big four networks aka By Lainey • Jun 29, 2020 08:44 am
TV Updates THR’s TV Drama Actresses Roundtable 2020 Voting for this year’s Emmy nominees starts July 2nd and that means the stars are (virtually) out campaigning. One of the big stops is always The Hollywood Reporter’s roundtable series; this year’s drama actress roundtable includes Janelle Monáe (Homecoming), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Reese Witherspoon (The By Cody • Jun 26, 2020 01:15 pm
TV Updates Sandra & Sharon fangirl each other One of the unexpected stars to emerge from this past award season which culminated with Parasite’s win for Best Picture at the Oscars was Sharon Choi, Director Bong Joon-ho’s interpreter. We all fell in love with her. And she was on stage with the Parasite team multiple By Lainey • Jun 25, 2020 02:59 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Welcome to the Blackfeet Boxing Club Earlier this summer, ESPN dominated quarantine viewing with The Last Dance, a docuseries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Their next big sports documentary is about an all-women boxing club…on a Native American reservation. Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible tells the story of the Blackfeet Boxing Club, founded By Sarah • Jun 25, 2020 11:29 am
TV Updates Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell give up their seat You’d be hard pressed to find somebody in my age group who doesn’t love Big Mouth or has at least sampled the Netflix hit since it entered the cultural zeitgeist on arrival in 2017 — because it’s hilarious. The animated series, which follows 7th graders as they navigate By Cody • Jun 25, 2020 11:06 am
Douchebags Is Jimmy Kimmel cancelled? (Lainey: yesterday we introduced to you our newest contributor, Cody Kreller. His first post about Beyoncé can be read here. We haven’t yet had the chance to build him his own profile on the site and we won’t be able to get to that until the weekend so By Cody • Jun 23, 2020 04:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Disclosure: The Documentary the Everyone Needs to Watch We’re nearing the end of Pride Month, and although the cancellation of Pride parades and festivities due to the pandemic has been disappointing, it’s also been a great opportunity to read and reflect about queer history. About Black history. Pride month commemorates the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, By Prem • Jun 23, 2020 03:20 pm
Music Beyoncé’s “Black Parade” (Lainey: This post has been written by Cody Kreller, our newest contributor. I know Cody from Etalk through his work as a producer. And I had originally planned to introduce Cody later but then Beyoncé dropped a new song, without warning, as she does, and it accelerated our initial rollout. By Cody • Jun 22, 2020 11:24 am
