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For People Who Didn’t Like ‘Love Is’

August 21, 2018 by Atillery Leave a Comment

For People Who Didn’t Like ‘Love Is’

Tonight, the Season 1 finale of Love Is, the series loosely based on Mara Brock Akil and her husband, Salim Akil’s courtship, will air tonight. For weeks we’ve gotten to see the blossoming love story of Nuri and Yasir from the bottom up, and I do mean the bottom. Viewership is great, but everyone isn’t feeling it. Hear me out. Because I believe in supporting African American ... Read More

Social Media’s Problem With Privacy

July 5, 2016 by Atillery Leave a Comment

Social Media’s Problem With Privacy

In an interview with Financial Times, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, powerhouse scholar, author and feminist, casually revealed that she’d had a baby by turning down a cocktail due to breastfeeding. Wait…She had a baby?! And she didnt tell us? (us = random strangers who are fans) *clutches pearls* Adichie says she didn’t want to “perform pregnancy,” meaning have a very public ... Read More

Distractions Delay Progress

June 28, 2016 by Atillery Leave a Comment

Distractions Delay Progress

Hey, black people, come close. Let’s chat. You know I love us, right? So that means I have to be honest with you. The truth is we worry about the WRONG things. Just when thought Beyonce’ and Kendrick’s performance of “Freedom” had given us the biggest dose of  black power and pride for the night during the BET Awards, Jesse Williams made an acceptance speech for the books ... Read More

EBONY and Why Black Media Must Have Staying Power

June 16, 2016 by Atillery Leave a Comment

EBONY and Why Black Media Must Have Staying Power

EBONY is still here, y’all. And I’m glad. Not because my byline has been inked on their pages or because Johnson Publishing Company signs a few checks that come way. I’m thankful because that magazine matters. Before I was a writer, I was a reader. For forever, I’ve been consumed by magazines geared towards African Americans, cherishing them for as long as we’ve had ... Read More

Babyface and the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack 20 Years Later

November 30, 2015 by Atillery Leave a Comment

Babyface and the Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack 20 Years Later

Last night we experienced the highest level of musical nostalgia during the tribute to Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds at the Soul Train Awards. I was satisfied with the tribute (even though I wondered why Toni Braxton and Karyn White weren’t there), but when he sat at the piano to perform a medley of songs he’d written and produced, collectively, I think everyone watching lost it. ... Read More

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