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Your Favorite Celebrity Is Not Your Friend (And Thinking They Are Is a Problem)

Here’s a take that apparently still needs saying in 2026, loudly, slowly, and without a ring light. Celebrities…

February 4, 2026

If you’re still dragging yourself out of bed every morning to sit in traffic, survive under fluorescent lights,…

January 13, 2026

What Is Being Alleged Recent headlines have reported that Donnie McClurkin, a well-known gospel artist and pastor, has…

January 8, 2026

Let’s get something straight: there’s no universal “ideal” sex stopwatch number, whether you’re gay, straight, bisexual, queer, fluid,…

December 16, 2025

If gay people really didn’t matter, we wouldn’t be discussed this much. That’s the part nobody wants to…

December 14, 2025

Add this lived truth:A few months ago, I had a situation where I was purposefully overlooked—kept on the…

December 9, 2025

The Conversations We Avoid: How to Check In With Yourself When Life Hits the Fan Let’s get one…

December 4, 2025

Ever felt like you’re running on fumes and no one seems to notice? Like you’re clapping for everyone…

December 2, 2025

If access to capital is the lifeblood of business, then Black entrepreneurs have been running marathons with asthma—without…

November 28, 2025

Every season of life comes with pressure.Work. Relationships. Money. Identity. Healing.And sometimes it all hits at once—like life…

November 10, 2025

If you’re not worried about the combo of food shortages and cuts to SNAP benefits, you’re either blissfully unaware… or…

October 28, 2025