Black America, please stop appropriating African clothing and tribal marks.

Yes, that means everyone at Afropunk too.

For the life of me, I need to know:

Can Black people culturally…

We ate a bunch of racist snacks and ranked them

Claiming What’s Ours

On Black Americans and Cultural Appropriation

The Problem with “NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE”

STFU and Let Me Tell You

As a member of an oppressed group, I know that some spaces are not for me. I am all too keenly aware of the fact that there are some things I will never experience and, therefore, can never…

Mad Reasons Why Homophobia is Dumb as Fuck

So I was on the D train the other day. I had spent the latter part of the evening sitting on the steps in front of the Allen Street playground getting my Chipotle and people watching on. I’m bangin’ some Skyzoo on the Spotify, unwinding and whatnot, but…

Soylent might be a great weapon in the war on poor people

No, not poverty. Poor people.

20 Things You Don’t Have to Do, Ever

Basically, there are a ton of things we have to do and we all know about those. So here’s a great big list of shit you NEVER have to do, and a few reasons why:

No One Can Take My Africanness Away

An Open Letter From Zipporah Gene

5 Things People Assume When You’re a Black Girl Named Ashley…

…and you speak “proper”.

Being Black Is Dope As Shit

“Black is beautiful. Get a suntan, bitch.”