Tony Soprano and I are the Same Person Minus the Body Count
How mob fantasies, masculine performance, and family mess make The Sopranos a weirdly comforting mirror.
Andrew Ricketts
I Love Jamaican Tenderness Because It's Rude
An Americanized writer is in search of his Jamaican roots.
I'm the Kind of 'Nice Guy' Women Warn Each Other About
In "Obsession" the true monster is male desire. I would know.
Your Black Aunties Will Live Forever
On cookouts, stopping time, and seeing the men die before the women.
The World Cup Keeps Reminding Me He's Dead
What I inherited from the part of my father I never knew.
Why Knicks Fans Will Never Cry
The PTSD of being a sports fan, a broken man, and a demon from the city.
Euphoria Episodes Are Not Better Than My High School Reunion
If you want to reminisce on when your body was perfect, it's not too late to go.
Young Michael Jackson Was Not Weird To Us
He said things that didn't match up, though.
The Pitt Lulls You Into Accepting Toxic White Workplaces
Your boss is the Dr. Robby of your life and you'd accept worse if you had to.
To Lebron and Black Boys Who Hate Where They're From
That town is the reason you are what you are.
Why You're Triggered by Nick Cannon, Chilli, and Amber Rose's Right-Leaning Politics
It's deeper than conservative versus liberal.
How Money Shifted My Obsession With Jay-Z
I could no longer relate to the Brooklyn-tuned-millionaire.
How Instagram Ruined My Hood Jerk Chicken Spot
Fake grass walls with the neon signs are killing us softly.
Jack Harlow Is The White DEI Backlash No One Asked For
But his music is perfect for one thing.
Louis Theroux’s Manosphere Film Shows Boys Pretending to Be Men
The Netflix documentary exposes the humiliation of masculinity performed online.
Shai Gilgeous‑Alexander and the Death of Sports’ Edge
Is playing to refs and marketers the move?
Industry's Finale: Where White Workplace Pettiness Becomes Cultural Betrayal
Harper Stern witnessed her own "Get Out" scenario play out, and had to choose morality for once.
Industry's Sixth Episode is Elite Television, Rich With Epstein Allusions and Family Ties
A main character says goodbye, and funerals don't exist.
Yes, the Pitt Has to Be Corny and Melodramatic to Explain America's Healthcare Crisis
It exposes the large cracks in the healthcare system.
I Think Most about Being a Father
Because I would be a capable leader for a child.
Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show Exposed America’s Mass Schizophrenia
It's not a conspiracy; it's a corruption network effect.
I'm Black, I'm Ugly, and I Don't Care
From teenage shaming to complicated adult hookups, a candid reckoning with beauty, masculinity, and worth.
How Many Dark Women Should I Date to Cure My Colorism?
Do the math with me on skin color and complexion and how light you need to be to be loved
A List of Working-While-Black Concessions that Grinds My Gears
This one is for that lady who stared me in my face.
My day with Bob Marley and Jamaica's Billionaire Rasta Problem
Touring Marley’s shrine, a writer confronts family ghosts, Rasta mystique, and the commercialization of a legend.
To save Jamaica, we called white tourists and Dave Chappelle
Welcome to Jamrock.
My Country Treats Me Like a Nuisance. I'm so Grateful
I just touched down in my birthplace.
Working Out is Embarassing
And that's totally normal.
When You Finally Know What Love Actually Requires
The person who gives you butterflies might not be the person who can stand in the fire with you.
HBO's Industry makes Harper Stern TV's best anti-hero
Myha'la is dragging this show by the toenails out from obscurity and into primetime.