Yeah, I Think I Hate HalloweenOn the “Things I Happen To Hate” spectrum—which, unfortunately, seems to be lengthening as I age—Halloween is…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 28, 2019
Kanye West's Jesus Is King, (Not) ReviewedHa! Got you, didn’t I? You clicked on this—hastily, lustily, thirsty as a motherfucker—to read a review of Kanye…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 25, 2019
If Everything Is a Lynching, Nothing Is a LynchingI’m reminded, today, a day after Donald Trump called his impeachment inquiry a lynching—and an hour after reading…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 23, 2019
Zion Williamson Is Basketball Bo JacksonYou can find some of the very worst people in the world on Twitter, in barbershops, at bars, and anywhere else the…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 22, 2019
I Just Thought of the Perfect Comeback to Something Said About Me 30 Years Ago, and I Couldn't Be HappierI am being generous (to myself) when thinking that half the people reading this will have at least one of the…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 22, 2019
The Emperor Has No Jokes: How Come None of Y'all Told Me That Joker Was So Damn Boring?Mostly, Joker was what I expected it to be.ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 16, 2019
There Are No Good ApplesIt was somewhat disconcerting for my cousin, a cop in Washington, D.C., to attend my book event at Politics and…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 14, 2019
Black Man With (Possible? Probable?) Hair Plugs Complains That Black People Care Too Much About Our HairPerhaps the most telling aspect of thrift shop fedora repurposed as a strip club daytime shift buffet tray with…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 11, 2019
Now playing Uber Driver, The Equalizer, a Home Depot Manager and More Things Joe Biden Should Be Instead of PresidentJoe Biden has settled into the BarcaLounger and Burn Notice phase of his life. Which is fine! My dad is there too,…PublishedOctober 9, 2019
I'm Sorry Y'all, But I Just Can't Find a Shit to Give About Donald Trump's ImpeachmentSo before I write this thing, I have to admit that, right now, I’m about to do a version of a thing that deeply…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 8, 2019
18-Year-Old Brandt Jean’s Hug of Amber Guyger Made Me Sick. But It Ain’t About Me, ThoughThe conversation about Brandt Jean’s hug of convicted murderer Amber Guyger has mostly cannibalized both the news of…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 4, 2019
Facebook, Why the Fuck Do You Keep Putting These Spammy Fake News Sites at the Top of My Feed?I don’t pretend to know the mechanics of how most things work. I don’t know why nutmeg matters so much when making…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 3, 2019
I Just Binged Season 1 of Succession and It Feels Like I Was on a White People SafariI don’t remember exactly what Kotaku staff editor Natalie Degraffinried said a month ago when attempting to convince…ByDamon YoungPublishedOctober 1, 2019
NBA Players Who Would’ve Had Better Careers If They Had Megan Thee Stallion’s Vibranium-Enhanced Knees, Ranked1. Chris WebberByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 26, 2019
Should Salads Be on Plates or in Bowls? (A Short Debate About a Dumb Thing People Do)I eat salads often now, because I have transitioned to a phase of my life where I’m expected to eat them often, and…ByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 20, 2019
Pittsburgh Is the Worst City in America for Black People. Here's How It Can Get BetterIf you need an example of the level of danger Pittsburgh’s black population faces for just living in the city, drive…ByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 18, 2019
Why The Pittsburgh Steelers Should Sign Colin KaepernickIt was revealed late this morning that sentient house arrest anklet stuffed into an empty Iron City bottle Ben…ByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 16, 2019
Joe Biden Appears to Be The Last Person to Realize That Joe Biden Will Never Be PresidentBetween two and four times a week, I come home from whatever it is I was doing before, I change into gym-appropriate…ByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 13, 2019
Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, Was Also Accused of Rape 3 Months AgoThere should be a word to describe the thing that happens when you have a new favorite word for a month or so and…ByDamon YoungPublishedSeptember 5, 2019