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S. D. Chrismon
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S. D. Chrismon is a masculine of center writer, Afrofuturist and pop culture junkie.
How do we count the ways we love Tarana Burke? The #MeToo founder has been rightfully getting her shine since the…
I was 6 years old when my mama educated me in the ways of saving princesses by touching flowers and shooting…
Recently, a couple I have known for a long time split up—much to the surprise and disappointment of everyone around…
On Sunday, when the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots meet for the Super Bowl, the spotlight in…
I’m a cosplayer. A black geek. A black, queer, cosplaying geek in a plus-size body.
There are many things in life that people bounce back from. The loss of a job, the end of a relationship, a short…
Talk show host Wendy Williams has a long history of being problematic. Years before her success as a television…
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On Monday, the human black-man succubus, also known as Kim Kardashian, continued her trek to colonize the entirety…
Love them or not, you must admit that music’s most powerful couple knows how to make an entrance. Attending the Roc…
If wage equality is communism...you know what? Never mind. This article is reporting what happened, so take that up with Jessica Chastain.
Is it bad that I sometimes mix up Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard? I really do like both of them, I just can’t always tell which is which.
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Golden Globe-winning actress Jessica Chastain is well-known as one of the most vocal women in Hollywood when it…
“I may never get married,” I said. At 22, what seemed like a statement of fact to me brought a look of horror to the…
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Cardi B accomplished something this week that no other woman—not even Beyoncé—has ever done: She currently has five…
Yes! My big chop and going fully natural was so freeing. (Edit: it’s been like 5 years now.)
Lazy gays. They’ve just copied the Atheist Agenda and changed the name. (And also, that should read “Bacon, sausages and 5 eggs, over-easy”
OMG, THE OTHER BLACK BUTCH IN MN!!! We so need to have drinks.
I’m so glad you’re writing here at The Root. I never realized how much I needed to read a voice like yours on kinja.