Three nights of television recently rocked the black community—surprising, since they detailed approximately three…
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Sometimes art not only imitates life; it influences it.
R. Kelly isn’t just trash, he’s the trash compactor holding the trash.
Like what I can only presume was the vast majority of black America, I spent a significant portion of the past…
After three back-to-back nights of Lifetime’s docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, one thing is painfully clear: Black…

Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” not only broke viewership records, but provided us with an appalling…
After six hours of footage spread out across three nights, Lifetime’s docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” reached its…
Lifetime’s three-part docuseries, “Surviving R. Kelly”, served as a sobering exploration into the 30-year labyrinth…
Surviving R. Kelly is a lot to process.
The much-anticipated night of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly has come, and right on schedule, Robert Kelly is…
Sigh. Major trigger warning here: The following recently revealed details are fucking gross.

Imagine being silenced and shamed for years after trying to tell your truth about an abusive and prominent…
Guests gathered at NeueHouse Madison Square in New York Tuesday night for a screening of the upcoming Lifetime…

Cable network Lifetime has unveiled a trailer for a new documentary series that promises to tell the “untold story”…

Please stop asking why women don’t report abuse—sexual or domestic.
Not-so-fun fact: A perfunctory search of “R. Kelly” on our publishing platform brings up dozens of articles alleging…
Early Monday morning, a new R. Kelly track, “I Admit” dropped on SoundCloud, where the singer addresses the…

Jamilah Lemieux has about 3,000 accounts muted and blocked on social media. As a black woman who often uses her…