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How “Black-ish” Reflects My Own Experience As A Black Person In America
ABC’s new family sitcom — the No. 1 new comedy of the season — isn’t just challenging the largely lily-white comedy lineup of the networks, it’s doing something more: reminding me of my own childhood....
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Knitting Myself Back Together
Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed When I decided this past summer to move into my own apartment after years of living with roommates, my anxiety took over completely.“Idiot,” it hissed after I signed a lease on...
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What We're Really Afraid Of When We Call Someone "Basic"
Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed “My grandma’s so basic she buys multivitamins at Costco,” a friend joked with me the other day.“My grandma’s so basic she reads the Parade inserts in the Sunday paper," he...
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Jian Ghomeshi And The Danger Of Accessible Celebrity
The sexual assault allegations against radio host Jian Ghomeshi are all the more painful for Canadians because he seemed to represent our cultural scene so well. Jian Ghomeshi Getty Images Todd Oren...
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What Having An Abortion In 1959 Was Like
Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed Saturday morning, March 7, 1959An icy rain pelted the Grand Concourse, so I waited in the vestibule of the apartment building for the taxi. From the rear window, the woman...
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What's Really Behind The Ridicule Of Renée Zellweger's Face
It’s plastic surgery shaming, yes, but also about how we think Renée Zellweger is supposed to age. Getty Images for ELLE Jason Merritt Getty Images for ELLE Jason Merritt "This Is What Renée...
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How Facebook Helps Me Stay Sober
Jenny Chang/BuzzFeed On Aug. 30, I told the internet that I'm an alcoholic. It was five days after my last drink, four days after I told my parents, and three days after I started treatment. "I read a...
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The Ultimate Guide To Being A Woman
According to everyone else. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed 1. Be happy and appreciative of everything you have because women have come really, really far. 2. Smile, especially when people gawk at you and...
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Learning How To Mourn My Parents After Their Suicides
“I don’t want to pretend like my parents never existed because they died a death that isn’t as socially acceptable as others.” As told to Krystie Yandoli . Illustration by Susie Oh for BuzzFeed I was...
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An Illustrated Guide To Writing People Of Color
(If you happen to be a person of another color.) This post originally appeared at Midnight Breakfast, and is reprinted here with permission. MariNaomi / BuzzFeed Recently, a friend of mine asked for...
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What’s Behind Our Obsession With “Too Many Cooks”
Adult Swim’s surreal satire of sitcoms subverts our expectations of nostalgia. You might be able to go home, but it will never be the same. "Too Many Cooks" began as an Adult Swim parody that aired on...
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The Dark Side Of YouTube's Stars
Why have so many of my famous video blogging peers become sexual predators? Christina Lu I wish I could say I was surprised when news broke in September that YouTube star Sam Pepper had allegedly...
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Why Dr. Huxtable Was Never The Real Bill Cosby To Me
The womanizing, bizarre roles Cosby played in the ’70s are the ones I’ve always remembered. Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier in 1974's Uptown Saturday Night. Courtesy Everett Collection Whether he wants...
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Why I Ended A Perfectly Fine Relationship
My boyfriend and I were going nowhere, so I did what any self-proclaimed gay academic would do: I re-read Roland Barthes. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed I was introduced to Roland Barthes' A Lover's Discourse...
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The Latest Exploration Of The Complex Dynamic Between Black Women And Hair
The Gugu Mbatha-Raw–led backstage melodrama Beyond the Lights is the latest to use hair extensions as a symbol of identity for its central character. Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Machine Gun Kelly in Beyond...
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The Problem With "Serial" And The Model Minority Myth
It needs a “bad” minority to balance the scales. Hello, Jay. (Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t listened to Episode 8.) Courtesy of Serial. /u/JakeProps at reddit.com. Chris Ritter for BuzzFeed At the...
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The Pain Of Casual Racism
“More often than not I feel isolated, alone, and hurt by offensive comments and racial slurs.” As told to Krystie Yandoli . Jenny Chang/BuzzFeed One day when I was 10 years old, I was riding my bike...
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What We're Really Afraid Of When We Call Someone "Basic"
Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed “My grandma’s so basic she buys multivitamins at Costco,” a friend joked with me the other day.“My grandma’s so basic she reads the Parade inserts in the Sunday paper," he...
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11 True Stories From Queer Women About Falling For The Straight Girl
Oh, the sweet misery. We asked queer women to tell us about their own experiences falling for, or hopelessly crushing on, women who identify as straight. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed "This is kind of hard...
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The Day I Stopped Believing In God
How learning about death changed everything. Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed One day when I was 9 years old, I walked through my hometown wearing a white cotton T-shirt, handmade polyester pants meant to look...
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