Rappers Explaining Sex: The Only Thing Worse Than Abstinence-Only Education - I spotted this at The Huffington Post yesterday. What you'll find there is equal parts disgusting, clever, and absurd. If I had to pick the best of the absurd, Afroman wins.    

    The only thing worse than those lyrics is the fact that Afroman was nominated for a Grammy in 2002. It was for another… Read More

A Proper (Cross) Post from our beloved Alicia at InnyVinny:    If you’re following me on the Twitter and have been paying attention for the last day or so, you’ve probably noticed that I have a problem with a certain video by a certain wife of Jay-Z featuring Lady Gaga.  After having a discussion about said video tonight, I’ve decided to do a formal post about why the video for Video Phone is going to… Read More

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As much as I love me some rough and dirty Johnny Depp, and have no problem with People magazine crowning him the sexiest man of 2009, I can't dismiss how their list is typically full of white men. Since its debut in 1985, there has only been one non-white cover winner - Denzel in 1996.  Of course that is because European standards of beauty triumph in major media markets, but we won't go there now - that conversation isn't sexy, at all.

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Ang:   When Kiana and I started ProperTalks a year ago I was unemployed, living in a new city and in dire need of intellectual exchange. We really… Read More

Have you bought your This Is It tickets? Have you seen the movie? I need someone to tell me how much tissue I should bring tomorrow evening when I see it with my mom. I'm beyond excited for this movie.

 

This dude in this video just shot my excitement into whatever galaxy Michael Jackson is chilling in, wearing a shiny glove and petting Bubbles. You thought that was a bright star in the horizon? Nah, that's MJ!

 

Seriously, despite the tricky camera effects, this is only one… Read More