A Messy, Black-Ass May

We're just unserious girls in an unserious world.

Jun 04, 2024

Welcome to This Black-Ass Life! This week, we thought about very heavy discussion topics for the newsletter and then we started laughing about this oddly messy couple months we’ve had and decided to lean into that instead.

l. The Facts

People have been very fun and very messy. Let’s get into it.

The WNBA is delivering premium mess and we are filled with gratitude. DeWanna Bonner just surpassed her ex wife, Candice Dupree, in the all-time WNBA scoring list (with her new fiancee’s support!).
You *must* watch the Sports Ball Doll, Mel’s recap of the Suns-Fever former boo but kinda current boo drama.
Even DISCUSSION of the WNBA has become so messy. Watch these men get to blustering while Monica McNutt dares to make sense

I (Mitu) am not a broadcast anchor, journalist, or Oprah’s best friend, but one thing Gayle and I do have in common is the same key question for Lenny Kravitz. Thankfully, she had the opportunity to pose it in person, asking, “Is there love in your life? Do you have a significant other in your life? And can I beat her ass if she is?”
Gabrielle Union, by her own admission, got served by Queen Latifah throwing it back on Janelle Monáe’s stage.
1 x 1 = 2 Terrance Howard spent over three hours speaking with Joe Rogan (what a cursed series of words to write) about the new form of math he created called Terryology, an updated periodic table, and a slew of other “discoveries.”
- Direct quote: “How can it equal one? If one times one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times itself has no effect. One times one equals two because the square root of four is two, so what’s the square root of two? Should be one, but we’re told it’s two, and that cannot be.”
A month out from Kendrick and Drake and it’s clear that this was a beef between two housewives. You are literally telling us that you were sneak dissing each other through songs for well over a decade?! It’s giving “Don't be all, like, uncool,” “Let's talk about the husband,” "Who is ~~Drake~~ Adrienne Maloof in this world?," “So nasty and so rude.”
Also after three weeks of listening to boy rap and boy rap YouTube essays, my (Jumoke’s) Youtube algorithm is in shambles! A real recommended video example:

Kennie JD does an anthropological deep dive into Quan Millz, a Black literary figure with such books as Old THOT Next Door and This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib.
The Nigerian president recently pushed for the old national anthem which I (Jumoke) learned at four years old (!) and was written by an actual Nigerian for one that was written by a white woman?! Of all the things Nigeria needs, this ain’t it.

Why does it matter?

The world is unserious so why not take a break from seriousness and join right in?

What can my Black ass do?

Giggle with us!
Email your WNBA hot takes and gossip we’ve missed to thisblackasslife@gmail.com. Please, anyone with more sports knowledge, fill us in!

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II. Other Things

Black-ass happenings.

This is a premium Black Music Month Tiny Desk lineup with all women performers.
Speaking of, meet the mother of Black music month.
Fenty Hair is on its way.
Simone Biles earned her 9th national championship.
Phaedra and Megan Thee Stallion linked up, and somehow M2M’s Sweet Tea was left behind! She was also with a few more RHOA ladies.
On the legacy of the perfect record, Stevie’s Isn’t She Lovely.
An interesting read on “defying the stereotype of Black resilience.”