Do You Remember the Black-Ass Time
Welcome to the 100th installment of This Black-Ass Life! Please excuse our self-indulgence; we want to celebrate 100 newsletters by highlighting a few of our favorites.
Don’t forget: We've managed to grow this list thanks to y'all forwarding to friends so please keep it up! Forward this link to subscribe to five friends. And send us topics you'd like to see covered, texts from your Black-ass people and any Black-ass anything from around the world and web.
I. The Facts
Here are some of our favorite quotes (out of context) from a few of our favorite newsletters:
“This is what you shouldn’t do: buy an Arianna Huffington-endorsed bed for your phone (that is white nonsense)” -----> From Sleep is important to your Black-Ass life.
“This whole season is… just WOW. Eboni K. Williams is trying her darndest to educate someone who peed in the middle of a corn maze and another person who voted for Tangerine Turdface and calls reggae, ‘ruhgay.’” -----> From Re-Segregate the Housewives.
“Bey and Jay are in the Illuminati and Blue’s name actually stands for ‘Born Living Under Evil Illuminati’s Very Youngest.’” -----> From Grab your tinfoil silkwraps + get into these Black-Ass conspiracy theories.
“Y’all. Financial literacy classes, capitalism, elite colleges, stacks of degrees, rabid individualism and entrepreneurship are not our ticket to freedom. We can’t support a movement without coming together to organize, heal and recharge.” -----> From Hoes Mad: The Threat of Black-Ass Spaces.
And here’s a few of our fave subject lines:
The Bluest Eye and the Whitest Nerve to Question Our Black-Ass Talent: A tribute to the late, great, incomparable Toni Morrison.
The Black-Ass Yee Haw Agenda BEEN Here: Enjoy a celebration of Black-ass country culture.
Greens for your Black-Ass Soul: Check out this mouth-watering list of Black-ass dishes from around the world.
The air is literally White-on-Black crime: Learn about the environment and why it’s engineered to come for your Black ass.
The Brits Are the OGs of Hate: On Meghan, Harry and that trifling family.
Beep boop robots are coming for your Black Asses 🤖: On the racism of AI and algorithms. Y’all, we practically got computer science degrees trying to write this one!
What can my Black ass do?
Keep reading and sharing this newsletter with your friends! We are so grateful for you and the way you’ve grown this community.
Love on yourself because you deserve.
ll. Other Things
Prayers up, and lighter happenings.
Prayers for Gregg Leakes, Reverend Jesse and Jacqueline Jackson and Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.
A reminder that there is no such thing as natural disasters, there are only choices made by the system of whom to protect.
Streets is saying Rihanna and Rocky are getting serious. Y’all, what do we do?
Doja and Missy Get Into It (Yuh).
For those of us who watch Drag Race, JUSTICE FOR TKB.
We have a new crew of kindergarten geniuses!
Meg, Ciara and Normani are stunning, as usual.
Our Black-Ass song(s) of the week (Mitu):
People at their big ages are learning about the meaning behind Honey. A joyous, nasty, perfect song.
Things we look forward to / don’t long forward to:
I (Jumoke) am looking forward to sitting on this new couch! Never have I ever loved a thing as much as I love this goddamn couch.
I (Mitu) look forward to the next 100 ❤️
lll. Text from a Black-Ass Parent
Nothing gets past my (Jumoke’s) dad, sent a selfie to the family group chat:
Stay Black, thrive and thank you for 100! We'll hit your inbox next on September 13.