Rants & Distraction (This Black-Ass Life)
Welcome to the 64th installment of This Black-Ass Life. We’re dedicated the first half of this to ranting about this global pandemic, but if you want to avoid the news, scroll to part two for a smile. Whether you want to yell or laugh, we are here for you ♥️
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l. Rant with us
WhatsApp for serious needs to curtail the false information. People are out blow drying their face, eating hoards of garlic, overdosing and DYING because of the shit they are reading.
Racism against Asian-Americans is infuriating. The fact that some Black people are either co-signing or finding it humorous that other people are being discriminated against, is just disappointing.
For the sake of the American people, President I May Just Be Trying To Get Everyone Killed needs to just step aside for the adults to get us out of this. He even had to push his ridiculous Easter get-back-to-work plan to April 30.
ALSO! ALSO! If that orange-faced niblet fires Dr. Fauci or keeps on with these false-ass statements...
Yamiche Alcindor deserves so much better than this bullshit. UGH, WE HATE HIM.
Sweet Potato Saddam tweeted about the ratings for his press briefings while patients are being thanked for their “sacrifice” after having needed meds cut off. Of course Black women will be disproportionately affected.
Plus a GIANT fuck you to employers who continue to take advantage of workers when they know they should do better by them. Head over to Coworker.org for the latest updates on how you can support working people.
WOWEEEE! People are trash, especially men.
In conclusion:
And in closing, we knew this was coming:
ll. Smile with us
I (Mitu) always come back to this thread of Black people laughing. This one is a favorite.
We want to bring this back as a reminder that God’s timing is always riiiiiiight.
Remember this woman who almost shot this teddy bear?
This recreation of an iconic Tiffany Pollard speech.
Y’all, RHOA has really been delivering this season and RHOP is coming back with FIRE on May 3.
Learn a skill, check out this multi-part series on how to play spades.
The Cuomo brothers have come for each other in every sense, even teasing how the other speaks, plays basketball and ranks among their siblings.
Kaavia is already a legend.
Watch this recap of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s IG LIVE battle. So many hits!
Speaking of hits, watch Part 1 and Part 2 of NeYo and Johnta Austin’s IG LIVE battle. So much talent, Bey, Rih, MJB and Mariah, but also an adorable amount of respect between these two.
I (Jumoke) love seeing all of my favorite late night comedians’ homes. Seth Meyers’ shelf is very expected, Stephen Colbert’s backyard is more low-key than expected, and Trevor Noah definitely has someone over, right?
Give Ms. Tina a show!
Our Black-Ass song(s) of the week (Jumoke):
JoeBoy has been on repeat and every song on his first EP is so good. Listen to this one, this one, this one and also this one.
Things we are looking forward to / things we are not looking forward to:
I (Jumoke) look forward to keeping this shut-in glow I currently have. All I do is work, cook and go IN on my skincare routine.
I (Mitu) look forward to doing more learning about my hair. Y’all, I put my hair into twists for the first time ever and it was beyond therapeutic.
lll. Text from Black-Ass WhatsApp
I (Mitu) received this text from WhatsApp sent in earnest without any irony at all. I (Jumoke) also received the same text a few days later.
Stay Black, thrive and take healthy breaks from WhatsApp! We’ll hit your inbox next on April 13.