Every Day Something Has Tried To Kill Me

“Being a black child in America means confronting the fragility of your life at a young age.” Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed My debut novel was published this summer at a moment filled with profound grief about the vulnerability of black women's lives. This year has been marked by the distant but still painful deaths of black women I don't know — Cynthia G. Hurd and others killed...

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How Well Do You Remember High School Required Reading?

How A+ were you...

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Who Said It: Kim Kardashian Or Tyrion Lannister?

“There’s a lot of baggage that comes with our family. But, it’s like, Louis Vuitton baggage....

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Who I Met On My Long Way Home

“I had lived my life before in accordance with the poverty and itinerancy of my childhood, sliding in and out of other people’s leases, never expecting to stay very long and tolerating circumstances that strike me now as completely absurd.” Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed Several years before we met, my boyfriend bought a shell of a building on a shady street in Brooklyn; after...

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17 Times Harry Potter's Life Was Just Too Extra

He had a comical lack of talent for catching a break. When a bird fucked up all his plans. When he really had to talk himself into believing that he wasn't going to be murdered in the 8th grade. instagram.com When he really just went for it and committed to this nickname. When his friends just had no idea how to do things. View Entire List ...

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What Does Your Favorite "Harry Potter" Character Say About You?

They’re your favorite for a reason...

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