(For a complete archive of my writing at BuzzFeed News, click here.)
Here are some highlights:
Personal
To Love Your Sister Is To Grieve Your Twin 03.27.16 BuzzFeed News
(included in The Atlantic’s 2017 round-up of More Than 100 Exception Works of Journalism)
Conservative Evangelicals Have Shown Me Who They Really Are 12.13.17 BuzzFeed News
On Halloween, Nigerian Parents, and Bible Man 10.30.14 The Toast
Like Everyone Else In The Aughts, I Loved Norah Jones 12.03.18 BuzzFeed News
I’m 26 Years Old and Using A Dresser For the First Time In My Adult Life—AMA 04.29.17 BuzzFeed News
Features
Lena Waithe Is What The Future Of Hollywood Looks Like 06.27.17 BuzzFeed News
Chance the Rapper — Chicagoan of the year Chicago magazine 11.17.15
Why Do Funny Black Women Still Need To Be Trailblazers In 2016? 09.09.16 BuzzFeed News
Cultural criticism
The 2019 TOB— The Overstory vs. House of Broken Angels 03.21.19 The Morning News
Aretha Franklin Wasn’t Just A Great Singer — She Was A Genius 08.16.18 BuzzFeed News
Netflix's "You" Captures The Hell Of Dating As A Straight Woman 01.14.19 BuzzFeed News
Complicated Teen Girls Are Finally Front And Center In The Movies 11.11.17 BuzzFeed News
Trevor Noah Still Doesn’t Get It 12.06.16 BuzzFeed News
(this piece got a million views. Whew, chile the hate mail!)
How Beyoncé Called Out Coachella’s Whiteness 04.16.18 BuzzFeed News
"She's Gotta Have It" Is Spike Lee At His Lecturing Worst 11.28.18 BuzzFeed News
“Girls” Has Gotten Less White But Not In A Good Way 03.31.17 BuzzFeed News
Will John Legend Ever Make Interesting Music Again? 10.26.18 BuzzFeed News
Do Shows Like Insecure Have A Responsibility To Depict Safe Sex? 08.19.17 BuzzFeed News
What Do Kendrick And Kanye Owe Women Listeners? 04. 05.16 BuzzFeed News
Why Chance The Rapper's Black Christian Joy Matters 05.19.16 BuzzFeed News