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Grown-Ass Woman, Cartoon Soul
Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time watching these old cartoons. I mean, they’re literally all I watch these days, and occasionally, I wonder if something is wrong with me. And I know motherfuckers think I’m crazy. A grown-ass woman, almost 56 years old, sitting around watching cartoons like a little kid. But…
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Black Incel Culture: When Male Loneliness Turns Into Hatred of Black Women
By The Potty Mouth Granny There is something deeply disturbing happening in the Black dating community, and I think it’s time we had an uncomfortable conversation about it. I’m talking about the growing visibility of Black incel culture, the manosphere, and the increasingly hostile attitudes toward Black women that have found a home on social…
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The Shoes Are Visible. The Struggle Isn’t
I am tired of hearing people talk about Black folks like we are collectively standing outside Gucci every payday waiting to blow the rent money. According to some people, we don’t pay bills. We don’t buy groceries. We don’t pay rent, mortgages, utilities, car insurance, phone bills, medical expenses, transportation costs, or take care of…
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Kicking It At David’s Inn
During school breaks, I would sometimes go to work with my mom. She was a cook at a restaurant called David’s Inn Restaurant and Cocktails on Michigan Avenue, and some of my favorite childhood memories are centered around that place. I was an inquisitive child—nosy as hell, really—and for some reason, adults loved my nosy…
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Witch Hazel: The Original Unbothered Crone
I have always loved a woman who refuses to behave herself. So let’s talk about one of my favorite ladies. Witch Hazel of Looney Tunes. Long before television started giving us complicated female villains, witches with trauma, misunderstood antiheroines, and women who “lean into their power,” there was this wild-haired, green-skinned, cackling old broad tearing…
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Softness & Moi
A soft life is not easy, but it’s possible to create it in the midst of hardship. It’s about finding joy in simple things, like a cup of coffee in silence or listening to your favorite music.
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Three’s Company Was Dirtier Than We Remember — and That Was the Fun of It
I’ve been watching old episodes of Three’s Company, and one thing keeps cracking me up: this show was nowhere near as innocent as nostalgia would have you believe. Take the episode where Mr. Furley ends up getting arrested for solicitation. Yes. Mr. Furley. Don Knotts. Arrested for trying to buy a prostitute. On network television.…
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Winsome Witch and the Town That Forgot Women
If you’ve never seen Winsome Witch, you’re missing one of Hanna-Barbera’s most charming and underrated cartoon characters. I had forgotten all about this cartoon until MeTv Toons started playing it again. My favorite episode is the one where Winnie lands in a lonely frontier town where the men have gone twenty years without seeing a…
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The Tradwife Movement: A Pretty Apron Wrapped Around an Old Idea
I’ve never understood the appeal of tradwife content. Watching a woman bake sourdough bread in a spotless farmhouse kitchen while wearing a ball gown has never been my idea of compelling entertainment. Yet it’s wildly popular, especially the content of Nara Smith. Nara Smith is a model with more than 12 million followers on TikTok.…
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The Paradox of Race
I’m not going to lie—I’m tired of white people. I’m tired of the wealthy ones who are destroying the planet through greed, exploitation, and an insatiable hunger for more. And I’m tired of the everyday ones with their astonishing lack of curiosity and critical thinking. Many of them benefit from white privilege, yet they’re still…
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