Ratchet & Respectable

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Two Dollar Wh*r* Jan 08, 2026

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Happy New Year!; Penny update; colonizing Venezuela; Richard Smallwood and Isaiah Whitlock Jr. become ancestors; The Critic’s Choice Awards don't do right by Sinners; Peak Dave Chappelle; Nicki Minaj goes full MAGA; Cardi defends Steffon Diggs; Will Smith, Drake, Tyler Perry AND Donnie McClurkin all get sued; Dr. Karri, Dr. Cheyenne Bryant and NYC’s new First Lady Rama Dawaji catch hell for their fashion choices (sort of).

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Receipts Dec 17, 2025

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Another Sheronne Moore update; In defense (again) of Blu Ivy, who is not your daughter; Russell Simmons tries to tussle with Kimora (again) leading up to their lawsuit; Vanity Fair has receipts; the grifting widow can’t pull a tv audience; 4547 (incorrectly) blames politics for a popular director’s murder.

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Crash Out: The Sherrone Moore Story Dec 12, 2025

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Demi separates fact from fiction in the WTF?! Saga of the former-- as of Wednesday-- head football coach of the University of Michigan, who was fired from his multi-million dollar job for having an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate. We haven't seen a crash out like this since OJ.

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Let God Sort Em Out Dec 10, 2025

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The Blacks head to Art Basel; Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially aims for the Senate; “Sinners” racks up hella noms for Golden Globes and Critic’s Choice awards; Teyana Taylor’s glow up; Bel-Air says goodbye for good (with major guest stars); revisiting that damn Diddy documentary (I have more thoughts).

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Diddy: The Reckoning Dec 03, 2025

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Demi recaps (and recoils at) Netflix’s new 4-part documentary about the fallen and federally-convicted music mogul.

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Men Will Embarrass You Nov 26, 2025

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Demi in South Africa; Debbie Allen earns an Oscar; a review of “Being Eddie” and the final season of “Bel Air”; Chadwick Boseman’s perfect widow; charges dropped against NY AG Letitia James; RFK Jr’s filthy poetry during his digital affair; Felching defined; Pusha T embarrasses his pregnant wife; Morehouse willfully chooses to protect an abuser.

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Bubba, BJs, and Not Bill Clinton Nov 19, 2025

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The Epstein emails precede the Epstein files; Quiet Piggy!!; Marjorie Taylor Greene pretends to be a normal; Nicki Minaj goes MAGA (; DEI hire Pharrell Williams doesn’t support DEI; Jasmine Crockett needs more security; Offset terrorizes Cardi; Patrick Beverly assaults his 15 year old sister. Allegedly; Michelle Obama and India Arie attempt to explain natural hair.

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Rightful Indignation Nov 12, 2025

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Reasonable Doubt gets another season; All’s Fair is a hate-watch fave; A Different World gets a reboot; Bel-Air is coming back; Michelle Obama’s "The Look"; Outkast in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; Abby Phillips’s Jesse Jackson book; the influencer in North Carolina who broke up her husband’s cousin’s marriage and married the cousin, and the cousin’s wife who was once the influencer’s bestie sued her over it— and won!

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He Wasn't Man Enough for Me Nov 05, 2025

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Demi… and you(?) in Cape Town; Big local elections across the country; Democrats refuse to support each other; 35 days of a government shutdown; SNAP benefits bring out the cruelty; Journalist Kayla Nicole claps back for Halloween; a review of the much hyped All’s Fair; “Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” (Answer: Yes.).

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Lover Girl a/k/a/ Meg Thee Stallion Oct 29, 2025

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Summary Prayers for Jamaica; Michelle Obama’s “Look”; Zohran Mamdani’s “Auntie” causes controversy; Meg’s new video (and relationship) sparks complete chaos.

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