It probably hit me yesterday when I was watching President Obama address reporters after the bill for strengthening background checks and closing loopholes failed in the Senate. All the sad, familiar faces behind him — either victims of gun violence or had lost a loved one to it, coupled with the round-the-clock, often incorrect reporting coming out…
It’s been almost a year since the sudden death of pop icon Whitney Houston, and her mother Cissy Houston says she’s worried her granddaughter Bobbi Kristina Brown may follow in Whitney’s footsteps. “She’s not handling it good,” she revealed in the most recent issue of People. “None of us are.” Bobbi Kristina has been hospitalized…
After Grammy Awards, national tours and magazine spreads, it’s hard to believe that an international superstar would have trouble getting out of bed in the morning. However, Michelle Williams, one-third of Destiny’s Child, has revealed that depression is more common than many people think. “I’ve dealt with depression,” the singer-actress revealed to the Associated Press….
They’re frustrated because the normal me is funny and talkative and entertaining — and generally fucking awesome — and right now I’m just pathetic and not living up to any of those expectations.
Like countless others, I sat in front of my computer screen and read Kiese Laymon’s essay, “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others,” on Gawker last weekend. And like countless others, I deeply admired Laymon’s openness and his willingness to express his vulnerabilities, befuddlement, and failings. Some of the incidents and certainly most of the emotions they…
