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In Black Mitzvah, Tiffany Haddish Overcomes the Double-Standards For Female Comedians

Black Mitzvah, Tiffany Haddish’s debut Netflix stand-up special, is both a celebration of its star’s newly-minted fame. But it’s also a sobering commentary on the limited chances that a woman gets in the male-dominated trenches of comedy.

Poulomi Das June 27, 2016

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“Lover” is the Most Emotionally Honest Romantic Declaration By Taylor Swift in 13 Years

Right from the moment I heard “Lover”, the titular track of Taylor Swift’s seventh album, it felt like a kind of homecoming, that was at once, wholly familiar and deeply uncomfortable. In it, Swift finally sings of love and not about it, like a poet invested in creating poetry. Like love is not as much a lifeboat of her life, but life itself.

Poulomi Das May 31, 2016