Shade Court: Groupon Strikes, Cougar Fights, and Showrunner Shade
Hello all you devout seekers of shade-justice, Shade Court is back in session. Your honor had to take a brief recess because dealing with all these affronts to the sanctity of shade is hard on a girl. I would apologize for my absence, but it is my supreme belief that no one should ever apologize for lying on a beach.…
Shade Court: Kylie Jenner vs. Blac Chyna Is Still Exhausting
Judge Brown here, and boy am I ready to hammer out some judgment and seek justice in the name of glorious shade. In this week’s Shade Court, we have two people continuing to waste their time on a grown man who spells his name like a cartoon character, Erin Andrews calling out her boyfriend and Calvin Harris starting a…
Shade Court: A Tidal Wave, Shady Angels and E! Online Fails Again
Quite a few brands appeared in Shade Court this week. Some did much better than others. Still, to all the brand strategists and social media managers and plucky interns out there, I have one suggestion: stick to what you know. It’s a slight spin on that ancient adage, “stay in your damn lane.” If you make underwear,…
Shade Court: Jessica Lange Shines, VH1 Tries, and Nicki Minaj PrevailsÂ
Welcome to Shade Court. Before we begin, I would like to call attention to a moment that highlights the reason I started Shade Court in the first place. If you'll remember, back in January, our friend Chris Hayes appeared in Shade Court and lost handedly. However, Hayes seems to have taken his loss and turned it…
Shade Court: Matt Lauer, a Confused Business Insider and Queen Cookie
Does anyone else find it amazing that, after 19 weeks of Shade Court, there's still an enormous group of people who are still out there embarrassing themselves? I'm just kidding, that's not surprising at all. In this week's Shade Court, Matt Lauer tries to get back at Ellen, Drake's fans go H.A.M. on Chris Brown and…
Shade Court: Mother-In-Law Shade, Emojis, and VH1 Goes Off the RailsÂ
I apologize in advance for the abundance of Kardashians and Jenners in this week's Shade Court. Their presence reveals that even I am but a humble spoke in the wheel of this celebrity machine that they've built to ensure that they'll have more money than anyone could possibly spend in a lifetime. Either that, or…
Shade Court: Ex-Girlfriends, Petty Pols, and the President
Welcome back to Shade Court. I do this work because I want to make the world better and a small part of me feels like I already have. It's encouraging to see so many Shade Court readers out in the wild correcting egregious uses of shade. You're all learning, and I so appreciate seeing it. Now, if only everyone else…
Shade Court: Lupita, a Confused People Magazine, and Grumpy Huckabee
This was a truly exceptional week in erroneous shade usage. My list of cases was long, but as Chief Justice of Shade, it was my duty to select only the most egregious cases. The docket was so full that I couldn't even cloud Andy Cohen's sad-sack usage of shade. He, of all people, truly should know better.

