'Marriage Changes When You Don't Just Need A Warm Body and a Paycheck': A Talk With Rebecca Traister

After two months, my copy of Rebecca Traister’s new book is already dog-eared, wine-stained, and train-battered. All the Single Ladies is essential, careful, bold, and rigorous; it’s a warning and a celebration, and I loved it. Traister and I talked on the phone last week.
This DGAF Strategy Is the Only Way to Win the Dreaded Bouquet Toss
As a dude, I'm biased, but I love the bouquet toss at weddings. Not only because I'm usually so drunk I can't feel my teeth, but also because it's the only game you can win (existentially speaking, anyhow). For many women, however, the bouquet toss is a matter of being coerced, once again, into playing a game which…
On Tuesday, you can see Beyoncé’s iconic performance ensembles up close and personal — if you can spring for a ticket to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. The museum announced a new display of the singer’s outfits from her 2013 SuperBowl performance as well as videos like “Crazy In Love” and “Single Ladies."
Fox News Identifies Important New Voting Demographic: 'Beyoncé Voters'
Today on Fox's Outnumbered, the panelists discussing how Hillary is using the SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision to finagle her way into the White House identified a new demographic: the Beyoncé Voters. After brushing off the SCOTUS decision because contraception is not in the constitution (hm), Host Jessie Waters's dropped
The World Does Not Need Another Season of Single Ladies
Sometimes shows should be cancelled because they’re bad and VH1’s previously-defunct Single Ladies is just that. Unfortunately, when crappy shows have a built-in audience of more than 2.6 million viewers, some lazy network will dredge them up if only to sell more suspect Dove products against LisaRaye’s attempts at…
Michonne channels Beyoncé for a "Single Ladies" dance with the zombies
On this week's The Line it is Drawn, Comic Book Resources asked artists to place comic book characters in music videos. We're partial to Marco D’Alfonso's Walking Dead/"Single Ladies" mashup, with Michonne's zombie companions as her backup dancers.
Network TV May Not Want Black Women to Star in Hour-Long Shows, But VH1 Does
There is only one — yes, one currently-running hour-long scripted network TV show starring a black woman: Scandal. But VH1's Single Ladies has a predominantly black female cast, and with an average of 3.1 million total viewers, VH1 is looking to hang on to that audience: The network has just announced it's…
In The End, Single Ladies Wasn't As Bad As We Thought
The first episode of Single Ladies did not impress me. it seemed like all the characters did was drink champagne and change clothes. I watched the second episode not expecting things to get better. Then the third. Then the fourth. Then I suggested my mom watch, and then I realized: I was hooked. The show had grown…
Are Sex, Celeb Sightings & Stacey Dash Enough To Save Single Ladies?
The new VH1 "romantic comedy series" Single Ladies premiered last night, immediately following Basketball Wives. The juxtaposition of these two shows says a lot about what VH1 is trying to do, and whom the network is trying to reach. Black women, come get your entertainment! But while Basketball Wives is a reality…
The Gawker Guide to Summer Television
With so many season finales airing this week, you might think that Americans turn off their TV sets after Memorial Day weekend and only turn it back on again in September. But this is America! All we care about is TV (and food)! Here are some of the new shows—and returning favorites—that will make lying in…
Good News & Bad News About VH1's Single Ladies
In May, we found out that VH1 would be working on its first-ever scripted series, which would be sort of like Sex And The City, except with actual black people. Now, some additional details have been revealed.
