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Shamira Ibrahim is a Brooklyn-based culture writer who explores identity, cultural production, and technology as a critic, reporter, feature/profile writer, and essayist. Her work has been featured in Essence, The Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, BuzzFeed, Vox, OkayAfrica, The Root, Vice, The Baffler, and Harper’s Bazaar.

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    South Side Season-Finale Recap: Satan Wears Jordan 5sA standout season ends on a fantastic mixture of comic absurdity and social commentary.
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    South Side Recap: Pure Unrefined KwanzaniaCome for Stacy’s dramatic magnum opus, stay for a Kwanzaa-themed holiday carol by Greg and Aaron.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Mic CheckGizelle has finally stopped playing the sidelines and jumps back into creating discord for television.
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    South Side Recap: Gotham RisesWho would have thought that the best reinterpretation of the Joker would be a loose imitation done by Chance the Rapper?
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Fixing Cracks and Mending FencesThe entire premise behind Robyn and Candiace’s conflict is illogical.
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    South Side Season-Premiere Recap: Blue is a FlavorCredit scores really are just dark magic.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Abuelitas a MiamiThe dynamic between Mia and Jacqueline is so bizarre, yet I can’t look away.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Take It to da HouseSomehow, Karen has become the personal steward of everyone’s behavior in this Mia-versus-Wendy situation.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Mamma MiaLet’s walk through this fiasco step by step.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Mean GirlsApparently the winery is where sense goes out the window for these women.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Fanning the FlamesA burn session only works if everyone comes to the table with good intentions, and Gizelle and Robyn clearly will not be doing anything of the sort.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Off-Field DramaAfter four long weeks of anticipation, the Potomac taglines are finally out, and boy, were they about as exciting as a colonic.
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    Ashley Darby Just Wants to Get Ahead of the Rumors About Her Marriage“No matter how nice and sweet we package this in a bow, the trolls are going to troll,” her publicist says in a brand-new clip.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Rockin’ RobynSeason seven might be the fall of Gizelle and the rise of Robyn as a force multiplier. Who could have seen that coming?
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Hounding for the BassettsThe stage is being set for the rivalry we’re already anticipating: Gizelle versus Candiace and Chris.
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    Real Housewives of Potomac Season-Premiere Recap: Cherry Blossoms and New BosomsIt’s Gizelle’s world and we’re all just living in it.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Season-Finale Recap: Camels and CoutureThe first season’s finale is a relatively muted dénouement, but the real conversation is in the subtext.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Season-Finale Recap: Paradise LostThe dream of a small paradise of one’s own and the struggle against the malaise of existence never stops; it just evolves and shifts.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai’s Chanel Ayan Is Only Representing Herself“I’m not in politics. I’m in entertainment. If you can learn something from me, I’m happy, but I’m not here to represent a whole culture.”
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: The Wicked Witch of the WestThis might be Caroline at her worst all season.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Recap: Sippin’ on Some SizzurpIt was inevitable that Drew would find out that Dan was responsible for his current spate of misfortunes.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Diamonds Are ForeverOff we go on yet another doomed Bravo girls’ weekend.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Recap: Too Legit to QuitDan still has a bit to learn about how to control the classroom, but there’s hope for him yet.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Doro Wat the F–kThe ultimate dancehall party seems like a good time, obscene wigs notwithstanding.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Recap: Nepotism HiresThe results of Dan’s “moral inventory” are not pretty.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Your Tribe Determines Your VibeThe closest we’ve come to witnessing an authentic dynamic between Caroline and Sergio.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Recap: Collision CourseDan comes face-to-face with his cycles of self-sabotage and cowardice.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Meet the ParentsThe first episode to have the entire cast firing on all cylinders.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Recap: Who Doesn’t Like Magic?Dan and Kevin decide to buy in.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: ‘Tiki Tiki’ TimeIt should surprise no one that Sergio’s parents are not too keen on their baby boy marrying Caroline.
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    Flatbush Misdemeanors Recap: Contrasts, Juxtapositions, and OxymoronsKevin and Dan dance around the elephant in the room while Zayna strives to be the grown woman she is convinced she is ready for.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Much Ado About NothingLet’s get into the preliminary power rankings for the cast.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: How Do You Like Them Apples?How many left turns did we take to get Caroline so wound up?
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Sour LemonsIn Caroline’s universe, the sun rises and sets on her co-sign, and only Nina and Caroline Brooks have been bestowed with such an honor.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: A Fresh Serving of BeefIt is truly the cultural touches that make this show so far.
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    The Real Housewives of Dubai Series-Premiere Recap: Welcome to the Hen PartyDubai debuts with a really diverse cast — both in race and ethnicity — and some solid story lines out of the gate.
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    Is Billboard’s Afrobeats Chart Good for Afrobeats?The rising crop of African artists deserve more than a marketing gimmick.
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    The Many Lives of Janet JacksonHow many ways will her story be told without seeing the full picture?
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    The Courage of bell hooksShe viewed her radical work as one of the purest expressions of love for Black people there is.
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    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Summer-Camp Friends for LifeSome intimate moments have the wives believing they’ll be friends for life, but what are the chances they speak outside of DMs and BravoCon?
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    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Not So FetchCynthia is the wound-up, clingy Gretchen Wieners to Kenya’s controlling Regina George.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Season-Finale Recap: Jumping the SharkIt is finally time for Karen’s vow renewal, which is a setup for another dinner party from hell.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Crabs in a BarrelMust be the season of the rebrand.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: All AboardAre Robyn and Gizelle’s powers beginning to decline?
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: All Hands on DeckStriking that most people agree that Candiace could be handling all this better.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: You Know the VibesIf Candiace wants to make it in the R&B/hip-hop world after landing this distribution deal, dissing strippers is not the way to go.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Home ImprovementMia and Candiace fully get into an argument about Mia’s gossiping in the music video. Robyn and Gizelle seem hellbent on stoking tension with Wendy.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Dude, Where’s My Car?Candiace’s intrusive mother enters the chat and reads Chris for being a lousy manager and husband just in time for Candiace’s upcoming music video.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: That’s the Gospel TruthMia’s penchant for producing mess is in full effect during her goddess party.
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    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: The Milkmaid’s TaleAshley agitates something deep in Candiace that at times is warranted, but frequently ends up being an overreaction.
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