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Tea Room • RHOA

Porsha vs. Shamea on RHOA: What Changed When Shamea Stopped Shrinking?

CTOL looks beyond the argument to examine how confidence, history and changing power dynamics shaped Porsha Williams and Shamea Morton Mwangi's RHOA fallout.

Tea Room • RHOA

RHOA Scotland Fashion Ranking: Porsha Williams Takes CTOL's Top Spot

Mona Indefatigable Heights ranks the RHOA Scotland dinner looks, with Porsha Williams taking the top spot ahead of Phaedra Parks and Cynthia Bailey.

Package Room

I Don’t Review Wigs on Day One, and Neither Should You

Mona explains why a first day wig impression is not the same as an honest wear test review.

Screening Room

Relationship Goals Review | Kelly Rowland and Method Man | CTOL

Mona reviews Relationship Goals starring Kelly Rowland and Method Man through intentional dating, standards, companionship and emotional timing.

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Screening Room

Voicemails for Isabelle: Grief Is the Conversation | Coffee Tea or Labrish Media

Mona Indefatigable Heights reviews Netflix’s Voicemails for Isabelle as a story about grief, timing, and regret, not only romance.

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Culture Desk

Bounty Killer: The Architect, Revisited | CTOL

Coffee Tea or Labrish Media’s long-form Culture Desk examination of Bounty Killer as an architect of modern dancehall.

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