Michael Arceneaux is a Houston-bred, Howard-educated writer, and sometimes because of this economy, his Harlem rent, and his student loans, an aspiring private dancer. In addition to writing for NewsOne, he has written for other outlets like EBONY.com, New York mag's Vulture, Esquire.com, Time Ideas, Complex.com, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, Salon, Comedy Central Online, among others. He also helms the humor blog, The Cynical Ones, which led to Slate's The Root naming him one of the Best Black Bloggers of 2012.