Yesterday, someone brought to my attention a fact that I'd never thought of before: a non-white actress who acted the way Jennifer Lawrence does would never be called cute, quirky, adorable, or adorkable. A non-white actress like that would be considered crass, undignified, or, if black or Latina, ghetto. I think…

I couldn't even finish that clip; it made me sick to my stomach. Our education system is a joke.

It's an anthology series, so no more Rust after this season :(

"biblical truth."??

I've never actually seen Love Jones, but I have seen The Wood and The Best Man and liked it for similar reasons.

If she's an escort for selling sex, then so is all of Hollywood. Furthermore, being an escort does not make it okay for people to disrespect you.

It's really fucking matters. I'm grateful to not have dealt with the skin color issue like Lupita did (because "I have regular ol' black skin"), but lately I've been reflecting on how many women in my favorite movies, TV shows, and books actually look like me. Now there are a shit ton of them who I relate to…

Why would Kim K magically stop being tacky just because she has a kid and is a soon-t0-be wife?

But can we call her an escort? Kim K. (and other celebrities) get paid all the time to make appearances/attend events. If she's an escort sans sex, then nearly every other celebrity is as well.

Hell, I'd do it. You mean I get to put my good looks to use, eat, drink, and get paid half a mil? Fuck, I'd do it for 5K.

If what happened to Kim K. had happened to any other woman, people would be more sympathetic which I find disgusting. Apparently it's okay for a person to be disrespected and practically assaulted, if she's not liked or an escort??

Well, one of them does fit a certain (annoying) stereotype about Black women

Agreed. My experience is obviously incomparable, but early February, I had all four of my wisdom teeth removed. My surgeon prescribed vicodin, which I took and built up a resistance to after 2 doses. Luckily, I was never in a lot of pain after the day of surgery, but I can't imagine what I would've done if my pain…

I used to get all my emails sent to my cellphone and was pretty much looped in on all work-related happenings after I left the office. 2 months ago, I lost my phone and got a replacement one. I still haven't set up the email app on my new phone, so once I leave work, I'm off the grid. It's the best decision I've made…

Is co-sleeping really considered intensive or attachment parenting? In many cultures, including my own, it's considered the norm (although I think it's dangerous). And I don't think mainstream Black America's parenting style is intensive at all.

At the end of the day, no one can do it all and no should have to or be judged because they don't try to

And if one more person defending spanking brings up "spare the rod, spoil the child", I will fucking freak out.

Spanking just doesn't make sense. I know spankers who teach their children that abuse and hitting others (except for in self-defense) is wrong, but will spank their children if they do something "wrong". How confusing is that?

I think she was using "you", yet was talking about herself. It's hard to explain, but I sometimes do the same thing when talking about an experience.

I like Chanel bags (and fashion in general. It's my...passion). I'm also a feminist. I talk about them both via SM and blogging. Thus, for me at least, they are not mutually exclusive.