I was just assuming that the “kidney procedure” was more plastic surgery, and that we won’t see her until it settles some more.

I love how, in some of the videos, you can see other people unsuccessfully trying to climb a fence at the base of the building, while Gassama scales four stories of that building in a matter of seconds.

This is beautifully and powerfully written. I feel like I need to read it several times to make sure I absorb every paragraph. I am kind of in awe of the kind of parent you are, and of the son you are raising.

Me too! I think it’s the folksy apostrophe in “Puddin’ Pop” that makes a funny idea even funnier

“Your honor, we don’t allege the amount of individuals,” said white Greg’s attorney.

The picture of Marley Dias and Naomi Wadler makes me happy on this dark and gloomy day.

It’s so sad. I loved the show, and I loved his goofiness and joyfulness.

It’s interesting to me that, of all my friends, the only non-Asian people my age* who mention the racism in Sixteen Candles regarding the Chinese exchange student are Black. Other friends will generally sympathize with me when I bring up how offensive those scenes are (although some will try to convince me that those…

Every word of this is brilliant. It’s one of these pieces that I wish everyone would have to read.

I seriously think my head just exploded.

I didn’t get even a minute into the video before I started crying. Such pure joy.

I worry too, especially since she appears to be the primary (or sole) financial support for her whole family. It’s a lot of pressure for a young kid.

I agree with this. I was so excited for this movie, and it would have been hard for any movie to live up to those expectations. But my 11-year-old daughter really, really loved it.

The very end of that clip — where the interviewer asks her son something like, “What’s not being said? What don’t people know about this woman?” and he answers, “Nothing that I want people to know.” That was dark.

This whole piece is both brilliant and devastating. All of it, but this part especially:

Yes — the fact that teenagers respectfully disagreed with and challenged an elected official means that they were doing what members of a democratic society are SUPPOSED to be doing.

The fact that she refers to her maid as “Maid” is the best part of this

I’m embarrassed that I didn’t realize, based on the last paragraph, that it was sarcasm.

I like your post, and I would agree — except that her tweet actually said: “Immigrants: they get the job done.”

Yes — this really matters.