Total OT comment, one I know is probably a bit obnoxious, but...

Yeah, I’m absolutely certain that there are many awesome Serbians who are not racist individuals, but I’ve witnessed some pretty horrible shit coming out of their mouths (like, a pretty damned high percentage of the Serbians I’ve run into), and the news stories don’t disabuse me of the idea that malignant racism may…

For some reason I took a while to warm up to her, but I kinda love her now.

That tweet from Chrissy Teigen is amazing.

This is just new levels of self-aggrandizing awful. Using your pet as a vent figure is pretty icky - like, Jebus, Lena, get a ventriloquist dummy and just lean into the creepy. Leave the dogs alone.

NOOOOO!!! DON’T GOOOO!!!

THIS. EXACTLY. Love is not a finite resource - even for people who are faithful to a monogamous marriage can love more than one person at once, and certainly more than one person in their lifetime. I’m pretty certain he still loves his wife who is no longer here, and he now also loves someone else. That’s completely…

This is very North-Korea-by-way-of-QVC - like, it’s awful and fascistic, but it’s also incredibly cheesy and tacky. The musical equivalent of a Precious Moments Dictators collection.

This really is The Worst Timeline.

ALL OF THIS.

Yeah, the horrible dragging of Michelle Obama, especially, for her clothing does make this whole thing really weird and icky.

Right? Her outfits aren’t even “business casual”, they’re “xanax housewife”. It’s oddly disturbing for something relatively minor.

This is NOT an appearance snark, just a protocol one: Isn’t it kinda considered a no-no to wear an above-the-knee skirt for her job? Like, it’s just considered too casual? It makes her look like a high-schooler giving a presentation in social studies.

I...didn’t say that? Her anti-vax (and other) medical notions are an easy and egregious illustration, but over time, she just generally has said a whole lot of stuff that doesn’t seem thought-through at all. Someone can be kind and talented, and also just not great at critical thought, even regarding the things…

That’s entirely possible, although some other bewildering things she has said make me think she just doesn’t think through things much. It could also be both, I suppose.

When someone is anti-vax, I question their critical thought. She has said quite a number of things that are, frankly, pretty ignorant. I don’t think she’s evil, or operating in bad faith, but when she repeatedly says things that are fairly stupid, I’m going to question her ability to think things through.

Yeah, she seems nice enough, but she also seems like she should maybe not ever be asked her opinion about anything outside of some pretty shallow subjects. She’s a talented actress, but critical thought does not seem to be her strong point. Also she definitely has tinges of Cool Girl-ism.

Right? “Nothing new” would be better than “I’m going to get rid of the things I’m uncomfortable with”.

The thing that really, really gets me is the idea of “focusing on gender”; like, racial dynamics are very much a part of gender dynamics, especially in ultra-repressive societies like the antebellum South. Oppressed people who are additionally stratified by race will absolutely climb on the unwilling backs of those…

Yuuuup. Cosby is the patron saint of Respectability Politics, which right-wingers adore.