One of my best friends in the years immediately after high school grew up in the JW too. My favorite party ever was a shared bday party with them (we were born 3 days apart) we spent the morning thrifting, the afternoon we went for really nice Chinese food, and then the evening we’d arranged a surprise party for my…

god this comments section is a fucking mess. so much internalized racism/misogyny. 

She was planning to wear the colors of her flag, not the actual flag.

So because you, your mom, and your grandma have internalized racism, everyone else should as well? No thanks. 

uhh that supervisor should’ve seen you taking your hoops off as a sign that shit was about to go down! that’s the only time I take mine off :)

“Don’t look so Latina wasn’t the phrasing to use”

Just my childless teacher 2 cents, so take with a grain of salt. If you (as a woman) define your life as a #boymom, it makes my life as said boy's teacher a bit difficult.  These boys, as middle schoolers, are very emotional that their teacher doesn't adore them with the intensity of their mom.  I genuinely like most…

His eyes have rebelled against all the plastic surgery, there is no going back now for him.

SAME! I was cracking up, trying to figure out who they’d face-swapped him with and then it dawned on me that someone needed to step away from the whitener (and his surgeon - good god, man!) a bit sooner than he did. Yikes.

Or...

I thought it was a wax statue of him.

Define too much Valium

I was assuming a new wax works unveiling at Madame Tussaud’s.

Probably veneers (although I always think they look like chiclets!), my dentist told me it’s simply not possible to get natural teeth this white.

I saw that they were on... I had ID on most of the day. Sounds like I didn’t miss much. I mean I did love those books way past the age that I should have. ETA Heaven Leigh Casteel, am I remembering that correctly?

I swear, I would never stop haunting my brother if he pulled this shit with my child after I got murdered.

NYC YMCAs are NOT cheap, and definitely significantly more expensive than a Blink membership. Plus, they’re crowded as all fucking get out. Get ready to battle royale for a spot in that pool lane.

Meh, I went to the one in my area for years and just recently left to go to LA Fitness (I get a membership discount through my health and wellness benefits at my job). The Y where I’m from wasn’t in good shape (machines were always broken and had maintenance signs on them and the ones that were working were falling…

I absolutely agree with you. I think it’s a tactic people use to make others feel more sympathetic about why they’re so offended, like you don’t need to make a racist feel sympathy, fuck them.

You shouldn’t need to have a black child to find racism offensive.