Psst, Anna. The school district implied—not inferred. (Third paragraph from the end.)

Nope. It’s not about the result; it’s about the method. Satire is used to ridicule, but it’s not just straight ridicule. As a rule, it’s tongue in cheek—it’s ironic. It holds up a mirror. So, her performance could only be satire if she’s satirizing people who make fun of fat people.

Is it wrong that her misuse of the word “satire” actually pisses me off just as much as her moronic video?

No, you can’t, unless your bravado is a mere act

I repeat: Learn something about Riot Grrl.

This makes me want to hug you. I saw L7 in 1998 at SXSW. Jennifer Finch played part of the show buck naked. One of the best shows I’ve ever been to.

Hi. Maybe you need to learn something about the Riot Grrrl movement (of which L7 isn’t necessarily directly a part, but is definitely related to)—a huge part of the movement was bringing girls to the front of rock shows so that they didn’t get hurt in mosh pits with dudes that were twice their size.

Uh... because she was an elected senator from one of the most populous states (who the fuck cares if she wasn’t from there? THEY voted for her, and then voted for her again—so apparently her constituents were happy with her ability to represent them); because she was the fucking secretary of state while we were…

The fact that you think Texas would ever replace football with anything just goes to show how little you know about the state.

I don’t know... I always say that TCU, SMU and Baylor are the schools people end up at if they can’t get into UT but their parents have money. I don’t think people with money send their kids to Texas State (the tuition there is suuuuper cheap, at least compared to UT). I think it’s mostly for middle class folks who…

Your avatar is a Texas flag, no? I would think almost everyone in Texas would be plenty familiar with Texas State because it’s a fairly large university. They have, like, 25,000 students. But, yeah, it’s not top tier, but pretty far from bottom rung, too. Pretty average, state school-wise. I went to grad school there,…

What up. I work for Pearson. And I totally sympathize. I work mostly on science, and with the beginning of the new testing system (STAAR) we had to very carefully edge out any content that was unfounded or questionable. Luckily, though, there are so many people fighting this same fight. People at TEA, editors like me…

So, I’m just not seeing the same thing that you’re seeing in a lot of these passages. For most of these, what I see is an attempt to put a human face on slavery—and to codify the idea that African American culture is legitimate, separate from African culture, and has roots in slavery.

I love the colors of their cardigans (the Charter School series), and I don’t mind the cut, despite the clingy-ness—but those things pill so easily. I just wish they were slightly better made. But otherwise I love them.

Then, if they don’t know about them, they probably should just shut the fuck up about them. Stop running your fucking yap about shit you know nothing about, dudes. You want to ogle some bewbs? Fine—knock yourself out. But for the love of Christ, don’t try to estimate cup size. You don’t know what that shit means, and…

I mean, I hate Chris Brown... but I like the graffiti. Actually, it’s the only thing I like about that house, which otherwise looks like a generic “look at how much money I have” house.

I feel like people aren’t fully appreciating the brilliance of this comment.

I DID. I SAW ERYKAH BADU AND LIZ PHAIR BEFORE SHE SUCKED (and bunch of other people). I also bought a beaded necklace. RIP 90s.

I don’t know—I think this term has been used commonly among white people for a looooong time—but just to mean something different (a piece of ass). The thing that has changed among white people is the meaning (which has moved somewhat closer to the meaning used in hip hop/the black community—but seems to be something…

Hero.