BrooklynVenus
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BrooklynVenus

"Me irl" ~ Lil Jimmy Franco

jealous. i wish my interest in dirtbags was latent.

So.... When I click on a link that says "nude" I kind of have an expectation of no clothes. He is clearly wearing underwear. Granted, it's being worn lower than probably advised on the tin, but still. It's there, and pretty much where you'd expect. Nude fail.

meh... ive seen better...

Maybe the shop girls and boys should stop being so fucking racist to me. I'll be nicer then.

This makes sense to me. Out of college, I worked in a Marshall Fields in a downtown area selling handbags. One busy Valentine's Day lunch hour I was pulled into the jewelry section to help with the hoard of panic, be-suited masses picking up something for their lady loves at the last minute. Now, I happen to have a

I think this is true for the Tom Haverford's of the world who really buy into the whole "aspirational branding" thing. There are more of those types than there are of the rest of us. The only aspirational material thing I want is a Michael Kors handbag and a lot of that is because I legitimately love the way they

I would be interested to see the results broken down by demographics, as I know that my reactions to these situations are often directly related to my status as a PoC.
I've been followed around a Macy's while dressed in a suit, asked to empty my purse in an upscale beauty supply store, and told by a manager of a chain

Half the reason to buy stuff online is to avoid sales associates in stores.

He was probably better than the majority of people I know in terms of what he said in public and how he spoke up against misogyny, homophobia and racism. So, yeah—respect, but I don't agree at all.

That's what came to mind when I read it, they were probably joking and Kurt thought it was funny. I don't know anyone that writes bitter little screeds and then carries it around with them.

People are pointing out on the Gawker thread that it looks like Courtney's handwriting and he may have been carrying around something she wrote as a joke because he thought it was funny. Either way, I wish Seattle PD would just let this die. The more they release under the guise of "clearing Courtney's name" against

Hannah Arendt wrote about the "banality of evil."

Interesting argument, but it isn't an equal playing field re: race, though. Women of colour are portrayed as "hypersexual" and "exotic" while white women are portrayed as "pure" and "classically beautiful". This affects the way they are treated by men of all colours. I'd post links but really a quick Google will tell

also, i am mixed (white and native american) and i am one of those people who got the genetic combination of looking almost entirely white. i remember people being surprised or even angry when i announced i was actually mixed. as if i somehow tricked them.

What this is about is sexism/racism or rexism for short.

Lifetime should do whatever it takes to cast Mickey Rourke in the movie.

The guy is 80 years old, so that's a safe bet.