Yep. I kind of loved it at first because I don’t know anything about skating or music but I could follow what was going on. I figured it was some interpretation of a classic I didn’t know about - like how King Lear can be staged thousands of different ways but the text and story stay the same. Then Tara Lipinski…

I had a mom (who is white; I am not) ask me what to do about if her daughter wants to dress up as a non-white person or character. I told her if she’s going as a specific person from another culture (even if they are fictional) - and leaves off the black/yellow/redface - I think it’s probably cool. Katara and Mulan:…

YES, this. It’s also why rice is often served in a nice lump. Most Asian rice dishes are at least slightly sticky so you can jimmy the top off the hot rice mound with your chopsticks and stick it right in your maw. Handheld bowls are needed because you can tip them around to scoot rice onto your chopsticks near the…

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There are big debates and scandals around if products labeled San Marzano tomatoes are actually genuine or not. Like Italian olive oil and fish they are frequently counterfeited and/or misrepresented. Some producers say San Marzano is a tomato variety while others say it has to be grown in the exact region to be…

I think so too. And I think GaGa is the one making it. As soon as I read the title of the review the song started playing in my head.

I’m not married and have been in/to a bunch of weddings. Once one girl in the friend group gets married it sets off this whole chain reaction of comparisons. I gave Alice three separate gifts so I don’t feel bad inviting her to five showers! Laura made us buy the ugliest dresses so how dare she refuse to come to my…

I supported any and all bro wear at the time: The Game hats, Coed Naked shirts, Big Dog apparel…

I was raised by two germaphobe parents. Usually, sharing food between family members is no big, right? But the process for sharing resturant AND table food was this: an unused knife and fork would be used to cut off a portion of the UNTOUCHED food and transferred to an untouched plate (or portion of the plate). …

Throw in some references to Chicago being a hellhole and you’re there.

Because if it had crossed the desk of one person of color in the editing and approval process they would have recognized it for the racist piece of trash it is. Diversity in the newsroom is important for just this reason.

I’m guessing everyone who wrote/saw/approved this article is white.

Maybe burger eating is my weird obsessive hobby because I’ve thought about toppings a lot and here’s my wisdom:

Yup. Cops would be like ‘stand your ground’ or ‘defend your homestead’ or other racist bullshit that means ‘nothing to see here.’ Bigots would throw them a fundraiser to have a bigger and better birthday party. And Trump would work it into a speech: “Chicago has come to Georgia, people.”

#SituationRoomSoWhite

Mel’s current comeback burns me up. Hollywood briefly put him in time-out. He didn’t even go on an apology tour. Then the minute he dips a toe back into the mastabatory gore he calls films they literally roll out the (Oscar) red-carpet for him.

I too feel very disconnected with populist feminism. I think a lot of people start with the personal and never make it to the political. Often I see that anytime a feminist ideology is not compatible with someone’s personal choices or understanding of feminism it is dismissed by the woman: “Out of touch” “Don’t…

Yes. I believe that any element of feminism that does not incorporate race and class is not feminism.

In my own life I consider not being married, despite being with my male partner for 20 years, the most feminist action in my life. Everything else I do is in some way compromised. Partner doesn’t call himself a feminist, I participate in consumerism, I love blowouts, I make catty comments about women, I let a lot of…

Please don’t flame me but here is how I’d apply a feminist lens to your situation. It is feminist that you decided to take back your personhood from your abusive partner at great personal risk to yourself. It is feminist to take back control of your finances. But that is where the feminist action stops. It doesn’t…