Yeah, my sister works in private equity and she is sometimes amazed by how much her coworkers who come from wealthier backgrounds spend. Like for instance, one of her coworkers lives in a two bedroom apartment that costs $7,000/month, and her parents are paying for at least half of it until she finds a roommate (which…

In Hari Kondabolu’s documentary, multiple actors of South Asian descent talked about how the existence of Apu (and the relative nonexistence of other South Asian TV or movie characters) influenced the way people bullied them as children. It may not be as big of an issue now that there is more representation in the…

From what I remember, originally Apu wasn’t necessarily going to be an Indian guy. The most popular account of how his character came to be is that originally the convenience store owner character was supposed to be white, but Hank Azaria read his lines with a fake Indian accent and the writers thought it was funny…

Also, I’m pretty sure that Hari Kondabolu has said he doesn’t want The Simpsons to get rid of Apu. He just wants them to make him less of a stereotype and to be voiced by an Indian actor instead of some white guy putting on a crappy accent. 

Shop-Rite (grocery store chain in New Jersey and some parts of Pennsylvania and New York) has something like this in some (if not all) of their stores. Basically, they have a room set aside in the store with toys and movies and other stuff kids like, where parents can drop their kids off for up to 90 minutes while…

His character is supposed to be 24, which given that Timothee Chalamet’s character is 17, would still be predatory, but the age difference would at least look a bit smaller. 

Yep, exactly what I was thinking. And the GrowNYC markets were the first thing that came to mind when I saw this article, so it’s sad to see the confirmation that this is affecting them. I also wonder if the green carts that are managed by the city government will be affected since they can also accept EBT if the…

Right? I mean, obviously she’s allowed to talk about something like mental health, since her husband and in-laws started a mental health campaign. So, like, can she talk about abortion in the context of it being a healthcare issue or is it always going to be too political even without mentioning specific laws or…

Honestly, sometimes just giving yourself permission to not look at the news for even just an hour is helpful. If that’s hard to do, find an activity where you’d have to actively not look at your phone for a few hours, whether it’s yoga, an exercise class, going to the movies. I actually got shingles the week after…

This is true. My mother is very big into genealogy, so she had a bunch of us do the DNA test through Ancestry and my results came back saying I have some Native American/indigenous blood. Granted, I don’t go around saying I’m Native American, because it’s not a huge part of my DNA makeup and isn’t part of my heritage.…

I’m guessing some of it is that their problematic partner’s views are less likely to harm them? For instance, this season’s Bachelorette (yes, I watch that show...) supposedly identifies as a feminist, is a fan of Bernie Sanders, but also voted for Clinton in the general election. Yet, if rumors are true, it’s very…

Hahaha, same here. This is like the first time I’m like, “wait, am I actually willing to see a Fast and Furious movie?!”

Not that this matters as much, but I don’t think they should be including Felicity Huffman on that list if they want to defend Scarlett’s decision to take the role? I mean yes, Huffman is cisgender and the movie she was in focused too much on her character’s genitals, but at least they cast a woman to play a woman.

Yeah, I guess I can look this up later, but I’m wondering if every health issue gets put into this Classification of Diseases catalog or if there’s a different document that it’d be more appropriate to be put it in. Being trans is definitely not a disease, but there is often a medical/healthcare component to…

I learned that some former Bachelor/Bachelorette contestants who were popular enough on the show to make Instagram influencer a viable career option for them can make as much as $10,000 per sponsored post. Why did I go to grad school indeed. =(

Yes, I have been pleased that Jezebel has been good at following the safe reporting guidelines.

From a suicide prevention perspective, the way the media has been reporting on her death also goes against the guidelines for safe reporting on suicide. Sharing the method a person used to kill herself? That can raise the risk of additional or copycat suicides. Also, while mentioning that the person left a note is…

Everything I’ve read seems to indicate that you can’t get the vaccine until you’re 50, because there hasn’t been any research done on how it affects younger people. I wish there was though, because I got shingles last year, a few weeks before my 26th birthday, and now I have to wait over 20 years for a shot to prevent…

Right?! Like what happened to, “oh Lauren and I are going to go on a long vacation and stay away from the media for awhile?,” like he said on After the Final Rose? I mean, I know he didn’t mean it, but I really liked that plan.

I’m still hoping that whenever I see my favorite comedian, Hari Kondabolu, trending, it’s just because he’s continuing to piss off Simpsons fans or the creators for creating a documentary about Apu being a harmful stereotype.