This is an interesting perspective. There was a historian on NPR this morning who said that her steadiness, more ordinary style, politeness, etc. were what kept the monarchy alive in the UK. That her ability to not be the center of all things is what really prevented a dismantling of the monarchy.

In advance of the landmark, the Times of London reported the assessment of constitutional historian David Starkey, who compared her unfavorably to Queen Victoria, the previous record-holder. He said Elizabeth sees her job as “ordinary and humdrum” rather than as “something grand, like the embodiment of history,”…

Drake is Forrest Gump?

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Britney says it best:

This is what infuriated me. I watched the video over at Gawker and I was like “ok when will this be spun into a moneymaking enterprise?” And sure enough, the video got to the point where she crossed her brand, veganism and a moneymaking opportunity. It was all a bit too disgusting for me.

Dr. Evil?

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lmao

A supposedly erudite treatise on ‘vikings’, ignoring the fact that there were no such people as ‘vikings’. When Norsemen went a ‘viking’ it meant they were going raiding. ‘Viking’ is an action, not a people.

It’s kinda more like, there’s no more locked doors because that is illegal, but there are still really heavy doors, or doors that jam and only open a crack, or doors with special handles that only penises can open, or doors that will grab your ass when you walk through.

Box braids are loose. Cornrows are...well, not. They’re braided close to the scalp. A way to think of it is you can whip box braids back and forth but cornrows you can’t, unless they aren’t braided close to the scalp the entire time (like half cornrowed and then the other half loose)

Some may have found this offensive, but I say Phuket, who cares?

All that stupid chatter (“LICK IT NOOOOW” “SPIT ON THAT”) sounds almost staged, like they wanted to be caught doing the naughty. Or maybe that’s just what sheltered 20-somethings who watch bad porn think sex really sounds like.

People talk shit on Pete but he is one of the more interesting characters, If he were as handsome as Don everyone would fucking love him, in fact he is essentially the same character. Don is every bit of the social climber/schemer Pete is.

Duck did a very bad thing!

I think it’s actually harmful to position Black women as being somehow so much more body confident because I think it plays into that whole “Strong Black Woman” narrative. Statistically black women do have a lower incidence of eating disorders and report higher body acceptance/confidence at higher weights which is…

Because thinness in white women is shorthand for a number of things: education level, class, force of will. Stuff like that. The white woman who is thin is doing it right. She’s eating 1200 calories a day or less. She goes to the gym regularly, doesn’t miss a workout. If she drinks wine at dinner, she’s not having the…