Look at it this way, you’re NATO allies.

You’ve spelled out so well at least some of the reasons so many people (esp. men who seem to be “interested” in me, or perhaps my persona or the idea of me) annoy and disgust me.

How is this a new thing? I remember distinctly having to ring up taxable food in my high-school job at a grocery store in the days of the dinosaurs (before scanners, let's say), and the taxable food was all either prepared deli stuff and/or "bad for you."

I'll have to try looking at things that way. For at least a few days.

Black people don't have a monopoly on nappy hair. Not at all.

In my experience (as a black woman) we can indeed hide things in our hair, but a) I should think there are other ways to screen for that, and b) we should not be singled out for extra-invasive hair searches.

It's because of stories like this (and knowing how periods can be) that I let students go to the WC whenever they say they have to. Males might be having gastric issues, so I'm not favoring anyone.

Turkish for "Happiness"

I had a friend who used to call them a "gang."

I cover people who are broke to remember all the times I was broke and someone covered me.

23-skiddoo!

Sadly enough, in some societies even today, many people do think like that.

You can get KK in shopping malls in Istanbul, believe it or not. Dunkin Donuts also tried in Turkey but failed; not sure why Krispy Kreme seems to be doing OK.

See below; you are not alone.

When I run across dick pix on Craigslist, I sometimes try to imagine: "Would this be as off-putting if I knew it belonged to someone I cared about?"

"Sorry to disappoint you!" (I have been dropped cold like that for not being Nigerian, Jamaican, or Cuban, on separate occasions.)

If you lived in, say, Turkey, you would hardly ever see anything but. Common cultural thing in the region, or so they tell me.

It reminds me of the way I heard the BeeGees' version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" after I'd heard Al Green's cover, in a strange way.

Is it not sexy? Yes, indeed, it is not.

Lucky red underwear is also a thing in Turkey.