LeelahJames
LeelahJames
LeelahJames

I started watching at episode 4, the Halloween ep, and it is by far my favorite. While it is hampered by a traditional sitcom approach, there's something to creating genuine humor and pathos in front of a live audience. Take this episode for example. Cristela was struggling in her John Oates costume, trying to get the

You might be my favorite person today.

Shaming all the other women who would rather not shave above the knee on their wedding day.

I call bullsh*t on this too. NOBODY was thinking about Amber Heard when the guy who got eaten by a bed in Nightmare On Elm Street was blazed in a speech.

People who don't see the cognitive dissonance between purporting feminist thought, yet determining who else gets to be a feminist based on their criteria...

...Yes they are friends.

See this right here, this is some bullsh*t.

You'd be the sassy critic in our brand identity design course in college. Everyone would fear you.

I didn't post it in reverse order. My intent was to illustrate that my emotions took over, rather than my structural/political awareness as a black woman. It's really easy to say what was or was not the "right" thing to say in hindsight. I legitimately felt threatened, so you never know what's going to come out of

Thanks! I think I'll go with Bruce Lee.

Because I felt threatened. Sorry if I didn't use the most politically correct language while I was being threatened.

Because it was the heat of the moment. I cursed at him too. Or is that okay with you?

Because black men, regardless of race or class benefit from male privilege.

Because when this black man harassed me,

I had a man with one eye mistake me for Condolezza Rice.

You will NOT swear on the name of Zombie Jesus!

That's it! Now imagine that compounded 7 days a week, 365 day a year, since...puberty.

I was reluctant to share this story here, but I think it's important.

I nearly bit off her withered little claw.

Leg humpin' since 2006.

You should know that I just sung the words "weird unplaceable brogue" to the tune of Poor Unfortunate Souls:

That weird unplaceable brogue
in pain, in need

I think Andrea Tantaros hates any woman, regardless of looks, because patriarchy:

I approve this hook-up.