I used to watch the show faithfully in the first season, because the songs were really good and the drama was easy to follow. Then Empire came along, and it got more difficult to keep up. (Side note: Why do people bother comparing Empire to Power when Empire has more in common with Nashville?)

Anyway, this ep. was the…

I saw this on The Fader, and avoided it, because of a strong desire to keep my job.

Not as much as we’d like to think. Consumer demand going down doesn’t change bad business practices, because the message being sent by consumers may not always be clearly understood to politicians and the retail market. Take Gap. Their profits have been falling nearly every year. As a high-volume store, they produce a…

I absolutely agree that consumer demand drives overproduction. But I would just pause on that. I fear that some may take consumer behavior and directly tie it to the fashion industry’s impact on the environment, worker’s wages, and abuse. Those issues are more directly affected by limp self-regulation and no…

I know Beyonce’s (insert number)-years-old, because (insert someone who knows someone) went to (insert level of education) with her, and they’re (insert number again).

It’s like the MadLib of age rumors, which makes it the laziest.

Please go on…

Then he posts stuff like this:

Yeah, this was back when his mixtape had songs like this. I thought to myself, “Yeah, this is the kind of music a guy looking like him would make: Pumpkin-Spice-Northeast-Connecticut-biracial-at-a-PWI music.

My favorite is a brief clip of Drake in the Lil’ Wayne doc. The Carter. He’s just standing around looking soooo clueless.

You know she’s hosting the Soul Train Music Awards. If they do a duet, and mash it up with “Tyrone” or “Bag Lady”....

Thank you so much for sharing you story in a candid way. Many folks struggle with these kinds of decisions, and the way you’ve laid out yours, I hope, will inform others of their options. It sounds like you really thought it through, and I wish you and your family the best.

Honestly, this fun-ass video saved this song from more cryin’-ass struggle rap from Drake. As much as I listen to this song, it’s so eye-roll inducing. I mean, he’s basically slut-shaming a girl for changing and having sexual autonomy.

But this video made the song more fun, mainly because he’s dancing with another…

If I can find a BAE that will do this with me anywhere....#RelationshipGoals.

My apologies. Did I insult you? On the internet?

WHA?!?!? First the answer is, “Yes, I’m poor.” There’s nothing wrong in admitting that. Second, what sense does it make for a single twenty-something (who likely already has student loan debt) with no children, no spouse, no idea where they’ll settle, and think owning a house is a good idea?

I’m well into my thirties,…

Ugh, I’m so sorry to hear that. Do you both feel that way? Is there a way out? The top priority for you two has to be long-term financial growth. If the house is becoming an albatross, then you two have got to let go of it.

About a year ago, I was asked by a Boomer if I had bought a home in the neighborhood. She knew I was too young to afford anything. She just liked bragging that she could. What she didn’t know was that I pay well below market rent, and prefer diversifying my stock portfolio. I don’t believe that homeownership should be…

they can no longer afford places to live or their parents are their new neighbors

“Puka introduced me to the world of dogfighting and death metal”

I empathize. These kinds of restrictions are not about giving poor people discipline or parameters. They are about humiliation.