Yes, exactly! Because...why? And why are mothers involved? Moms can't be hot? If your mom is pretty it's bad to look like her? You could write a pretty serious analysis of this comment.

I don't even know how to reply to this. I guess you're joking, but...eew.

We just need to go back to soft focus film. It makes everyone look divine, and no one has to cheek shave!

There was some crazy post on Jez a while ago (terrible short term memory over here, can't be more specific) about how shaving your face with a special face razor was *the* thing to do to get super smooth, amazing skin, and lots of ladies in the comments posted saying how it had changed their lives and shit?

I've read it a half a dozen times and am still unclear as to what is going on.

Yeah, the "you would expect a celebrity to shave their face" is some next level facepalm shit.

That's just a normal human face. I had a friend of a friend take a tintype photograph of me, which is a pretty unforgiving medium involving a heavy flash. The photo of me that resulted is, if I'm being honest, quite beautiful—but you can see every single pore on my face, every blemish, and every little bit of fuzz,…

This comment is mystifying.

+10 internet points for use of "fard".

She is beyond beautiful, and so talented.

Thank you. Mouse seems to be coming from a good place. Hopefully my point comes across for her, too.

You were right—this person is totally trolling. I dismissed their reply to me, since they basically didn't read anything I said and then just insulted this singer instead of contributing anything worthwhile.

I really only read one HP fanfic, a really long and amazingly epic one that must now be ten years old. It totally featured Draco prominently and since then I have alwaysss "shipped" (I'm probably using this wrong) him as a real and developed character who ends up with Hermione. Your story sketch hit all of my favorite…

I understand where you're coming from, I really do—but if you can't see how it's problematic to immediately turn the discussion into one about privileged white women of history, I'm really not sure what to say. Your example doesn't expand this particular discussion, since as I said, it's not a discussion about the…

Your historical point is interesting if we're talking about signifiers of class/privilege in white society, but it's more or less irrelevant to this discussion about racism/colorism and can read as a derailing tactic. I don't think you are trying to derail, but contributing an aside like that one seems to add a layer…

No worries. :)

Is it really that difficult to parse? Check out "colorism" which Crosley mentions in the article itself if you'd like an easy intro into how this is completely and utterly different. I'm not trying to be snarky, but white skin has no such history of being denigrated and vilified in the larger (white) culture. White…

I would much rather read this story than whatever it is I read above.

Yep, I know—that's why I said "an outpost or two" since they're not a Portland-based roaster.

Actually, there's a pretty big Christian coffee roaster with an output or two in Portland—"Sisters". So it's not just a Midwest thing!