That’s the only solution ;)

The cherry pitter is the dumbest thing in my kitchen. It doesn’t work. It always misses the pit. It’s easier to get one’s hands messy and use a knife to slice the cherry and pull out the pit.

There’s nothing wrong with that :)

And again, I say that class has no bearing on the double standards that minority men and women face. Your initial idea that physical attractiveness and social class helps mitigate that effect is false. You said that ugly poor women wearing “black” styles are ridiculed; while rich, attractive women are accepted.…

any observations about the way that the culture treats them need to carefully tease

However, class doesn’t really impact things. As others have pointed out, being wealthy and/or educated does not insulate black people from the effects of racism. In some ways, it can place them front and center in the midst of it, because there’s a perception that black people don’t belong in those spaces. Hence…

It’s not all about class, though. Vanessa Williams was handed a plate by another guest at a White House dinner, after performing, because that guest thought that that “heteronormatively attractive woman” dressed in evening clothes was there to serve her. That teenage girl in a bathing suit who was thrown down by that…

Oh, it’s <i>exhausting</i>. It’s exhausting. Do you know what’s really exhausting? Being the target of racism and fetishization. Trying to fit into a system that hates you. That’s what’s exhausting. Not being told that your surgery filled lips, your fake “disses and dats,” and your booty tooch poses - when we all have…

No, I said that the Dead fans were upset that they were getting arrested for breaking the law, and band members asked the police not to crack down. Three people were arrested at the concerts - I suspect, far fewer than the users. My problem is with the attitudes about drug use among whites vs. drug use among blacks.…

She’s making millions participating in this system. She also has black relatives that she’ll harm with her attitude. So no, I’d be happy if she didn’t profit by fetishizing black female attributes, even getting surgery and fooling other white women into bruising their lips and drawing clown makeup on their faces.

I’m not concerned about Kylie at all. She’s the one participating in a system that would degrade and belittle a black woman for dressing and acting exactly as she does, and when she does it, it’s considered cool. The same way that when white people use drugs, they are considered to have a medical problem (or just be…

In my local Subway, there are signs directing people to skip this/add that for more low fat or low calorie options.

A professional makeup artist should carry a foundation palette that carries an array of tones that she can mix and max. Not 50 bottles of consumer grade foundation, but professional grade cosmetics. They offer that stuff from Ben Nye, Kryolan - not sure why MUAs at Fashion Week for Pete’s sake wouldn’t have that.

Ugh. I make like Dame Joan Collins and do my own makeup, because after paying $50 for the makeup artist at my brother’s wedding, I do it myself. I know my own face, and I can apply makeup to it much better than anyone else can. I ended up having to touch it up afterward anyway, so it was a waste of time and money.

I’m really sorry to hear this. I loved her and that movie when I was a kid.

That best friend sounds awful. To call you a “stupid cunt” over an argument over a name is beyond the pale. You’ve dodged a bullet with him.

To me, this woman looks biracial. Either her mother had an affair, or one or both of her parents were passing and have black ancestry themselves.

What kind of reasonable assumptions should minorities have about white people? That the white people will treat them well and with empathy and like fellow human beings? Or like potential criminals - no matter how old, young, weak, strong, upstanding, etc. one is — or like people who exist to serve them? If you’re…

You haven’t made any points at all. Again, you’re spouting bullshit - what you’ve said is not true at all. Suspects of all races are not routinely given fast food and gentle treatment. And when suspects are treated poorly, usually your ilk will say that he deserved it for committing a crime or not totally prostrating…

The simplest answer is that a white man who murders countless people is viewed as more human than a black man who is accused of selling loose cigarettes. Also, fuck you - a black man was shot while complying with an officer’s orders to get his id. So your bullshit about how respectful that piece of shit was while…