I’m not sure exactly what the age cutoff is, but I don’t mind it when really old people refer to “colored” people. I’ve heard it often, especially visiting my grandmother in rural southern nursing homes, but it barely phases me. What’s worse is if they say something like “colored” or “negro” then they sort of realize…

That’s Sarah Koenig’s mom! Sarah Koenig of Serial podcast fame, that is. It’s “Route Talk” not road talk, et voila: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives…

I DID run into her, and I FROZE! All I could say was, “It’s Tig and Stephanie!” and awkwardly skuttle away. I spent the next 10 minutes telling my boyfriend all the great stuff I should have said... AND THEN WE RAN INTO THEM AGAIN. I hid that time. So it would be less awkward. Protip: it is difficult, as a black…

Yo, I can walk there right now. Dare me to do it?

Dolezal is supposed to do an interview with Melissa Harris-Perry soon. I’m salivating. Melissa, don’t let me down.

Did The Amazing Story of Rachel Dolezal squeeze out today’s Shade Court? I mean, today’s Dolezal posts were all gems, so it was worth it, but I still miss Shade Court. (unless I’ve got the wrong day or I’m scrolling past it, which is entirely possible as it’s been a really long day.)

That’s my FAVORITE explanation. Only, let’s take it back even farther: based on her LinkedIn, one of the earliest AA related things she did was help make MLK day recognized at her undergrad.

That’s because Eartha Kitt is mixed race herself.

You can cut off your locs and just keep them. At one point my (black) mom cut off the bottom few inches of her locs and sewed them into a removable hairpiece (like a clip in) to hide her bald spots (which resulted from constant [as in, daily] retwisting because she got dat good hair, which tends to the Bob Marley…

To be fair, Grandma Tzeitel was throwing the simcha of a lifetime till that thirsty bitch Fruma-Sara showed up.

Exactly! Her tumblr is gold: The secret plus side of having one and a half arms!

I've heard that same sentiment so many times from so many people, but as someone who has worn out three tapes and two CDs of Debut (for a start to describe my Bjork fanaticism), hearing that used to really aggravate me. I never really could relate... until Taylor Swift, of all people, came along. She's like a cool…

Re: will.i.am, I feel you. I saw pre-fergie black eyed peas (for free!) back in the day - after the show i downloaded Joints & Jam via Napster! The next I heard from them was that song with JT, and I felt like, well, a little selling out never hurt anybody and anyway, if anybody deserves cash & more attention, it's…

But, Haley actually does look like that in person. I'm also not really a fan of "calling out" her "real" name. It smacks too much of the "B. Hussein Obama" nonsense. Nikki Haley IS her real name. She's always been called Nikki and she certainly has the right to take her husband's name. There's more than enough to…

you have to be a friend-of-a-friend to even find me

It is apparently impossible for Stanley. Seriously, google gawker's past coverage of her. At one point the NYT had assigned her a dedicated fact-checker. When Walter Cronkite died, her article garnered something like 7 corrections. There were corrections to the correction. The only thing I can figure is there's some…

What's this about buying LSD online? I'm asking for a friend. Yeah, that's it.

same! There is very little lactose in many types of cheese and none in many types of yogurt.

Ohmahgerdness I just spent half an hour procrastinating on this at work, and, I think... I think I believe you. You wouldn't lie to a fellow trekkie, right? Also, are you Mike, or is that your buddy?

Good for you. I realized from experience that the kids who take the advanced classes often just have the loudest parents. A friend who ended up with a PhD from MIT wasn't in advanced classes for most of middle and high school, mainly because her parents didn't have time to pester the administration about it. She…