“I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator Janet Patterson...I am alive and well and an active producer.”

What a twist ending! Did M. Night Shyamalan write this?! (LOL no)

I had a group of friends in the late 90s (all black guys—this is relevant) who used to drive every other weekend from Sacramento to fucking Medford, Oregon, to go to an under 21 nightclub (I don’t remember if the minimum age was 18 or 16, but I think 18). When I inquired as to why in the fuck they would drive like 5…

I find pretty strange that they are only after Mexicans, not a single Russian, Indian, Chinese, Canadian, etc...

I’m just here to high five this article. And you!

I’m not crying you’re crying (O GOD I MISS IT ALL SO MUCH)

I think Davis’ approach works best for white people who’ve never really been around a black person. My elementary school had like one black kid, and my middle school had none. So while we read about MLK and Ruby Bridges (and yes, it is weird to read about her while in an almost entirely white school) black people…

Former vet nurse and cat behaviorist here.

Fuck yeah! American Heroes All!

Don’t forget to funnel that rage into campaigns, too. 2018 will be here before we know it.

And I need an investigation to see whether she’s sent any emails telling her staff to buy Ivanka’s tacky crap. Then we can go full circle on this shit.

I usually stay away from this term but I have reached my goddamn limit.

Yessss

I understand that. I also think a lot of the people striking do so as a surrogate for those who can’t. However I also agree that we need to identify more inclusive means of participation.

This is just one prong of the protest effort. Folks who can’t take part in the strike will have many, many other opportunities.

This is good, but what about all the minimum wage workers and people whose bosses won’t understand? I think strikes can be effective but we also need systems of protest that are more inclusive for people who can’t afford to strike.

 making for Pirates of the Caribbean: When Everyone’s Undead, We Can Do This Forever

I saw the trailer in theaters and wasn’t going to see it anyway (we have an elderly dog who is my soulmate, and any reminder that she is not immortal is very upsetting).

This is just a reason that doesn’t involve Kleenex.

...even Beyoncé had to share the stage with both Bruno Mars and freaking Coldplay,

I have trying feelings about this too. I have friends who looove him, and I’m like “his biggest hits are about how shitty he treats women”... and they still sing along to his shitty lyrics.