longtime Iowan here. Grassley’s sister taught at my high school for 50 years. They are are nothing if not a dedicated family (but seriously, that’s the only “accomplishment” I ever hear about Grassley even among his supporters. Guy answers his emails!)

Yeah, I mean, welcome to language. “Colored” was polite in the past as well. “Words aren’t the problem” is a weak argument because once we’ve lost a word to widely-acknowledged slur status, it’s time to come up with a new word. If you’re against the notion of dismissing words that have fallen out of favor, you should…

I wish self-discovery articles were written only after something had actually been discovered.

It didn’t take a different turn tho. I mean, what the headline said is literally exactly what happened.

There once was a girl from Nantucket
with talent as deep as a bucket.
She tried to “sound black”
and wrote songs like a hack
so they gave her a Grammy when they should have said “Fuck it.”

I assume the typo was from whoever transcribed Smart’s remarks, not Aimee or Smart herself.

I think the sic is the author of this article indicating that it was misspelled in the Deseret News article.

It seems weird to me to give a sic to “premedidated” rather than just assuming that what was heard as a d was actually a t?

The best argument against capital punishment in cases like this is that it elevates him to martyr status among the human trash that applauds what he did. Give him three hots and a cot, show him the humanity he denied his victims, and prevent him from ever becoming a rallying cry.

It’s a great show but has nothing to do with this conversation and- to my knowledge- is not airing again until december and has definitely been covered by Jez within the past 5 years. Is BBC paying you to promote interest for the show? That’s really the only explanation for your left-field comment here.

er, because people like you harp on it? Because it’s a launchpad for her feminist campaign? because her launch to fame isn’t any less legit than a dude who put out a song 5+ years ago- in fact, she’s worked pretty hard building her brand and cultivating her image? If you’re honestly asking this question it’s time for…

Probably not, but that’s the problem with chronic Lyme: it’s something people believe in.

Susan Sarandon herself is confusing me.

For example, koreawat, who seems to have gone nuclear here. Chill out, “buddy”.

You sure? I heard the weekend got switched.

no, gawker media infamously doesnt have a copyeditor

no, they loved it. people love shamed women. even if it was just to goss and gawk and judge or cringe or feign sympathy, it was an attraction. the fact that she’s gone beyond what have should have been a bad thing for her MAKES. PEOPLE. FURIOUS. that she shows off her body on her terms MAKES. PEOPLE. FURIOUS- WE…

My GF is assassin American and when people ask where she’s from I tell them the stereotypes are acurate. She absolutely WILL cut you and light fire to your house, being from Detroit and all.

Some creatures look better with fur. Bears look like werewolves.

BTW, not a sad image of you, just a sad image of someone looking wistfully at the disconnecting phone murmuring “I love you” to the ghost echo of the person on the other end.