@escapefromny: This. I fully agree.

@la.donna.pietra: That truth hit me as well, when I skimmed an interview with Jieber and he said Taylor Swift was too old for him.

I actually know of a whole bunch of guys, that doesn't seek divorce. I'm not talking about the couples who stay together for the sake of it and live quite sad lives.

To get a further understanding; please google the lyrics of his track "Control yo hoe".

@politigeek: I'm sorry to hear that, and I think you were incredibly strong for even going to see this movie - since the abuse in it is so extreme, and that's what makes it realistic.

@AfroJezeBella: Exactly. And even though I enjoyed very much the performance of Paula Patton - his way of avoiding to answer, made me feel that there was a reason behind it that he didn't want to admit to. Or, I am being paranoid. Either way, I guess I won't find out tonight.

@sportz.star: Yeah, I guess there isn't really an appropriate reaction to some of the scenes in the movie. I was probably being sensitive, since I am black and have also seen the kind of poverty that is shown in the film, so for me it was not that far from reality. But here, a Harlem ghetto is as "other" you can ever…

@AfroJezeBella: No, he didn't that's the frustrating part. He just shrugged it off basically, saying there are no other movies about a 400-pound black girl, so noe one had the right to criticize him about it.

I just came back form seeing this. I liked it. But, that's not to say it's a problem free movie. I was in a salon where there were perahps 200 people and only two of us were POC. And it made me sensitive to the "othering" this movie created, in that the audience laughed quite a lot whenever a weight joke was made, or…

@CrabbyPants: OK this might be a bit OT (sorry) but I just came back from meeting with Lee Daniels at a Face2Face. I absolutely adored Precious, as well as Push, but I was really excited when someone in the audience asked the question why he changed some good characters in the book (like Blu Rain) to light skinned -…

Can't wait to see this film on Wednesday - it's the opening movie for the Stockholm Film Festival. And Lee Daniels is going to be there for a Face 2 Face!! So excited! And of course, scared that the movie is going to be either too depressing, or just not live up to the expectations I have since reading Push. #precious

"Any incidence of racism is one too many, but Exeter comes top or near top in every survey of places for friendliness and quality of life."

@thewitchandthemoll: I can't even bring myself to watch any of the Chris clips, since it's pretty clear he's doing the standard abuser defense, over and over again.

@otherginger: But didn't you know? American, white men never rape. Ever. Unless, of course, the girl was asking for it. But then it's not really rape.

@bluebears: And, while I too has known a guy who was treated unfairly, and therefore joined a group much like fathers 4 justice, there was no denying that many men, in that particular group, at least, were abusers. And one thing many abusers have in common is blaming others. Their partners, society, whatever. #mensrig…

This has always been one of my greatest fears about having children; that by the time they hit puberty, plastic surgery will be more or less required socially, and they'll run away from home if I say no. #teensplasticsurgery

@Working-for-the-weekend: It's funny, I have the opposite experience. As a black person with a "white" name, people constantly seem suprised when they meet me for the first time. Then they feel all cool and un-racist, because now they have a black friend who is just like them on the inside. And they say this to me,…