On the other side of the coin, I must say it was hurtful to have a friend that could not be happy for me when I met and later moved in with my boyfriend.

I am the same way. A good friend of mine is mine is married. Her FB feed is nothing but posts of "I love you" to her husband and gushing about the relationship.

Fuck. I hear this all the time. Then one of two things happens — the guy either runs away from me (telling me he is too intimidated) or he tries to put me down — as if that's really going to make me want him (?!)

The Invisible Children NGO is a perfect example of this.

The Invisible Children NGO is a perfect example of this.

I recently got stuck playing Pictionary with a bunch of twenty-somethings. This was at a get-together for my boyfriend's family.

Ah ok, that makes sense. Their slang terms for "white" are very different. That is cool that they accepted you into their club.

You were in a polynesian student club and don't know what haole means?

Applause to you for pointing this out!

Eeeeks. I admit, I unfairly thought and assumed this was not happening in a big city. But being a mixed-race person myself who has been in a number of inter-racial relationships, I really shouldn't be surprised. But it's comforting to know that it seems like most people in DC don't seem to care about who you're dating.

What city is this happening in, just curious? Sorry that you are experiencing this, but it's sadly reality.

This week's grading system was hilarious!

Cuban-Chinese does sound interesting, never had that. All the new Asian fusion places that are opening around where I live isn't doing it right — everything seems watered down. And I never see Asian people eating in any of these places. I think Roy Yamaguchi, Wolfgang Puck and the guy doing Korean tacos in LA got it…

Anything from Trader Joe's or Whole Foods, organic, "sustainable," local. Juices, and yes, kale.

An argument espoused by dumbasses is that Africans (always spoken about as a monolith, too!) had slaves themselves, or "allowed" themselves to be enslaved, so that makes the slave trade OK in their mind.

Read what I just posted, sounds like we have similar mindsets. I compare myself to others ALL THE TIME and in the end deem that they are perfect, but that everything is wrong with ME. I just discovered that my environment and who I am surrounded by has played a huge factor in how I feel about myself.

I need to try this. ASAP. I just realized that what I am bombarded with constantly (regarding body image) and who I compare myself to on a regular basis is VERY skewed and unfair to myself (and probably 9 out of ten women).

This is an excellent book which covers several misconceptions about the slave trade, including African participation in it:

I thought power lunches died in the '80s along with shoulder pads.

An associate editor makes $40K? At a glossy at the national level?!