Sherman Alexie's done that? I hadn't even known that...

IMO, it's a combination of the two.

1. Fellow X-Tina stans, perhaps you can answer this question - is our girl close to her paternal side of her family? I know that she recently decided to mend fences with her father, but I have no idea if she kept (or keeps) in contact with his relatives. (I ask because I'm curious on where she truly stands on her…

Oh, by no means am I acting as if my solution is a one-size-fits-all one that applies to everyone in every city. It certainly isn't feasible for someone who lives in West Bubblefuck to travel 50 miles into a metropolitan (Black) city to get their hair done every weekend/2 weekend (though I definitely don't blame you…

I'm sure it is a white privilege issue, but she isn't exactly spitting in the face of it by choosing to spend damn near $100 on a wash & cut that can be done just as well (if not, better) for half the price (at most, from my experience).

She has chosen to over-pay for everything else in her life for the sake of never having to leave Williamsburg

I guess it's because I believe that great hair care trumps the hassle of traveling out of one's way, but I'm perfectly A-OK in leaving my neighborhood and paying a mere $2.25 to leave it to visit a salon (in another neighborhood) who is guaranteed to hook my hair up for $40-$50 less than whatever con job a salon in my…

I won't lie - I lucked out in finding my current hairdresser (who I've been faithful to for 4-5 years) by walking into her salon one day after walking out on another one from another salon for being unprofessional. However, the good vibe that I'd felt from her pretty much convinced me to sit in her chair and I've…

No, it's not just you and yes, they're robbing the shit out of her (yes, even for my beloved NYC), as there are countless places where she'd pay $50 less to get the same thing done without having to worry as much about whether they 'do Black hair (well)'.

Hence is why I said that both he and they need to stop this shit. I think that he's just as responsible for profiting off of his next to non-existent Native American heritage for publicity/a payday as they are for latching onto the word of an A-list celebrity at face value (or, at worst, knowingly accepting him as…

Frankly, I still don't understand why the author wouldn't make the trek to the Blacker neighborhoods like the aforementioned Fort Greene/Crown Heights - or (gasp!) Flatbush - to get her hair done instead of paying well over what should be spent on a simple wash & cut/trim. "I live in Williamsburg. And so does my…

Will do. As for Chrissy's new song, I will say that as much as I loathe the Auto-Tuning that they've done to our girl, it is better than her last debut single (Not Myself Tonight).

1. It's actually Chris Lighty. #corrections

Thank you for providing me with some background on Mindy Kaling/her previous work. It also helps in forming a definite opinion on her/it.

My overall tone was that I was/am unsure on whether to make an indictment towards Kaling for something that I hadn't seen, but was told about. Had I seen it along with the three people that had stated/echoed those sentiments and came to that conclusion as well, I'd stand strong in sharing them instead of the 'ifs'…

I was told that Mindy's character was derisive towards said character. If that, indeed, occurred (and continued to) while she'd been more friendlier/accommodating to the white characters, then I'd definitely consider it to be a racial issue.

Thank you. This commenting system makeover has been utterly aggravating to get used to and the bottom-feeding trolls that have crawled out from under the gutter aren't helping matters. Nevertheless, I'm starting to (finally) get the hang of it.

Looks like you've skipped over the overall tone and last sentence of my comment. No worries because I know that it was crystal clear and one chooses to go on the defensive, then that is on them.

I believe that another Jezzie (it may have been you or lollilove) mentioned this to me a while back and, well, I'll simply say (for now) if her dating preferences / portrayal of herself on this show turn out to be a consistent theme, then I wouldn't find those and her choice to change her name to be all that…

Hence is the reason why I prefaced my comment with 'from what I've heard of her show thus far' and that I may be prejudging based on a few folks' initial impressions. I don't know enough about her/her show/her past work to take a definite stance on it and will backtrack if my reaction to said impressions are…