Salaam Alaykum,

stupid question, but what does the fast symbolize?

Bonus- the neighbors will be like "Look, that crazy neighbor is outside getting drunk and squeaking again! What the fuck?"

Oh, so that's where my old downstairs neighbor went!

TELL IT TO STOP.

My cat is twerking.

I can see myself trying to be suave by lean on one of them and slipping off and busting my ass on the ground!

Speaking for myself as a reader, if a character is well written and feels authentic, I don't get bumped by race. Terry McMillan's MAMA and DISAPPEARING ACTS were two of the first books that I read that made me think I could be a writer. I loved her voice, and the specificity of her heroines — the way you felt like you…

I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm a white lady who loves reading narratives from other cultural perspectives! Please write your book! I will read it. Even if you struggle to get it published, you could email it to me and I would eat it up.

A-ha! Internet wrangling solved. Thanks for the explanation. I don't know if I agree if she's personally soulless, because I know nothing about her, but I agree that most celebrities are managed to the point of mannequinism. Yes, made up that word.

5-6 hours. Seriously. That's it. Doing difficult work in a short amount of time pays more benefits than 50 minutes a day of aimless jogging.

So now that there is no agreeing, disagreeing or opting out, what is the correct response here?

To start, the idea of a "normal body" makes me want to rip my hair out. That said, what I find curious is how people don't realize how much proportions and shape play into what is perceived as attractive. All "plus-sized" models I've seen still have those great proportions where the waist curves in with full hips...I…

It's like a purse that's eating her leg.

There was already a post written about her on Jezebel. I also don't expect the mainstream media to talk about it much, considering the way rape is treated in the media.

Hell, y'all, all I know is that this looks WAY too close to the hospital-issue undies they gave me in the maternity ward after having my baby.

Yes! Agreed. Erin wrote about this last week; here's the link!

I'm surprised there hasn't been much talk about Miss Pennsylvania, whose story was that she was conceived as a result of her mother being raped and how she wanted to reach out to tell other people that they can achieve anything they want, regardless of where they come from. Given the stigma, I think it's a pretty…