If you can’t see the blatant bias of a judge letting the jury fall asleep during testimony, allowing the plaintiff to harass witnesses and the defendant in the courtroom (Johnny’s team had to step in), and not sequestering the jury while also allowing cameras in the courtroom, and then not allowing evidence that was…

Other than this and the Postmates situation (which did sound like a genuine error on her part, and again something she apologized for) I’m not aware of her “problematic tendencies” that would put her on the same level as getting on a stage and telling jokes at the expense of a marginalised and threatened minority, but…

Cardi B did in fact apologize for that. But even so, if the person’s point is that people at Jez blindly love her than they clearly don’t regularly read the comments. 

So if she changes it, it’s because of PR and she doesn’t really care. And if she didn’t change it then she’d be an ableist who doesn’t care.

Ignore that poster. Its a fatphobe concern troll.

None of those people have apologized or changed anything about their behavior, which is the rather striking difference between the situations that justifies a very different response. Jezebel’s praise of Cardi B is bizarre, but that’s why any post about her heralds a wave of commenters calling out that blind praise as…

A microcosm of the shitty times we live in. All trans people want, all LGBTQ+ people want, is to be allowed to exist, as they are, in peace. That’s it, a simple fucking request for the smallest amount of human consideration, to just not attack people who are causing others no harm. It’s easy too! It takes far more…

What a fragile little shit. So upset that his classmates are being respectful towards a trans classmate that he flips out completely.

It may be learned, but there is a stronger chance that this is being learned over the internet from hate groups rather than their parents. Read up on how young males are being recruited online because that is where the real threat is.

But that’s the point - I love Lizzo for who and what she is/says/does and it’s because of these original qualities that she would listen to people and make the change.

Lizzo was forced to change the lyrics to new single, “GRRRLS,” after the original featured an ableist slur.

Huh, it’s almost like we don’t actually live in a fairytale and our actions have consequences for ourselves and others! Imagine that! I wish she cared half as much about how her kids feel about the way they found out about the engagement than she cares about how a bunch of reality-tv-addicted strangers perceive her.

Khalisa Rae is a senior writer here, although I believe her background is in creative writing and not journalism. She can write, but she is not a journalist, and that’s kind of what shows in this piece. It’s just sloppy more than anything else.

Yeah but no parent should have to hear this news.

I have a lot of respect for her continued advocacy in this area. She does seem to use her profile for good when it comes to prison/sentencing reform.  

I have no time for Kardashians but I’ll credit anyone using their celebrity to help right a perceived wrong. Presuming Torres has kept himself out of trouble for 6-8 months, then there wasn’t reason to deny him this, although I’ll also grant it’s the TX DOC choice to make and it doesn’t have to provide a reason. If…

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Thank you for writing these articles. Thank you for trying to speak over the insanity that has been in circulation for months now. I am feeling some relief as I see more and more articles (since the verdict) bring actual intelligent points to the table that have been sorely missing, and trying to bring balance to how…

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