Men are the ones who like to anoint geniuses. And most men hate to use that word to describe women. Nina Simone (just one example) ticks ALL the genius boxes - hyper-intelligent, hyper-talented, paradigm shifting, unique.... I just searched The Root for articles about her, and there are plenty, but that word “genius”…

Nobody likes getting all-caps yelled at. But what are you doing in this conversation? Most of what KC is saying is well-thought-out and obviously true. He may be pissed at you but he’s taking the time to make his points. He’s still willing to talk to you, even if he’s expressing frustration. Meanwhile most of what you…

DONALD TRUMP IS THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT

I agree it’s a good apology. Seems heartfelt, and like maybe (fingers crossed) he actually learned something in the backlash from these comments. So good on him for that (maybe. hopefully.).

Hey sorry Scenic - I asked you a direct question and then dropped out (I know you’re not weeping in the corner or anything. Still. Rude.).

You’re being very patient. My problem is, I support your stance (be accepting, listen, tolerate imperfection) and think it’s the right way to go, but I read the crap you’re getting from people like potterpoet and CHIEF and Mireille and feel so frustrated - at the deliberate misreading, the disingenuous pretending that…

This is a really good point and very well put. And very rational. I also don’t see an inherent conflict between what you and Flowerdoula are saying. She says: (a) It doesn’t make sense to jump on people’s past failures in the exact moment they’re doing something right, and (b) It doesn’t make sense to set an…

x1000. Thanks for saying this. Virtually everyone is a non-perfect ally to members of some other group. Nothing sadder than reading Jez writers like Hazel ripping on people like DamonAffleck in the exact moment that they’re doing something right, and seemingly in full knowledge that at that same moment there’s…

Which aspects of what he said did you feel were on-target? I thought he made some good points but also did some unacknowledged cherry-picking. As people do. What’d you like? (asking because I appreciated your points and restraint in the argument under the article about the nanny murder case)

Then when a walking corpse comes up behind your pal, you point and shout, “Spoiler alert, bro!” But it’s too late and as the spoiler digs into your pal’s shoulder-meat all you can do is shake your head and quietly mumble, “spoiler alert...bro.”

I can’t believe we made it to 1/2way through season 6. We should’ve stopped halfway through season 1 with all the back-and-forth about women doing laundry and not getting guns (because, you n00bs, that’d happen in a post-apocalyptic sitch because that’s called evolution!). Because any group in that world that handed…

Rick is the sweaty, soppy-haired post-apocalyptic Hulk. You might have him totally trapped and beaten and wrapped in chains in a steel tank under the ocean, but then if YoU Fuckin try to STarT some SHIT that he will just NOT PUT UP WITH???? Game over, man.

Seems rude to drop this and not tell at least one of those stories. This Amurrican wants to hear all about the drunk Amurrican stumblefuckery you saw in your bouncing days, even if you don’t have one about Donald Trump and Rob Ford slurring Oh Canada arm-in-arm while the urine ran down their pants legs (which: sure…

There ya go. The missing article. Game was great. This whole sport is probably in a death-spiral, but this was a great showcase for what’s beautiful and exciting about football.

Lurch out of the grays. Heave up a pun. Slouch back into the murk. Hibernate for 1,000 years. Repeat.

These listicles are funny. No judgies. But where’s the article about how that was an amazing game?

‘zactly. Deadbeat Chads.

You are caught in that strange world where people (seem to?) deliberately misread what you said, restate it as something simpler, stupider and less thoughtful, and then yell at you for the stupid words they just put in your mouth. It’s a weird spiderweb to be stuck in! Especially for someone like you that’s making a…

More reasons I wish more attention had been paid to Alias Grace, the amazing other Atwood series on Netflix this year. Based on quality it shoulda been all over the Golden Globes - at least for writing, direction, and an incredible performance by the lead actress, Sarah Gadon. A truly woman-made film/series (this was…

If you go by these scores, the Republican who sticks up to Trump the most is (bleh) Rand Paul. He’s in the bottom 3 of Republican Senators in terms of voting w/ Trump, and unlike the other two Senators down there, he’s voting against Trump despite a clear pro-Trump slant among voters in his state. That said, he still…