You may have my Steinbeck, I find him extremely depressing. Would you also like me to send you my Hemingway and Tolstoy?

Small point of contention: none of these books are "banned". They are no longer on the approved reading list. These books are available to any person with a library card - or, if you don't have a library card because, I dunno, you are against joining things, you are welcome to sit in the library and read away to your…

Being a television critic is getting paid to watch television, right? Like the BEST JOB EVER. How are you gonna half-ass such a great job?

That you have good taste and enjoy fully fleshed out, three dimensional characters with guts, brains and terrific dialogue?

oops. *she didn't notice..... She was blinded.

I actually LOVE Mellie, heck yeah she has a reason to be angry! This Stanley dude was beyond dumb to write an entire piece about "angry black women" and leave out the angriest woman of them all. Maybe he didn't notice Mellies anger because he was blinded by her radiant white-ness.

intensely white.

The only person who is angry, ALL THE TIME, is Mellie. Who is white. Super duper white.

I feel like she's like Beyoncé... Only her singing is like Bey's acting.

I feel like coffee enhances my bitchiness. Like I'm the same level of bitchy, just faster and more on point.

I'm more of a "Waiting for Tonight" girl myself but still.... I MISS old J-Lo music. I saw her outside the TRL studio in 2003. I'm embarrassed how excited 18 year old me was about that.

I'm sorry but that sounds delightfully entertaining.

Losing anyone to suicide can bring about a devastating hurricane of emotions.... Even more so if it was a parent who wasn't able to give you all that you needed emotionally. Just know that you aren't alone and that you are allowed to feel EVERYTHING you feel... Even if those feelings are contradictory. *internet hug*

Don't forget Terry McMillan and Omar Tyree next to some Maya Angelou :-/

I'm impressed that you posted a fairly long comment without using even one original thought.... It's like you watched an episode of Boondocks and just typed one of Uncle Ruckus's speeches verbatim. If you're going to be bigoted, is it too much to ask that you be vaguely creative?

Furries Visit the Middle East sounds amazing. Now I'm sad because my list on Netflix looks as bland as oatmeal :-/

C'est la vie.... Besides, you know what they say: "Brains and good taste in vintage toys are more important than spectacular asses."

I'm going to assume as a Brazilian citizen, you have an amazing butt ;-)

I bet he has a killer romantic comedy screen play in the glove compartment of his squad car.

Not arguing - just adding my own anecdotal evidence of having the cops called on me for having sex in a car on the beach.... So it DOES happen to some white people. Or maybe I just have crappy luck?