So you clearly don’t know anything about Amandla because she’s neither a model or a hipster and she’s definitely not “holier than thou”. She’s an intelligent young black girl who is very aware of the existence of anti-black racism.

I’m pretty sure no one would be mad at her for not sporting cornrows

AND YOU ABSOLUTELY DID NOT WOKE UP LIKE DISSSS

I have more of a problem with Kylie saying “I woke up like disssss.” Girl. It’s been a year. People aren’t saying that anymore. And you don’t talk like that in real life. Just stop.

Young millennials make me feel like a freak for not constantly photographing myself. And for giving no fucks about social media. I’m doing life wrong!

Leaving a pre-emptive comment to let salty people know

J.K. Rowling is my patronus.

I’m researching race and gender representations in literature as part of my work for my PhD, and goodness gracious it’s difficult to not just write everything in the form of a rant. I’ve joked that the title will be Let Me Ruin Everything You Like Because Everything is Terrible.

Thank you. I remember reading To Kill a Mockingbird in high school (in the South), and my teacher fangirled so hard for Atticus Finch. He’s a white guy in Alabama during Jim Crow. Are people really surprised he’s racist? My reading of the text led me to the conclusion that even when a lawyer puts aside his bias and…

I blame the inability of many Americans to view Racism in a more naunce way on the system and society that teaches them about it. Racism is always taught as black and white, 0 to 100 representation, klan members or civil right fighters, and etc., so it’s not surprising that some individuals cannot fathom the reality…

It’s been very interesting (hilarious) to watch some white people who had no problem pre ordering the book suddenly getting insanely upset about Atticus being racist and saying “She never wanted it published!!1!”

I teach Mockingbird. I am black and southern. I never thought an Atticus Finch would have had me over for dinner. Yet, I’ve had white students identify with this character and want to believe so badly that they too would be the heroic, bucking the system, society-be-damned progressive during that era. No one wants to…

Exactly. That’s really the core of the issue here. I don’t know the procedural history of this case, but it certainly sounds like it’s the divorce from hell. The problem, however, and the thing that makes this particular judge’s behavior so unconscionable is that she is essentially punishing the children for the fact…

Given that their father left them in jail not allowed to see one another or have their mom or any of her family visit while he fucked off out of the country for two weeks, I’m entirely willing to believe they’ve got damn good reasons for wanting nothing to do with him.

Well said. Idk if she’s fucking him or if he donated $ to her re-election campaign or what but she does not care what those boys want at all. She seems more concerned with giving the dad what he wants & heaping a creepy amount of praise on him than doing what’s best for those boys. This really makes me sick. I’ve had…

You know, I thought so, too. And then I read this:

I said this upthread, but it sure seems like she’s involved with one of those people who constantly complains that their ex is a bitch, is brainwashing the kids, etc.

Is she fucking the father? That's the only theory I can come up with for why this vile moron seems more concerned about the father getting what he wants instead of what's best for the kids. Judges like her are evil. That sounds hyperbolic but until you've dealt with a judge or a police officer or any person with…

It’s also really common for kids to (of their own volition!) not like a parent and not feel safe with them. All those kids are old enough to have their own opinions. I can’t tell you how shitty it is to be told by the court that because you are not 18, it is impossible that you would have any independent thought and…

No matter how you look at this story, the children are the victims here.