I am going to need someone to say this article was pure sarcasm and that all if us are to knee jerk to see it. I sincerely need this to happen, because right now I am astonished!!

I was seventeen and remember finding the whole thing icky.

So happy Joan Morgan's book was included in that list... I loved that book when it came out. Looking forward to revisiting it in honor of this as well as checking out some of the books on the list I am unfamiliar with.

:::sniffles::: This comment and your handle fill me with pride, being a girl who grew up on Church Avenue!!

I shuffled in to say the same damn thing!!!

Not to mention how much bullying can be distracting to a kid. But I guess they aren't too concerned about Vanessa and her pursuit of education!

The Panda sounds seriously just freaked my cat out! She made the onliest "Dafuq?" face!! LOL

Fellow INFJ here! Is is weird I've never had Cab Franc before? I must try some!!

I just.... Why, lady, why?!? Is she dense? Gleefully ignorant?!? I am so can-deficient right now, I need a can transfusion!!

My Bajan ancestry forces me to add this. It's compulsive... I'm seeking help for this problem! LOL

I'll have what she's having!!

Same here! My last name is Irish and years of phone work has resulted in me sounding ethnically ambiguous... So a lot of times it's that scene from "Lethal Weapon 2" when Danny Glover walks into the South African consulate: "B-B-But.... You're BLECK!".. LOL

I think many of us go through that phase where we allow the hurt and anger to have prominence in our lives. I certainly did when I was in my late teens/early twenties. It's exhausting and frankly, horrible for the spirit. And, for me at least, completely futile.

Quinn walking in on Huck with his Killer Caboodles set..... :::faints:::

I got so excited about the truth of your comment, I forgot to actually reply. But yeah... THIS!!