Just a heads up: the letters of Mnuchin’s last name are transposed in your second sentence.

Yes, beau is exclusively masculine.

Just a small note: in the quoted portion, “whose” should be “who’s”.

I am old(ish), and growing up, my father used to play a collection of works that I came to think of as “ass-kickin’ songs”. They included a song/spoken-word poem, Ego Tripping, by Nikki Giovanni. ( Sample text, for those who aren’t familiar: “I am a gazelle, so swift, so swift, you can’t catch me...” Some of it, I…

“..their work made made “a room of one’s own...”

As so often in this country’s history, black men get blamed and killed for ostensibly (even second-hand!) defiling white-owned women. Ain’t not a damned thing changed in a very long time.

Very many happinesses! Though, truth be told, I kinda wish the picture included your faces and a pitchfork, as either an American Gothic or a Green Acres reference. In any case: fabulous lower 3/4!

1. Shirley Temple Black was a U.S. Ambassador.

That is, unfortunately, incorrect. See: Missouri Compromise.

I couldn’t see a way to email you, so I’ll mention here, instead, that there is an r missing in the word “underserved” in the title.

Or maybe it was what my mom planned to wield when she threatened to beat the black off of me for childhood misbehavior?

Damned straight.

“(...)pimping out our cats for food.” Snortle!

OH, WOW. That story triggered a paroxysm of UGH. That has so many different layers of awful to it. It’s like an onion of awfulness.

I want to make sweet, sweet love to this comment.

“Sister”, by Prince. Because incest (and Prince), y’know?

This is an excellent observation. Even though I don’t know enough of her music to be able to support the assessment of her art as (potentially) “gorgeous, political”, I absolutely agree with your main points. Very well said!

Nah, that was the fault of our Boomer parents, who were dirty potheads. We had to rebel somehow.

HA! Deserves waaaay more stars!

Terrifyingly awesome! (N.B. I searched the name and adoption status; apparently the shelter writes descriptor + cat name when the animal in question is feral. Realizing that doesn’t dampen my delight at Feral Glare, Feral Cheetah and Feral Whimsy one little bit, though!)