Oh, this indie anti-diamond thing really grates on me. Really, all diamonds are inherently ostentatious? Teeny tiny ones? Antique ones? I can see not wanting to buy blood diamonds, but beyond that and personal preference, I don't get it.

This was an awesome read.

I'm new to commenting, so I hope I'm posting this correctly. Those big stitches are called basting stitches and they are just there to hold layers together so that they don't move when being sewn. They are a contrasting color so they can easily be pulled out if they are on an outer layer.

The original script was written by Taika Waititi. Not sure if he will be involved with the project through the finish.

First of all, "Columbused" strikes me as kind of offensive, sort of like a failed Louis C.K. joke where he tried to go for a touchy subject and it just fell flat.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for people of other ethnic backgrounds to feel a little annoyed by white people always copying them, but I find the idea of language belonging to only certain people a bit extreme.

In many ways it's like schadenfreude. There's no English word for it, but it's not a concept that is foreign either.

Appropriation!

I'd love to, but everyone at Gawker keeps telling me that specific phrases (outside of obviously horrible racial slurs) belong to certain types of people.

My gratitude for thy most hasty reply is boundless.

I don't know, I kind of agree with the Buzzfeed article. I've seen "basic" used in order to dismiss women based on their consumption of traditionally feminine products. That is casual misogyny, and it is not okay.

My question is how do black people who grew up in "white" neighborhoods learn phrases like this or "stay woke" or any of the other phrases it's only okay for black bloggers to use? Are they born with it? Is there a class? Is it like in 5th grade PE where the boys go play kickball while the girls learn about their…

So does that, by definition, mean this is the most basic article ever written?

I have the same question I had the last time she got knocked up: How the FUCK does she manage to look perfect when she has been feeling so ill for so long???

Aside from the world-class wardrobe, professional hair and makeup, and a team of servants to fulfill her every need, I mean. There's gotta be something else ...…

Brits do 'mini-breaks' as they are just a short hop from the continent. It makes me insanely envious.

She's also clearly self-identified as a feminist and constantly talks about the glories of female friendship. But there's this constant media message to judge and dislike her, for a variety of "reasons": she writes about ex-boyfriends! (yeah, male writers never do that); she's rich! (yeah, unlike ... all the other…

Jesus Christ. It's a pop song, not an essay.

I don't get the Jez hatred for this woman. Here's a young woman making a successful career for herself in the cutthroat music industry, with her own music and largely on her own terms. She doesn't pander to male sexual fantasies, she seems to be a good person (having done several things for people less fortunate). I…

Sorry, what? Songs about New York City are now only allowed to be on certain specified topics? I'm all for calling artists out on failures, but this is ridiculous. "She's singing about happy things! SHUT IT DOWN."

I'm sure ol' Jez would love it if Taylor Swift were singing about poverty, school budget cuts and the perils of being a person of color in New York.