What does this have to do with the wage theft claims at the heart of the suit? If they weren’t paid at least minimum wage, they’re owed that.

SCOTUS ruled that a certain section of the VRA was unconstitutional, but not the whole act. The case had to do with the section on “preclearance,” which basically meant that certain (historically very racist, mostly Southern) areas had to get federal permission to make any changes to voting rules or procedures. They…

True, but what about finding value in work that some people “find distasteful.” Cleaning is valuable, important work. Cooking is valuable, important work. Childcare is valuable, important work. Our entire society depends on this work, yet all these professions are looked down on and paid less. I think these “day…

Watch the full clip, Raven makes a good case. Basically, she says that if you just came out, you can’t just become a spokesperson for the community right away, you have to learn first. You have to follow before you can lead, because many people have already been there for years. I agree with her.

The chart in the linked article: “Traffic stops reported by local police agencies”

The Swiss don’t have more guns in households. Most Swiss men are required to join the army and keep their government-issued guns at home but not the ammunition, because there were too many murder-suicides with those guns. Moreover, they’re actually trained to use their guns in a well-regulated militia (gee! who…

Can we just say the Bad Blood was just a bad video? I don’t get all the praise. Is it just the cameos? The special effects were awful: I could make better looking background-explosion scenes with an app on my phone. There was no real plot – and, if anything, BBHMM did the revenge concept much better. The song was…

“EVERYONE was racist at that time”

Last night, I read a NYTimes review of GSAW, and it made some great points regarding Atticus in TKAM, referring extensively to an article written by Monroe Freedman in 1992:

Its incredibly brave. Unfortunately, braveness doesn’t preclude racism. Many people, including the author of this post, don’t seem to realize that the Civil Rights Movement was considered incredibly radical in the late 1950s, and the vast majority of white people across the country opposed it. Atticus was apparently…

There’s also new work that shows HPV can cause anal cancer in receivers of anal sex, which can apply to men and women. Though, obviously, that would include talking about the gays AND sex, and since we can’t even talk about hetero sex, you know that’s not going to happen.

Its also worth mentioning that Scout is based on her as much as Atticus is based on her father. She also did move to NYC and came back to visit Atticus during the 1950s build-up to desegregation.

Yes, thank you! Its really telling how so many white people are up in arms about Atticus not being a saint of anti-racism. Guess what, defending an innocent black man from a lynch mob is not the most radical anti-racist action. I’m really looking forward to seeing Atticus come crashing down to earth in Scout’s adult…

You really have no idea what segregation was like in the South. Many, many white people who were supposedly upstanding, moral citizens defended segregation tooth and nail. It was not at all far-fetched for a white man who defended an innocent black man from a lynch mob to be staunchly pro-segregation. I have not read…

Senile? Are you a doctor? What, specifically, led you diagnose her with dementia?

The circumstances do strike me as strange, but I’m trying to take Lee’s word for it that she wants this book published. I just think that Lee’s eschewing of interviews tends to breed rampant speculation in the media.

Where are all the body shots??? They’re athletes!

Eh, I don’t think even those documentaries work that well. I’m thinking, for example, of Vice News, which seems to consist mostly of white, NY-based journalists talking about horrible shit in other (read: non-majority-white) countries. Some of what they do can be great in that it exposes people to the more terrible…

Its not okay to blame someone or something who’s not at fault, especially when you’re advocating for something that could kill children.

Okay, yes, this story is fucking crazy and it had me laugh-crying too, but pleaseeee lets understand where this poor girl is coming from. I know its easy to respond to these things with snark, but gas-lighting can be so fucking manipulative and convincing when you’re madly in love with the psycho who’s doing it to…