When an affectionate term like dear is used by a stranger/person in a position of power it always comes off as super condescending to me.

Ah man, we have got some serious facial expressions breaking containment at the end of this thing...

Has there been any insight into why she does so well with African American voters given her spotty history regarding their interests? It seems so bizarre to the point of being baffling.

“He sent the message at 6:25 p.m., then told his mother he was leaving the house to visit a friend and not to expect him home for dinner. He made a short drive to a remote corner of the Fairhaven Kmart parking lot. At 6:28 p.m., he called Carter and talked to her for 43 minutes. At 7:12, she called him. The call…

I didn’t even know it was an election year, to be honest.

She’s been catching a lot of heat for being “ungrateful”, which is patently absurd. Defending your work, autonomy and reputation is hard, especially when it seems you’re being let down when you’ve been trying to reach out for support for a while.

Well in NBC’s defense, I don’t think there has been enough coverage on this election. Who’s even running? I wouldn’t know. I mean, an analysis of a poignant and provocative music video? Nah, give me more Trump.

“In this exciting and unpredictable presidential primary season that you knuckle dragging mouth breathers can’t seem to get fucking enough of, we’re going to get rid of any shows that had merit, and replace them with more talking head vacuous, bullshit.”

Where is Luther? We could use some presidential anger translation.

Like there way any chance that kid wouldn’t be cute as hell.

I was laid off last night from the production company I was working for last night.

Yeah, I’m a woman of color and I think framing this as a competition for who gets to be chosen by hot white guys is missing the point about as much as it’s possible to.

Do we really have to make it about who gets “chosen” by men? A woman’s worth and beauty is not based on whether or not a hot dude wants to fuck her. I agree with your second sentiment though!

How is a picture of lips with lipstick on them sexualized? There’s nothing sexual about that photo.

I’m a thin white girl with full lips and a big bottom and this whole cultural moment - including ragging on the kardashians, who *bought* their Black features and are called trashy for it- is making me feel like I’m ripping off black culture just by existing. I honesty feel awkward as hell as a white woman (not the…

How painful that you couldn’t be there at the end. But your writing is wonderful. Give yourself some downtime; it takes the pain a long time to lose its sharp edge, but it really never goes away.

My favorite Effie Brown story:

I often find myself at work asking/confirming things even though I know that I’m correct just because I don’t want to sound too assertive. I’m an engineer so I work with mostly men. I noticed it a few years ago and tried to change, but I don’t think I’ve made much progress.

I want to know the rate of white men interrupting men of color. I’m sure it’s a problem, but I haven’t seen it discussed.