The Awl had an interesting article about Ye's colorism in My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus.

Kanye, for all his enlightenment, still has a lot of problems with color-ism and a fascination with owning and dominating white women as a proxy for black power. Not surprised he strays into casual anti-semitism as well.

I want my innocence back. That was literally the worst thing I've ever read.

I feel like that story should be read to every prospective parents, both as a warning (your kid might vomit all over you and your house at Thanksgiving) but as something kinda sweet, where you love someone so much that you don't get mad at all, and even get up to make them feel better in the middle of the night. It's…

God, I hate the focus on photoshop. You know what made me feel bad about my body? Movie stars on film, no photoshop. The "popular" girls in school, no photoshop. I feel like the focus on photoshop is just treating a symptom, not the overall problem.

Maybe for some WOC. Women—both women of color and white women—have a great deal of variety in their hopes, dreams, desires, and motivations.

Ugh, I've tried composing a few replies but yes, they are all stupid white privilege bullshit.

Hey, this is a really interesting discussion! I have a slight issue with your original characterization of white feminism—rejected might not be the right word, because it connotes sexual rejection and therefore angry, ugly, lesbian feminazis. Maybe "exclusion" is a better way to phrase it? Anyway, I was a little put…

Ugh, hate to say it, but there's probably some pitch correction on that.

Is is weird that one of the things that bothers me about this is all the eye-makeup and hair extensions Carrie Underwood will be wearing? It seems so anti-Maria.

Kanye is furious, just FURIOUS, that someone took Jay-Z's leather boxing shorts seriously.

Are you being sarcastic? Jennifer Lawrence was a model before she was an actress. Because she's so attractive.

Interesting! Thanks for the link. I fight like this with my mom and sister too. Good to know it's healthy.

What if you both calm down quickly? When my partner and I fight, we can be super pissy, and then one of us will "break"—either laugh, or say something silly or whatever. Usually I get super hyperbolic with what I'm saying, he calls me out, and then I laugh.

I'm mostly shocked because the trailer I saw looked perfect for sick-in-bed watching, but not exceptional.

Oh, of course not. There’s a difference between being rude and genuinely trying to understand if someone has a medical condition. Some diseases cause characteristic weight gain or fluid accumulation that can look out of the ordinary. Sure, it’s not really any of your business, but it’s natural for people to be curious…

Link to information about "She Fears You."

Speaking against rape culture means challenges preconceived ideas of victim blaming ("what did she expect?") and the myth that women often lie about rape.

Hi, I wrote about it upthread. College tries to hold anti-rape seminar about consent. Conservative media websites freak out and accuse the college of hurting free speech.

It's also the classic "So, by acknowledging rape culture, you're saying the college has a rape problem!!!!!" aka "It's not racist, you're racist for seeing it that way!!!"