Right? Because one would assume these people spent many hundreds of dollars, what with travel and hotel costs, to be there and not go in with the primary goal of insulting someone. And that's what they do when they see these performers in person? Why are people so...blerg.

I would say it has to do with the sexual anxiety that's always been a part of American racism. The South (and the North's) biggest fear about ending slavery was that it would lead to black equality and miscegenation (interracial breeding). Of course, this was mostly a fear of black men having children with white women…

I knew these (safe for work) gifs of porn actress Brittaney Starr would come in handy one day...

Sidenote: it's a personal gripe of mine that the "interracial" tabs on porn sites are always white women/black men. There are many different combos of interracial sex, PornHub. Think outside of the chocolate dick in the white box!!!

also i have to lol @ that negging because it is so fucking transparently fear-based. like their jack off material is there, in the flesh, a real human person, and immediately they realize They Could Never, and they need to reassert their own "superiority"/reduce her humanity.

Thanks for the perspective! It's still crazy and confusing to me, though, (a) because they are so open about it, instead of pulling a Hollywood and being like, "Well, all the most qualified directors just happened to be white, and all the movies worth making just happened to star white people, what are you gonna do?"…

I like how they're behind plastic, they look like giant action figures. :D

i loved this article so much.

This was SO interesting! Loved it much more than your article on rosebuds.

I have heard that LOTS of babies come out covered in body hair... then it like falls off. I'm pretty hairy. My partner's pretty hairy. So I'm pretty sure if we ever procreate, we will have wolf babies.

My grandma told me I was born with really thick, black hair that was "like dog hair". I also had a really chubby face in the pictures.

I was a super ugly baby and I'd like to think I've improved since then.

As someone who takes opioids on a daily basis for chronic pain, I will just reiterate my constant amazement that people take these things recreationally. Because, not to get too graphic, but fucking hell, do people enjoy never pooping?! The constipation is almost worse than the pain!

my father has suffered from chronic pain for 30 years. His prescription is for enough methadone to kill a large bovine. His medical marijuana prescription has allowed him to cut back on his methadone by more than 50% and he is more social, happy, and calmer than ever. Viva la pot!!

CONFIRMED. STILL ADORABLE.

"That shit is DANGEROUS. What you need is some high-test opium-derivatives. In comes in a capsule, so it must be okay."

It would be helpful if they would acknowledge that many women are prescribed opioids after c-sections and that can begin the problem. And of course the US has a high c-section rate. I don't think that is the only reason for opioid use in women, but it is a part of it.

How can the CDC presume to second-guess the doctors who actually *see* these women and prescribe the painkillers? I certainly get that 1/3 of women getting opioids every year seems like a lot, but that stat in itself doesn't mean much. I got a painkiller prescription after my daughter was born, took one pill, and…

Well, this is no fun.

It had to be. Fascinating, though. And he really was allergic to it. The school had my phone number and they called me a couple of times to pick him up (I was after school care) because he'd eaten something that had the dye in it - usually a teacher who didn't know any better. I know it was real...but lordy...that…