I mean, are these people actually “moderates” or just doing the political calculus?

I mean, you can go wherever you want with this—I’m not the boss of anyone. But do recognize that if you attempt to racialize a phenomenon that is overwhelmingly more prevalent among BIPOC teens than white teens, you are potentially opening the door to a lot of ugly white supremacist pablum (to say nothing of putting…

I get that she’s technically Afro-Latina, but, she certainly codes Black. I know colorism is a thing, butI feel like if she gets stopped by the cops for whatever reason, she’s not getting treated like a white lady.

I’m sure Fox News producers are breathing a collective sigh of relief that they’re getting an easy money maker back into the mix.

Rich nepobaby amuses himself with the suffering of the less fortunate?

Eh, I’d hesitate to characterize teen pregnancy as a “white trash” thing. The moment you start making value judgments about teen pregnancy, you can get into trouble given the demography of teen pregnancy. I’ve often seen white supremacists bolster their claims about the moral superiority of “white culture” (and/or,…

I’d say it’s more like they portray themselves as NOT quite down to Earth; acting like money isn’t important certainly feels like an “above it all” sort of thing. To the extent that down-to-earth-ness is a measure of how closely one’s day to day concerns mirror those of the average person... there’s probably nothing…

That makes sense. I’ll cross my fingers and hope you're right!

“House Republicans blamed depleted social security funds on abortion reducing the “supply” (vomit) of future workers.”

Here’s my rationale for why it might be harmful: if the state is conservative enough to elect a Republican governor, and for control of the state legislature to be in play despite Republicans in that state openly declaring their intention to pass an abortion ban... maybe that electorate is conservative enough punish…

The more coverage I see of the Kutcher/Kunis debacle, the more I see them attacked as if they wrote the letter saying Masterson couldn’t have done/didn’t do what he’s was accused and convicted of doing. But they do not seem to be pleading Masterson’s innocence—rather, they’re asking the Court for some form of…

I think the pro-life/pro-choice binary, inclusive of that very terminology, has been a fixture of American politics for wayyyy longer than single-payer/“Medicare for All”, which, I suspect, will probably make it very difficult to rebrand.

Why would you expect Polish people to educate themselves about American racial taboos based on a history of racist oppression and exploitation practically endemic Western Europe and North America, when Americans can’t be bothered to even educate themselves enough to be able to identify Poland on a map?

This is a country that’s like 98% white-as-hell, less than 0.1% Black, and (as others in the comments have mentioned,) no widespread cultural understanding of the history of Blackface.

“If the Governor intends to keep his promise and appoint a Black woman to the Senate, the people of California deserve the best possible person for that job. Not a token appointment,” says Lee. “Black women deserve more than a participation trophy. We need a seat at the table.”

I’m sure they’ll be able to effectively pivot to a new, less baggage-y term... right after people widely adopt “X” and stop saying “Twitter”, “Tweeted”, and "Tweet".

“[A]ughts reality television is the zenith combination of dumb/sleazy in all of television history.”

I read that as a non-legally-actionable comment intended to raise just enough of an inference of wrongdoing to spur the very idle speculation now occurring. For his own sake, hopefully Kutcher knows well enough to not engage and just take his lumps.

“Masterson accuser Chrissie Carnell Bixler . . . wrote in an Instagram story on Friday directed at Kutcher that ‘you’re just as sick as your ‘mentor,’ meaning Masterson.”

I can see how the production company could be vicariously liable, but I don’t know that I buy active negligent. This isn’t some improperly vetted security guard who assaulted someone, and it’s not like this occurred behind closed doors and out of sight of anyone. He’s the literal headliner for this event, and he did…