I think an issue is that people tend to conflate being influenced by history with being blamed for history. If someone says, “You did this bad thing, which resembles other bad things done by others since X date”, many people who are not accustomed to framing issues through a social justice perspective will react by…

I’m the same. Nothing against gold (not that I own much) but semiprecious stones are what I would rather have, if called upon to do so. I think they’re so pretty! And I don’t want to judge people who get diamonds, but I would never want one for myself, the same way I’d never want a Louis Vuitton bag—it’s like wearing…

I remember reading something years ago (on Jezebel, I think) about teen bullying, and the author’s suggestion that adult hand-wringing could only do so much—that teenagers were their own society, in a way, and maybe they needed to change it from within. At the time I had two reactions: 1) “Hahaha, never going to…

Not sure if this is the one you mean, but I recall watching “Born Rich” and thinking Ivanka was the only one featured who didn’t seem like a social weirdo. She’s certainly always been good at making herself seem likeable and relatable compared to others in similar privileged circumstances.

I think the charity idea is a good one. “We’re not having as many gifts this year because we want to give to those who need it more” is a discussion I think kids will understand, and see the value in. “We’re not having gifts because you need to learn how much life sucks” is just shitty parenting. Parents are there to…

I love how in America there’s this apparent divide between the “city dwellers” who don’t understand bad weather vs. the people who do. Come to Canada. We ALL understand terrible winters, even rich people in cities (except maybe Victoria/ Vancouver).

True, especially re: famous people. I think for many this movie probably symbolizes the epitome of White Hollywood Liberals trying to show how progressive and deep they are, while really being clueless. Of course many Hollywood movies are like that. I don’t think this one is worse than the others, I think it probably…

I don’t hate white people (people are people, after all) but I hate the construct of whiteness that leads (many) people who look like me to have feelings of entitlement. Personally I don’t feel I’m any more entitled to food, shelter, or basic human dignity than a Syrian refugee, but because of the way history has…

I’m still skeptical of whether he’ll actually make it to the inauguration. I’ll believe it when I see it, but there are an inordinately high number of things that could go wrong/ insane before he’s ever sworn in.

That’s so interesting, I had no idea there were two separate Satanist religions (although it makes sense). So the Temple is a version that doesn’t actually worship Satan? Why the name then? Is it just for trolling purposes?

My mom has always been obsessive about having no scented things in the house, or anywhere near her. She said this sensitivity started after she had kids. This is definitely a thing.

This sounds like the plot to a bad Hunger Games knockoff YA series. Also, plausible. *Cries*

This was what I wanted to do, but was not aloud. I think a lot of kids are ready to get out earlier than 18, which seems to be considered the acceptable age of sending your kids away in North America. (I know in other cultures its even later in some cases.)

Same month and year for me too. Other celebrities with birthdays right next to mine include Tom Felton and...um that’s all I got. I couldn’t force myself through True Blood BUT I may possibly have watched her scenes on YouTube multiple times...

Mildred Pierce was amazing and she was my favorite part of it.

Are you me? We should start a club for people born in the same month as ERW who have longstanding crushes on her.

I love her, have always loved her and will always love her. Fuck everyone who has ever given her shit for not being a perfectly-relatable “girl next door”. The fact that she’s never tried to be that is WHY I love her.

Right there with you. I don’t know what people were expecting. If you want a show about hard-done-by characters who rely on their wits to survive, go watch Shameless. Or Game of Thrones, for that matter. This show has never been about that. It started off as basically a fairy tale, the story of a beautiful, innocent…

I don’t think we can know what he would do. We never saw him interact with Odette, we don’t know the exact parameters of the “dynastic plan”, really we don’t know anything other than he’s cheating on this woman and she’s rich.

I am not a big fan of pageants, but I think, given that they exist and will probably continue to exist for some while, there’s nothing wrong with using a pageant as a forum to spread a message of inclusivity. A lot of people who watch pageants are probably the same people who have never met a Muslim and only know them…