Impact outweighs intent. Allies can and should be corrected when caught relying on society’s stereotypes, even if it’s done unknowingly or by mistake. You can’t be an ally if you don’t listen to the people you’re supposed to be helping. Aside from that, R. Kelly’s been in the game for like 25 years now and Google is…

It seemed to me that Jordyn knew there was no real family unit to break up. If they were together, why would he have own separate house in the same town as his family?

Damn, did I miss the meeting where it was stated there would be a moratorium on problems? What was the max amount of issues we could suffer? Because if I can bump off stuff like student loan payments, the government shutdown and the state of my dry-ass hair in the winter for things like late Amazon Prime packages, I'm…

She feels very much like someone who was wronged as a child and fed that "healing though forgiveness" bullshit. 

I’m not going to get into the rest of your post but:

I just think that’s a myopic point of view in this age. More people than ever have side hustles going on these days because they basically can’t afford not to and for those in poverty or close to it, $50/month is a large expense. Adobe didn’t adopt the the subscription format on a whim; they know that they’re pretty…

Smh @ you literally finding another way to make yourself comfortable with the idea that black girls/women are responsible for people’s desire for them.

Why even make that presumption, though? An even if they’re business customers, they might be freelancers instead of employed by an agency. Or their main clientele consists of small businesses, churches, non-profits, etc? 

I experienced the same thing a couple of years ago with a fashion week in a major US city. The founder wanted the glitz, glam and accolades that came with putting on the event but didn’t want or know how to do the work. The entire “staff” was comprised of interns (unpaid, obvs) and there were no holdovers from…

I’m split on this. She definitely knew about him and his reputation back then, she said as much in multiple interviews and I’m not going to take away her agency by claiming she was forced into it when she hasn’t hinted towards that herself. However, the first time I saw the leaked clips of the scrapped video I felt…

Correction, he was found not guilty. There is a distinct legal difference between the two.

Nope, I saw the words you wrote that attempted to downplay unwanted sexual advances from a powerful person by categorizing them as simple things a man might ask a woman. I just chose to cut through the pretense nobody was buying. To paraphrase what Louis said in his own apology, when you have power over someone else,…

So what you’re telling me is that you regularly ask your friends and co-workers mundane, everyday “things” like “Wanna watch me masturbate?”

He’s been around for a minute. He might not have had as much clout, but as the head writer of The Chris Rock Show, he had a hell of a lot more clout than the co-worker he propositioned. It’s not about how influential he seems to the general public, it’s about how influential he was in their industry. By 2000, he’d…

Or they’re part of the 60% of Americans who wouldn't be able to cover an unexpected $1,000 expense.

You don’t have to be the most influential person ever, just more influential than your prey.

Sorry to break it to you but, yeah, most of the shit that goes on in the world is coercion. 

...they warn against Facebook in this very article.

Most of what you’ve listed are just traditional Indian marriage customs or ceremonies that have significant meaning to those involved.

I think public awareness and the importance of herd immunity has increased more recently. I was a 90s kid and while I got all my expected vaccinations, checkups and exams done like clockwork, I was never recommended or given a flu vaccine until I was an adult. I got Gardasil and the meningitis vaccine before I got my…