@myrtlebeachbum: I'm confused as to what you're saying. What was wrong with what he said? He was criticizing black fathers for feeding their kids Popeyes?

@Cookie Guggleman: That made me laugh out loud.

@thisgal: Aren't they?

@rocknrollunicorn: Right there with you.

@descent_into_votd: And that's right, I said "more better." What of it :)?

LOVE. Could not be a more better expression/hand gesture.

@langtry: Thanks for the lesson.

@ceejeemcbeegee: But I'm still on unemployment...dancing for my own enjoyment? That ain't it kid! That ain't kid!

Here we go again...

@PetiteGal: I think your point is decent and one a lot of us are trying to make. Why not make diverse moms and characters who reflect reality. They don't have to be stereotypes to be true. You can have an Asian mom who's like Maggie Seaver or a black character on Gossip Girl who's like, a character, and not a…

@descent_into_votd: THERE, not their. Geez.

@Archetype: Ew, ew, ew, take it back! That show is the worst!

@redallover: I go out similarly dressed (well not in 80s gear), but in outfits that I firmly believe would make commenters on this site question who do I think I am. I think it's because I live in LA? And like to be comfortable? Honestly I went to law school back east and it was the biggest shock to the system. I was…

Ugh, this is what happens when I call in sick. Becks has to grab his own junk. Sorry, boss. I'll be back to grabby duty tomorrow!!!

@alix: I wasn't saying that you thought anyone lived in the world of "Girlfriends." I was more pointing out the silliness of shows/movies in which black characters never have to interact with white people. Kind of like setting your show in New York (a la "Seinfeld," "Friends," or any Woody Allen film), and having…

@alix: I don't think anyone's strategizing about exclusion either. I also know that I've read Vogue since I was 12, watch Gossip Girl now, watched The O.C. before it, and (all hail) 90210 back in its day.

@alix: I have no interest in flogging you. But I'm black, in my twenties, and make over $100k a year. There are lots of us—we're hardly anomalies. We deserve magazines that represent us too—and our backgrounds are as diverse as any white womans, full of Ivy League schools, 90210, and yes, hair weaves.

And in Dodai's defense, maybe Zoe (hot as she may be) shouldn't have been on the cover. But I think another point of this white-as-snow cover is that Hollywood's future is lily-white...

@shiningstar: Also, I kind of HATE that ALL of these little celebutantes (from Kate Hudson on down) are only famous for winning the genetic lottery. But you know what? When they happen to be black, it doesn't bother me quite as much. Maybe just because it's so goddamn new.

@theladyvanishes: Some day somebody's gonna make you wanna turn around and say goodbye!