She’s not exactly qualified to take on the cause of systemic criminal justice reform. She is qualified to donate her money or resources to one person in need, and the impact of her star power allows for those individual acts of charity to get enough press to highlight the issue, raise a discussion that may have…

I agree completely, although our system of economics and wealth distribution has regrettably always been intertwined with a dependency on charity since the days of feudalism if not before.

Eagerly awaiting the mental gymnastics it will take for someone to insist this makes her horrible person.

Yeah, but their problem isn’t that she always engineers storylines. Their problem is that she always engineers storylines where her hands stay clean while one of them is cast as the villain. She’s a British Regina George.

Your defensiveness only suggests that perhaps you’re not as aware as you think. Were the language shifted to discuss “disadvantages” instead of “privilege,” folks would be whinging that they’ve had those too. This conversation has been spoon feed for nigh onto twenty years now. The bottom lines is that people don’t…

Back when Oz was on the air, there was a bar where I was a frequent fixture, and Dean was either a former bartender or former regular (can’t remember which after 15+ years.) In any case, he still kept in touch with that crew after his career broke and would come back to hang out often enough. We had a flirtation, but…

I’m very sorry you went through that, but I’m glad you were believed when it counted.

This is a willful misunderstanding of what discussions of privilege are attempting to address. In the simplest possible terms, privilege isn’t about life being easy. It’s about it being comparatively easier.

But how can they condemn him if that’s not a side of him they experienced?

Why isn’t the rescue center called Vanderpups? Marketing fail.

Does this mean I can finally get my hands on a DVD copy of 1989's musical “Polly” starring Keshia Knight Pulliam and Phylicia Rashad? Because that’s literally the only thing I care about.

“We’re all super diverse! Whitney’s a honey blonde, I’m platinum, Stephanie’s exploring ash highlights...”

Yeah, I have an estranged relationship with that parent to begin with, so I do wonder what circumstances led them to feel suing was the best option since she’s always seemed to have healthy attachments with both her kids. It’s even hard to imagine her alcoholism being that large a factor because, aside from the night…

What a remarkable coincidence it is that R Kelly’s very, very specific type is compromised exclusively of black women 30+ years his junior who are estranged from dishonest, mercenary parents!

Ah, thank you for the correction!

I haven’t watched yet either, but I’m going to hazard an educated guess to based on gossip items released between seasons.

I friggin’ love Lizzo. I love that writes lyrics, according to her, in the voice of a BFF giving her friend a badass pep talk after a breakup. It works like gangbusters, all her songs are music to strut by. The world needs more Lizzo.

“...and if you get any traction from that, if you’re able to write a book from that, get a reality show from that...”

Oh yeah, I used to hang out with the Winters brothers IRL.

The Night King wielding his new Dragon Wight toy is going to hurt my soul on a Hold the Door level of hurt.