It was a weird time, the Dixie Chicks were almost forcibly deported

I’ve had the same problem with the Dolezal story — why is everyone so angry and mocking of a woman who seemed to be reacting to (a) her white parent’s ill treatment of her black adopted siblings, and (b) an art teacher who told her that her art about the black experience was inappropriate because Dolezal herself was…

And I bet a lot of people could have gotten a lot out of her story if she just chose to be honest about it from the beginning. Identifying with another culture is fine. It makes perfect sense she felt more accepted by the black community. So just be that, be a white person who feels accepted by the black community,…

I don’t think she is being accused of being a white supremacist, so much as she is a product of institutionalized white supremacy, whether she is aware of it or not. I think the back story you’ve referenced here actually reenforces that assertion.

I don’t know what he was TRYING to say. But what he effectively said was “I’m from Hialeah, and like a great number of Hialeans I am deeply racist.”

Holy shit, commenters are putting you on blast and I think it’s completely undeserved.

I just feel sad hearing this.

On a normal shot(*) that puck is going to hug the boards, go around, and come out the other side. Both teams know that and so they’ll target the other side boards to try to get to it. A goalie will therefore go back there and intercept the puck so they can pass it out to their own teammate, which sets up the play…

Because he was expecting the puck to follow the boards around the back of the net like it does every other time. He collects the puck and gets it ready for the defenceman to get it as he skates around the back of the net (theory being that if the puck is placed centrally behind the net the defenceman can collect it as…

He’s going to end up dead, either by cop or by self.
This isn’t someone who’s planning on going to jail, and he’s not a skin color that will get a McD trip and kevlar vest.

Is Ramzan Kadyrov saying that the LGBT community does not exist in Chechnya because family members of LGBT persons would have killed them already? Because... I don’t think that’s making the claim he wants to be making.

Right. He knew that the crew knew, he knew he would be in situations where he might accidentally tip his hand, he knew there were cameras everywhere, he knew he was taking a risk by confiding in another player. And this is his SECOND TIME. It very much sounds like he accepted that there was a risk of it coming out and…

Which is not the same as “I’m not wild about how this is being handled” and I think that’s the mistake Rich keeps wanting to be true.

As another trans woman who was circumcised at birth and not thrilled that it still goes on, you really need to cut this bullshit out. Even if you sincerely believe that a circumcision is comparable to a clitoredectomy (lol) I can guarantee you that all you’re doing right now is pissing off would-be allies and giving…

You brought up penile circumcision on an FGM post in the first place. You did the exact same thing that MRAs do. I realize you did it for entirely different reasons — as I wrote, your experience is important and valid — but it is NOT this. You are a woman who experienced penile circumcision and that is not what is…

No, Varner wouldn’t have known during filming, because Varner never saw Zeke’s first season prior to flying to Fiji. Zeke is one of very few players to film 2 seasons back-to-back without his first season airing beforehand. Varner had literally no idea who this dude was when they stepped on the beach. He put it…

as someone who used to work on the show, i can tell you that everyone who is even CONSIDERED for the show goes thru background, psych and medical. CBS def. knew.

Remember, he was a returnee castmember: I think the fact that CBS chose to not use it as a dramatic tool in his previous appearance (can you imagine another reality show doing that?) suggests that they were pretty much as Zeke has outlined. 

I didn’t watch the clip because I’m at work, and I actually watched it on air last night and they actually discuss this. Saying that Varner just outed him not to the tribemates, but to millions at home. I will say that I’m glad they aired it because all the reactions of the tribe mates to rally around Zeke was great…

I don’t think Kim would agree to it because he knows it would lead to the collapse of his regime. If the sanctions were lifted, there would be more contact with the outside world. This would lead to mass defections when people see the economic opportunity of the rest of the world, without the propaganda of the state…