I think the difference is that people believe that trans people have brains of the other sex, or something like that, and that brains are more important than bodies when it comes to identity (hence the idea of being born into the wrong body), whereas as far as I know there is no argument that blacks and whites have…

Exactly. I can’t help but think that a lot of the really hateful commentary about her (and OF COURSE there are tons of issues with what she did, foremost being lying) comes from people who are pretty secure in their racial identities. I’ve seen so much racial essentialism - “You are what you are, period,” that I’m…

Seconded. I am in NO WAY team Rachel. I think what she’s done here is disgraceful and I don’t think a white woman can go around claiming to understand the struggle of the black experience. That shit is inexcusable. However, since this story broke I’ve been seeing a lot of hating going on in regards to people who are…

I’m with you right here. I’m mixed race as well and I constantly have my identity validated and invalidated by those around me. Some tell me I’m white, some tell my I’m black, some tell me I’m chinese, others call me a fucked up mix, just a hodge podge, a freak- and I don’t want to pass as anything, I just want to be…

In my opinion, ethnicity isn’t something one can really move in and out of physically or mentally.

my hope is that he pronounces it bi-guy

Jeez, this show has been heading into some weird Southern Gothic territory. Kendall the Chimera, Henrik impregnating his daughter Gracie, Krystal almost snogging her brother, Sarah as a clone of her foster mother’s mother, Kira as Mrs. S’s sister, niece and/or foster granddaughter. I’m just waiting for Alison and…

The government destroys everything it touches.

I think one of the details to be revealed will be that “The Doctor” tried initially to tell the first group of people awakened the truth. But the truth that “everything you knew or loved is long since dead and gone” was too much to handle and they went crazy/killed themselves.

israel and SA are not monoliths - both societies have a myriad of cultures and political agendas beyond the official leadership ... israel, through its lobby in the U.S. pushed strongly for war in the Middle East - their list was always Iran first but W wanted revenge for Saddam trying to hurt his daddy so Iraq got…

And i hate people who just take the “official story” at face value and they’re done with it. So, where do we go from here?

israel stated clearly through its lobby and operatives in the late 90’s PNAC paper that they wanted U.S. blood and treasure to “remake the Middle East” through war - with the ultimate goal being to make israel the regional superpower

no, it’s pretty clear that israel allowed the attack by Saudi-funded agents to go forward (for their own geo-strategic reasons) and elements of the U.S. administration were involved or were duped (Cheney specifically) ... Mossad agents shadowed the Florida cell of hijackers so closely they practically lived next to…

and people who want the truth feel sorry for people like you who are so quick to accept the official story from state actors and private operations that have repeatedly run conspiracies and trade in lies - the list of actual conspiracies revealed just by the U.S. gov’t is long indeed

Finally, I found someone in the comments willing to trash her tattoos. They sound pretty lame yeah. Stupid script shit AND astrology sign ? da fuq ?

There’s no better reminder of a building that fell over, than a building that looks like it’s going to fall over.

I understand why this was an upsetting experience, but tattoo artists refuse jobs all the time for all sorts of reasons. Many have a no necks, no hands policy - it’s quite common. And, as you discovered, what’s off-limits to one artist is totally okay with another - you were able to get exactly what you wanted in the…

That cat is terrible. Why is it so moist?

I always felt Clooney must’ve looked like a creepy ventriloquist dummy.

You could view it as something more fluid. We as a society construct male/female roles and allow people to embody those roles with only a certain amount of flexibility. If we tossed those roles and just acknowledged the humanity of each person, and allowed them to express themselves as individuals, then maybe…