Because you don’t need to be a native Korean speaker to pronounce the city correctly. That many Americans would initially mispronounce the name is all the MORE reason to make sure to pronounce it correctly in broadcasts.

I actually prefer the Shibs’ style of skating. It’s not so tortured-artiste as the rest, which is such a nice change of pace. And I suspect they have to pay tons more attention to the precision of their choreography, since they can’t rely on the wandering handsiness that I dislike about Virtue and Moir. The Shibs’…

People’s resilience and ability to not be physically harmed by words is not a reason to perpetuate demeaning and hateful expressions, even if they’ve lost some of that ugliness over time. I get what you’re saying here (they’re only words, right?), but this concept of “people just shouldn’t take it the wrong way” is…

I’m an American-born child of Chinese immigrants. While Bari’s comments (and subsequent “if you were offended, that says more about your intentions than mine!!!” response) were disappointing, to any POC, especially Latinix and Asian POC, this is exactly 0% shocking. We get othered all the time, even in the country of…

I do wish the face looked more like Michelle. I mean, it’s a cool painting, I love the contrast of the grey and the blue, and I think the inclusion of the flying geese pattern on her dress is playful and fun (as a quilter I am a big fan of that pattern), but the face is just... off. Michelle Obama is a genuinely…

Gender standards do exist, though. Being a social construct doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Money is a social construct, but that doesn’t mean you are out throwing it into the gutter.

That was a very touching video honestly

As much as I loathed PE, I don’t use that little homily because it insults all the brilliant and hardworking teachers I know. And I know a few, having come from an family full of educators.

The biggest lie Americans, especially conservatives, love to tell ourselves is the one about self-determination and self-reliance.

Reading this, as a UK resident, I can only shake my head in disbelief. Since last year, I have had a number of health issues all no doubt due to hitting 40 and my body deciding that the previous 20 years of ill use were enough.
I’ve had cameras in three orifices, and due for two of those orifices to receive cameras…

I didn’t know I’d ever have to interact, treat, or view her as a human being.

That stuff from 2006 should preclude him from every having a job in the media again. What the fuck, people?

This again and again and again.

“Those comments were made without having any knowledge I would ever be here”

So it’s cool to say this about a woman only if you aren’t going to meet her/be her cohost??? okay wtf kind of logic is that.

NBC paid a shitton of money to broadcast the Olympics. They’re not going to fuck that up by having Megyn host. As much as I love the Winter Olympics (I even watch the biathlon events) I would rather miss them than have to look at that lady.

May be not “points” but if she’s taking action to actually change the abuse she knows exists, which it appears she’s trying to do, then she’s at least worth listening to. It’s pretty easy to point fingers from the cheap seats, but many people across all industries enable abusive behavior by their lack of action, if…

on the one hand, no, you shouldn’t get a cookie for doing the basic, human thing. on the other hand, admitting you’ve done something wrong is literally the first step to fixing a problem, so it is important that people do it and we recognize it.

I have no idea who Janelle Monáe is

I finished the blanket I’ve been working on, I swear the last few rows of these things take longer than the rest of the blanket combined