Slavery continues this day in Africa. Slaves in the Middle East were frequently castrated (black and white) and the slavery was lifelong.

Slavery sucks. It sucks worldwide.

Once upon a time there was a GOP senator from Mass. named Scott Brown. Schumer wanted Brown’s vote on, I believe, the ACA. Brown wouldn’t give it, even after Schumer said if he didn’t, he’d find the toughest Democratic candidate to run against him.

Schumer’s next call was to Elizabeth Warren and a few months later,…

Look, you do realize that the GOP couldn’t swing one Democratic vote on the ACA. Didn’t even come close. Trump didn’t try to threaten Joe Manchin the way he did his fellow GOP WV senator to get him into line.

Like a lot of people, you’re naive about the process and think you’re not.

You don’t have a clue about how this actually works, do you?

Wow, did you really spend half your post whining about people calling you a “BernieBro”? Really? Get over yourself. Your feelings aren’t that damn important.

This is one of the things, by the way, that bothers me and other middle-aged voters about the Bernie ground—it’s all about you.

No, it’s not. And, by the way, an…

Scruples was awesome—raunchy Cinderella. Didn’t care for the other Krantzes, but in Scruples, she just sort of hit all the sweet spots without getting too sordid the way she did later.

Love Palatino—glad to see another fan. And the hell with anyone obsessing about my taste in fonts—as long as its not crazy, it’s not an indication of any pathology on my part.

So,now that we know that 21 states got hacked, you really want to keep trashing white feminists for defending Hillary Clinton?

Because you come off as a misogynistic asshole.

That was my take at the time—Enid was a rebel, but one without much of a cause or true awareness—not surprising in a teenager.

Yeesh, this was a trite holier-than-thou analysis. 

Duct tape rocks. Wonder if this was plain old silver or some of that colorful crafty stuff?

Damn, I also studied with Viveca Lindfors at one point—remarkable woman; remarkable actress. Thanks for a great read and bringing back some good memories of my own.

That’s odd, given that your body converts various foods to sugar so it can use it for energy.

There are way worse things for you than sugar. We eat way too much of it—and we get more and more of it in our junk food every year—but moderation in all things

Acting is a lot more than speech coaching. There are a lot of nuances in any language that go beyond accent. Asking a studio to build a hundred-million dollar production around a low-profile actress (in the U.S.) with limited English skills is asking a studio to take a hell of risk.

Fact is, this film was only going to…

Yes, GITS is a Japanese anime set in Japan. How much bitching do you think there’d be if Hollywood had tried to make a fully Asian movie— a la Memoirs of a Geisha? Answer: A lot.

To me, the telling thing is that the Japanese don’t give a damn about the Americanization of this version. They know they have plenty of…

No, and I’ve addressed it elsewhere, but thanks.

Except I wasn’t talking about slavery when using the terms, I was talking about the current situation. So let’s look at some of the issues facing women—say how women get raped? Face widespread FGM and die from it?Where young women have acid thrown in their face when they refuse marriage? Where women are still turned…

I think you don’t fully take in what I was saying—and that means I didn’t make myself clear. I didn’t say what happened with the 14th wasn’t a valid choice or that ending slavery wasn’t the more important matter. But women’s suffrage took a damn long time after that to pass. And it wasn’t just the vote, women had…

And I think your priorities are a valid choice, I seriously do. But women’s rights matter—and getting something done about them means someone making women’s rights her first priority. And, yes, you’re right, white women don’t face that kind of dilemma.

I said this in response to another poster, but I’ll repeat it…

I agree with you about the racist feminist issue—I’ve mentioned it elsewhere. I even agree with you that it was necessary to pass the 14th Amendment at whatever cost—that it was important to end slavery.

But the cost was real and a couple of cites supporting women’s suffrage does not a movement make. And, it’s…