One of the popular narratives about Simone is that she’s powerful (which she is) and strong (that, too). Or even that she’s too powerful (e.g.: this article)! Sometimes this is used to dismiss her achievements, often with overtly racist sentiments. But all this talk about power has overshadowed one of her most amazing…
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One of the popular narratives about Simone is that she’s powerful (which she is) and strong (that, too). Or even that she’s too powerful (whenever she goes out of bounds on floor exercise)! Sometimes this is used to dismiss her achievements, often with overtly racist sentiments. But all this talk about power has…
Simone was actually really happy about her performance on uneven bars! As she said in the interview afterwards, it’s an apparatus she never jibed with in the past (she famously said she’d like to take a chainsaw to every bar set), but for the first time, she felt fully confident going on it:
Simone was actually really happy about her performance on uneven bars! As she said in the interview afterwards, it’s an apparatus she never jibed with in the past (she famously said she’d like to take a chainsaw to every bar set), but for the first time, she felt fully confident going on it:
On the institutional level, such as with the FIG (the governing body of artistic gymnastics internationally), no. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised that they gave Simone’s two new moves their proper difficulty rating (although those ratings are still provisional until she does them in an international competition,…
To give you an idea of how difficult this is:
No, they haven’t. Being undocumented is not a crime, it’s an administrative determination as part of a civil procedure. Even when someone is deported, there’s no verdict or finding of guilt, it’s more akin to having an application rejected (which is often what happens). For someone so stuck on the law, you sure don’t…
In my area, we have a few formal and informal networks of neighbors who watch out for the presence of ICE. And if an alert is sent out, often with photos, vulnerable immigrants know to stay away, while those with more secure status will go to the area, check if ICE is still there, and report back. And if we catch ICE…
There’s another black woman whose artistry was borrowed without credit by Taylor Swift on this song: Afro-Scottish singer/songwriter Emeli Sandé. The chorus of Swift’s song “Me!” is identical to the one in Sandé’s (far superior) “Next to Me”, down to the melody and syllable! Swift has yet to acknowledge Emeli, much…
Several points that should be brought up instead:
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I completely agree. I’m not fond of the fact that she introduced Dr. Phil to the world. But in this case, her support of Wade and James is invaluable, and her After Neverland special was incredibly educational to me, and is probably vital viewing for a lot of people.
Diana Ross isn’t the only one, fellow legend Debbie Allen decided to co-sign Ross’ comment:
One of the most insidious things about sexual abuse is that the trauma inflicted on the victim causes behavior that people use to discredit them. For instance, the victim vehemently defending the abuser is actually one of the potential symptoms of abuse. It’s a result of the grooming and of the desperate need for the…
An anti-abortion extremist is just someone who hasn’t met me yet. :D
In the comment section of articles like these, anybody who identifies and empathizes with the sexual predator, rather than the scores of victims, should not be trusted… and possibly put on a list… and definitely kept away from children and small animals.
It should be noted that Louis CK specifically objected to letting the Parkland survivors testify in front of Congress. Well, the only one who got the chance to do so was Aalayah Eastmond, who testified against Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearings. If we’re wondering why the Parkland student…
It really should be noted that the only Parkland survivor who got to testify in Congress was Aalayah Eastmond, who did so during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. So if you’re wondering what it is about the Parkland student activists that so offended Mr. CK, perhaps it is because one of them spoke out against a…
What we really should’ve gotten is A Star is Born remake starring Streisand as the aging star, and Shawn Mendes as her young lover on the come up. You know you want to see it!