Totally. Prince was legit, and The Cities are cooler for having him. I seriously think that it is the first thing people think of when they think of Minneapolis.

Thank you.

In the meantime, there is a retrospective of his style up at NY Mag’s The Cut.

Can I get proprietary on this and say Prince was a Minnesotan! A MINNESOTAN! He was from here and he chose to stay here, in a place with way more Garrison Keillors than Morris Days.

I am in such distress over this that I am seriously considering leaving work early to go home and watch Purple Rain with a bottle of wine.

I used to think I didn’t really like Prince. Then one day I realized that loved Prince and I was just being a phony.

I was born in mid 80s and grew up outside of the PurpleRain era but I loved Prince, I love Prince, everything Prince. It’s a sad sad day for me. I somehow felt Prince was too magical, too musical, too surreal to be mortal, yet he is in this one instance. I guessI forgot that “Life is just a party and parties aren’t…

This is a sad, sad day for music and our culture. I am devastated, which is weird because I obviously didn’t know him. But, I did get to dance onstage with him at a show at Madison Square Garden once. He even took me by the hand and walked me to the front of the stage before handing me the mike to sing a line from…

AND OBVIOUSLY RUPAUL

Reading Khloe’s comments was sort of tough. I’ve sp not the Las few years in a relationship with someone who is struggling with mental illness and addiction. He’s doing pretty OK now, and has been alcohol free for over a year and heroin free for six months. He had a rough few days and is actually at the VA hospital…

The comments on the NYTimes article are stomach churning. “IT’S A COMPLIMENT” “Why doesn’t she just say no?” “Women sleep their way to the top all the time!” “Pretend you have a boyfriend and they’ll leave you alone”

I’m a litigator. Sometimes I’ll do oral argument before the Court and think, “shit, that felt like rambling. I bet I sounded so dumb. I must do better next time.” And then I get the transcript back and I’ve spoken eloquently throughout it. Comparatively, I imagine Palin is like “nailed it” after a speech and then…

They make me feel like this.

this is the best post that has ever appeared on jezebel

Hang on. Firstly, that’s disputed. But secondly, isn’t the whole cornerstone of feminism that gender is a social construct? What, after all, is the female gender? Lip gloss and stilettos? That’s how Jenner has defined it. Feminists, on the other hand, have been saying for decades that a woman’s identity is not…

See that’s my problem too. My gut’s like oh totally different but then I find it hard to articulate why that’s a legitimate distinction. One of my husband’s friends has had me against the wall (not literally) because I don’t have a great answer and so I wonder is the distinction just a knee-jerk one I’ve made without…

I don’t know, taking off her costume has caused her world to implode. Before she was a prominent member of her community with a job. Now she’s a byword for disgrace, unemployed (and i guess unemployable) so taking off her costume has been disastrous. I don’t know that it would have been any easier for her than it…

Thank god. Of all the ridiculous nonsense she did, the hair was one of the most offensive in my opinion. It’s the ultimate symbol of white privilege to be able to afford a salon experience that not only gives you the “ideal” black woman’s natural hair, but the most ideal of said “ideal” hair style. Like a perfectly…

I tried to answer this for someone else. I think at the very least, with RD it is important to note that she was capitalizing on a marginalized identity as a member of a privileged one, but I am hoping other commenters will have more insight as well. It's a good question.

Not sure if I understand your comment. Maybe my first paragraph isn’t well written. I think I was trying to convey that by saying I’m not a certain type I realize it actually makes me sound like that type. I guess it could have been clearer. Oh well.