So, is it a puppy/hippo or a puppy/elephant? Whatever it is, it’s the cutest little affront to God and Nature that I’ve ever seen.

Casting a black actor in a role that has previously been reserved for aryan blondes seems like a really interesting choice - it would have been really interesting to see how or if that changes the character and the interactions. If you’re struggling with this thought - maybe think about shakespearean adaptions. Think…

Especially if you’re setting the thing in 1960's America. I hate when people decide their play/movie/whatever is a historical piece, but in a history just slightly alternate to our own, where the early 20th centry had no race issues and everyone got along wonderfully. Where nobody would even give a black man married…

I honestly don’t know if I should feel upset about this. I kinda get the reasoning, even if I think the end result sucks. If the character being white is part of the story, you can’t really change that, can you? I’m... I’d really like to read a Trump article right now. Those are way easier to form an opinion on.

Henry Miller’s estate, for example, allows for all-black casts of All My Sons and Death of a Salesman.

She became increasingly worried by his odd behavior, and was uncomfortable. I am glad she got away from him.

On the one hand, people who text during movies are the worst. On the other, he sounds like a raging entitled douchebag. Both parties dodged a bullet here.

Sorry, if I’m the dude, after she rolls - I call up a buddy and say “Pick me up, we’re going to the bar, you are not going to believe this chick I just had a date with”.

This all seems like a pretty fair response? We don’t have any evidence that he would even be good at doing some sort of political humor/commentary. Its hard for me to fault someone when all they’re saying is “look I just want to do my style of comedy” on their own show.

He looks like he’s about ready for year one of Hogwart’s in both photos.

This just proves what I’ve always believed: bicyclists are history’s greatest monsters.

That was my summation- push writers to be better and conscientious in their writing of other communities. I see a lot of these discussions that end at decrying someone for writing outside their identity, period, not a question of whether or not they do it well or what the broader effects of discouraging writers from…

Decrying cultural appropriation is not an attempt to limit the creative scope available to artists. It is a reminder that parts of that scope require care and not all artists are equally equipped to employ that care.

This is my concern too. How accurate can a White person’s imaginings of Black experience be? And isn’t the risk of misrepresentation of that experience important in deciding who should write about what?

I also think it’s highly problematic that the judges of whether or not a White author captured an authentic Black (or…

I think writers always have and will continue to “imagine” other identities. The problem comes when certain people’s imagining carries more literary weight than other’s realities. We are not living in a just world.

My home, Kentucky, always making me proud. /s

“Go to the website and look at what they done to him.”

This is so fucking disgusting. I don’t know what I want more, for Trump to actually get locked up for his blatant crimes or for him to rage stroke out and end the suspense.

Exactly. I had an abortion because I

It’s so weird how these dudes who are awful and hate women can’t seem to find a woman who loves them and wants to be with them...