Agreed, it was much darker than I expected, but I found Merritt delightful and proto-feminist, and it was interesting because she got the guy in spite of it. The marketing for that movie is also really weird, because it was fun and beachy and all about the fashion! And the boys! (I found all these ads for it in old…

I WROTE MY MASTER'S THESIS ON THIS MOVIE AND THE TIME ARTICLE THAT INSPIRED IT. Fox News is literally half a century behind the curve.

To your last paragraph: YES. Absolutely. Lots of love to you, and I absolutely hope that moment can come for all of us ladies and PoC.

I'm bummed and disappointed Suey hasn't acknowledged it. :( Really, I am. I have always been upset by this issue, and I will say this: having my particular racial minority be used as the random bystander shoved under the bus has made me much more empathetic to the degree to which a racial slur like R****** is the…

I'm not sure if any of the Ivies give merit-based scholarships, though? I could be wrong, but that was the case for all of the Ivies I applied to, and definitely the case with the one I attended. The idea is that everyone is supposed a superstar in some way, so no one gets moneys for it. (Not speculating on his…

Thank you very much :) And I hope this makes me more empathetic to other minority groups as well.

I was hoping for a .gif with cats :((

Yeeep. I've struggled with hurt feelings, sleeplessness, and ragey incoherence ever since this all went down, but I hope it'll also make me a more empathetic ally for other racial groups.

That is pretty much the most incisive comment I've seen about this situation the whole time. 10/10.

Or...we're Asian and found his joke hurtful, and the subsequent white "liberal" media response to be even more so when we tried to speak up? Like, it's not white liberal sjw types who are the most hurt and saddened by this, it's Asians who have to live with this racism on a daily basis, who have to have these words…

I am TOTALLY disgusted by how the whole team name thing was completely overshadowed by this shitstorm. But Colbert, our #whitemansavior, not Suey Park, was the one who derailed the conversation by throwing a second random minority under the bus with a joke that many of us find literally painful and triggering, as I'm…

this is a flawless summation of the situation.

Thank you :) I realize I sound a bit dramatic and CALL THE WAAHMBULANCE HURT FEEFEES, but it seems like some people seemed to have missed that this might be true (i.e. that, well, it hurts, and it sucks to be hurt.) I just wanted to make that clear.

Oy, you bring up an interesting point. I've mentioned this a few times before, so sorry to anyone reading this comment multiple times, but while I've always been outraged when I see racist things reported on Jez, I've never felt physical pain, actually sick to my stomach, until it happened to my particular racial…

I admit I didn't see her bit on HuffPo because as an Asian American woman, this is a very painful topic for me. Maybe she didn't handle herself as well as she should have, maybe she's not coherent, I can't tell you. Maybe you're right.

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YEP. The wikipedia article (we know it's 100% trufact cuz it's on Wikipedia) is pretty interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexua…

how does this not have a million stars.

I have never seen this before but it might be my new favorite thing ever. WHAT ARE THIS? OKAY NOW FEED ME.

Thank you for phrasing the question so respectfully. I don't have a definitive answer (and I think these things are always up for respectful and open-minded debate), but if you don't mind, I'd like to share some thoughts/feelings on this.