At roundtables, this one woman who developed our particular Theory of Change sat at the head, and she carried with her a sort of dominance. Her rhetoric was accepted as the central rhetoric. Throughout time, the rest of us who worked with her stopped believing in our value as organizers. Some of us became passive and…

One community in our area got really, really mad when it was disclosed that over 2 million had been given to an organization to do outreach about health. Not provide services or even screenings, just let people know that they were more likely to suffer from heart disease/cancer/etc. because of their race. It was…

Yup. I’ve often though that nonprofits are like welfare for the college educated children of the upper middle class, with exceptions (i.e., the author).

Nah. You’re dead on. He’s the on-air version of Perez Hilton’s worst self.

I call bullshit. This shittalker has been pretty calculating and manipulative for quite some time. He knew what he was doing and feigning ignorant is not an excuse.

Oooh this is a good time to quote my own dissertation, the theory of which partially hinges on the concept of resilience (and by the way, as someone in academia who has worked with nonprofits and currently works in partnership with nonprofits, and will probably work for a nonprofit again because academia sucks, I am…

This is tangential to the point of the piece, but I was reminded of a little-remarked trend I’ve noticed over the years: that many people who self-identify as liberal (because they sympathize with and want to help the poor, often) start to exhibit conservative-like thinking when you dive into their beliefs. I guess…

Of course, an annoying white dude is pissed because an awesome 16 year old called out the bullshit with the types of people that the same annoying white dude has spent his career promoting. Cohen can’t deal with anyone who wants to positively influence our culture.

I used to be a consultant providing evaluation assistance to non-profits. After a few too many of stories like this, I started looking for work elsewhere. The general sense was that the non-profit would be seen as a success if they got their grant from a larger non-profit extended, or if they got a new grant. And, no…

So? You do realize that there are self-hating Jews, right?

I think this is a really unfortunate outcome from the assumption that poverty and it’s solutions are a one-way street - “poor people just need to learn and do more and work harder to not be so poor.” A historic line of thinking that I see trickle down from the foundations and major donors who are funding these…

He has a seriously nasty streak that is on par with the worst of the Gawker writers at time. I was kind of shocked at how incredibly sexist and slut-shamey he could be at times, and his less blatant (until this incident) but still pretty out there racism. It’s funny how many of my white liberal friends (many of them…

One of my gay guy friends has a conspiracy theory that Andy Cohen isn’t really gay. He’s just living out a stereotype of a bitchy, catty, awful, disrespectful gay man to hold back progress for the normal, nice, kind gay men out there.

kara, did you see justin bieber’s defense of kylie?

Call me crazy but I think all adults (and that includes both Andy Cohen and Kara Brown) should stay out of a social media war between two teenaged girls.

Ugh. I know his mom. She’s a very well known in local progressive circles. YOUR MOTHER RAISED YOU BETTER THAN THIS, ANDY.

Andy Cohen has been on my “White Gays Shit-List” for a really long time.

I expect little accountability from you because you’re a rich, white man and that’s usually a foreign concept to your demographic.

Andy is problematic. I watched “Princesses of Long Island” and thought I needed to report a hate crime to the Jewish Defense League. He seems to enjoy presenting broad stereotypes as reality.

I feel like I have to say this every time a gay white man does something racist and/or sexist.