After Tokyo FanFest, I’m very curious about Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.

Natural hair on Black women has long been considered “unprofessional;” there are tons of stories of Black women facing repercussions for not straightening our hair. That’s why we have things like the CROWN Act.

Seriously, who watches GMA 1, 2, or 3? I haven’t watched a network morning show in literally decades. This really seems like a you thing, Candace.

I love that folks are “ACAB!” but totally believe the Russian police legitimately found a half-full vape cartridge in Griner’s luggage and charged her with drug smuggling. Because there’s no way police would ever plant evidence.

Bout has been in jail long enough that his networks are gone. Hell since he was arrested there’s an entirely new financial instrument used for money laundering and illegal transactions that he’s never worked with. Russia is an international pariah, and their military has been exposed as a sham, propped up by weapons…

Whelan is in prison because he was charged with espionage. The Russians want a spy back—specifically, an FSB assassin who shot a Chechen fighter in broad daylight...in Berlin. The Germans aren’t going to let him go, so Whelan is stuck.

Bout wasn’t in jail for life; he’d served 11 years of his sentence already.

I’m not counting my money, but I could do a hell of a lot with $200k.

Neither Wright nor this article mentions the part where the video she reblogged was from a virulently transphobic preacher. Don’t see her apologizing for that.

The same ex who was arrested for attempted child abduction in 2012 after she took the kids and vanished in violation of the custody agreement. Yeah, she really cares about her kids.

With Kelly and Cortez Masto’s wins, holding GA isn’t quite as critical, but it sure would be nice to sideline either Sinema or Manchin. It also gives Dems a cushion if Manchin decides to switch parties to hold his seat in 2024.

And yet, when he was nominated and Anita Hill told the truth about him, I heard so much “Black women just trying to keep a Black man down.” We should have laughed in his face when the words “high-tech lynching” came out of his lying mouth, but men were all nodding along. Oh well.

So he’s teaching kids that they should put their money into a scam. Good work!

Butts Every Time.

Rick Riordan is a good example of how people can learn. The first Percy Jackson series had one Black character who died in book 5. People pointed out that this was a problem, and the subsequent series included Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American leads, When people noted how heteronormative the books were, he had…

I have never understood this. Yes, Black people like fried chicken. So does pretty much everybody who isn’t a vegetarian or vegan. The line for the Hawaiian fried chicken food truck on campus today was huge, as it always is.

Part of the problem is that forced birth advocates are single-issue voters. Democrats aren’t. We saw this in 2016 when folks--mostly men--were yelling “Blackmail!” when people--mostly women--said that SCOTUS and protecting Roe was a huge issue. A lot of so-called progressive men were all in on explaining why…

If Will Smith loses his Oscar, then Harvey Weinstein, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, and Kevin Spacey all need to have theirs taken away too. Adrien Brody grabbed Halle Barry onstage and kissed her without her consent in 2003 the audience laughed. John Wayne had to be held back from attacking Sacheen Littlefeather in…

I haven’t been to a movie in years, and even I know that the Smiths have an open marriage, so I feel like that hot take may not cover it.

I absolutely agree that Will Smith should not have hit Chris Rock. Not gonna lie, though, it was kind of cathartic to see someone come to a Black woman’s defense in public. We can defend ourselves, but damn if it isn’t exhausting to always have to hide the tears and the anger, to project strength because we can’t…