He’s like Tyler Perry minus the Jesus.

situating a diverse ensemble around a white character will help make the show more palatable to viewers across color lines,

Lee Daniels is not very bright and not very fond of Black women. I mostly ignore his dumb ass.

How shitty a state of feminism we are in when we are actually hoping the leader of the free world has just made a calculated capitulation to Islamophobia and sexism?

And this might make me as cynical as a politcian - and I work with them so I should know - but I’ll take a Merkel pretending to be xenophobic so she can get elected over AfD and their overt racism getting elected. Especially now that Trump won the US election.

Is it bad that I’m ok with this as a pragmatist? I don’t think she’s serious and is merely saying it to win her campaign. Considering the stakes (she’s the last non-far right leader standing in the western world), do what you have to do.

There are nationalist political movements gaining traction throughout Europe. I assume/hope Merkel did some very pragmatic political calculus and decided to throw conservatives this comparatively inconsequential* bone with an eye on the bigger picture of staying in power and protecting those Muslim women from a worse…

Purposefully muddying the distinction between mass voter suppression - which the GOP use aggressively - and mass voter fraud - which does not exist - is a kind of evil genius. Attacking both the integrity and people’s faith in the integrity of elections is right out of the authoritarian’s handbook.

Well I’m glad he finally did it, but this

Sooo I was excited about this show when I first heard of it, then I saw an ad on Instagram where Joy Bryant is lecturing another black woman about how they need to support white women because “just because their seat looks more comfortable, doesn’t mean it is,” or some shit. I NOPED the fuck out at that point.

Probably a super unpopular opinion, but I do support women’s colleges—I would also support men’s colleges if they were still around (like Washington and Lee). It’s inappropriate for a university to remain single gendered (and here I think that things because murky—MBU is a U, so I would restrict BA candidates to women…

Stop trying to make “alt-left” happen, it’s never going to happen

Will any of this ever be bleakly funny again, or can I expect these rage paroxysms to continue forever?

Man, Assange has made himself into such a douche that I am now pro-government spying and anti-transparency. I’ve been mailing transcripts of all my phone calls to the NSA just to give them a head start; not sure about the cease and desist letter I just got but I think they’re playing hard to get.

I agree with your assessment and consider it solid evidence against his placement as head of the DNC.

FYI -

Some nice twinja friend retweeted it in my Twitter feed, so yes I do:

He needs to give up the ridiculous idea that he can be both a congressman and party chair, then give up the congressional seat and be the damn party chair. Was reading an article about how he boosted turnout by focusing on door-to-door done by diverse groups of people (so there’s someone who looks like you at your…

In the interviews with him that I’ve read and listened to, he comes across as someone who not only listens but hears and is a critical and analytical thinker and I was really jazzed at the idea of him being the new DNC chair. I’m so glad (but not surprised) to hear that he’s celebrated in his home state. He makes me…