They used a white model. A white person cannot ever have an afro, and their literal model was a white person.

In very broad strokes, yes, though let me up front say there are about one million people here, most especially including The Hon. Judge Brown, who are more qualified to discuss the nuances of cultural appropriation and hair politics than I am.

It is compound offensive, because they didn’t even racist right. That is not a fro, call it a twist-out or just rag curls. Within 20 mins that hair will look like Jennifer Grey’s in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which is still cute but not fro.

Why? At worst, the reason to be upset is that it’s opt-out, not opt-in. The feature itself, however, is excellent. When I update, I don’t want to get stuck in a line behind a million other people. I want those million other people to be helping each other get faster updates.

You make a big assumption. I used the new Start Screen plenty before deciding it wasn’t for me. I suspect a lot of people gave it a fair chance. Just because you enjoy it doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone.

I had Start8 running when I upgraded to 10 and sat there for a good 10 minutes trying to figure out what happened to my ability to pin multiple programs to the task bar. On a hunch I uninstalled Start8 and everything worked again. I might go the Start10 route but right now it's not bothering me.

I know a lot of people love ClassicShell, but I just didn’t like the look of it. It felt very Windows XP. Start8 (and Start10) blend in very nicely with the new interface.

It’s $4 for a completely optional, cosmetic product that works extremely well. If I don’t end up liking the Windows 10 start menu, I have no qualms supporting Stardock with what is essentially the price of a cup of coffee at Starbucks. The fact that people get their panties in a twist over $5-$4 for a great product is…

It should be 10-15 years old and something that had a high safety rating back when it was new. High schoolers absolutely do not need a new or powerful car. They need something that’s cheap and broke-in, but not so old that it’s an unreliable junk heap. Every time I see some kid in a brand new muscle car I just shake…

Yeah, I’m pretty much over the whole “it’s rude to make direct statements about what you want and don’t want” part of etiquette. Because making people guess and then getting huffy and them when they guess wrong is soooo much more civilized.

It may have been considered rude in the past to explicitly state “no kids” on the invitations, but this is 2015. People don’t all live in the same town and know the bride’s mom who is traditionally the Chief Disseminator of information of that kind. So if you don’t want kids at your wedding, SAY SO. It’s rude not to,…

OMG YES! I was at my sister in law’s recently and we were looking through a bridal magazine with her daughters. One of the photographs included 2 brides getting married. One of her kids (age 4) asked why there were 2 brides in that picture. My SiL responded “well you know how ‘so-and-so in your class has 2 mommies?’…

I had SO MANY SELF RIGHTEOUS born-again high school friends who were against pre-marital sex. Except when they did it it was okay because it was Twu Wuv and they were for sure going to marry him so it’s almost not even pre-marital sex, right?

When they say religious liberties, they mean something very specific. They mean the legal right to discriminate against gay people in housing, employment, and commerce. We might be able to get married, but they are still going to fight to keep us second class citizens. The war is not over. Gay marriage was just one…

and there are some Christian denominations (such as the Episcopal church) actually are PRO gay marriage and can now legally marry same sex couples in their churches. THERE is an example of actual religious liberty that these wingnuts don’t care about.

Dear god what have you done.

Meanwhile, at foxnews dot com...

As long as there are stereotyped-out-the-ass supporting straight characters.

There was a post going around Tumblr not too long ago talking about how we need a Vin Diesel x The Rock romcom where they raise a bunch of kids while working undercover for the government. I have NEVER wanted something so badly in my life. (Not even financial security.)

THANK you. I realize the value of making movies that shed light on the injustices same-sex couples can face, but damn... why does every single LGBT movie have to make me want to drown myself in a puddle of my own tears??