I was hoping Sara would turn back up by the end

Thank you for this article. I am at present going through this right now. I am gonna bite the bullet and take my braids down next week and go 100% natural (minus hair color). I am finding it rather nerve-wracking. I haven’t been natural since I was a kid, and I’ve grown up with people being fascinated about black…

Thanks for this. In the midst of all the shit-losing, it was striking that we have absorbed so much of this that we only notice when it’s this incredibly tone deaf.

its not what they are talking about, its what they are not talking about.

Hmm, I have no problem with talking about a fake dick. I think fake dicks are very funny and worth talking about, actually! My problem is when in doing so, you characterize attempted rape as “seduction.”

It’s a funny fake dick, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t call his character a rapist.

There is only one shade emoji and it reigns supreme:

Kaepernick has a good head on his shoulders and is a decent player to boot. Those things make me doubt his NFL prospects.

I think Duane Johnson’s introduction of Lin-Manuel Miranda shows that he should host.

I feel like this is a unused promotion photo for “Get Out”

Someone tweeted that next year Viola should win an award for that speech. I agree.

Kara, this is fucking perfect. This is one of the best things you’ve ever written #onhere. This got me, a 39 year old black woman right in the gut:

I am having secondhand rage for you.

I would totally watch a movie with the ghost of Octavia Butler.

this is a good primer for a deeper understanding of marilyn monroe and what she meant/means to the culture. she was a good actor!

In my opinion, she is underrated as a comedic actress. She had great timing. I particularly love her in Some Like It Hot.

...No. If Philip Roth was allowed to write the same fucking story over and over, about boring, ruthless men on navel-gazing quests for sexual fulfillment — and win prizes for it — and be called one of the greatest writers of his generation — I think we as a culture can afford Beyoncé space to take what is personal to h…

You mean places without fully developed social safety nets and economic systems? Not sure how those are a relevant comparison.

Philatelic Geekery Moment: It's actually called a souvenir sheet, not a stamp sheet. A "sheet" of stamps is just a row-upon-row of single stamps. A souvenir sheet is more like a fancy print with stamp-shaped cutouts in it.

“You have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”