So since we care about law and order so much there’s definitely an investigation into who raped her, and that guy is going to be arrested, yes?

In a mere 5 paragraphs you’ve managed to perfectly encapsulate this discussion in a manner that is not offensive to biracial people, nor to those in interracial relationships. If you were able to do that so easily, why the hell couldn’t the author of this post?

My pale European blend of paleness wife and I, a Sri Lankan guy, are thrilled every time we see an interracial couple in the media. Doesn’t matter if it’s a Cheerios commercial or an episode of Happy Endings or Sense8 or Firefly, it’s good to see some kind of reflection of us, even if it’s not a perfect reflection.

I’m a brown man and I fell in love with a white woman. We have two beautiful children together. I don’t know what this rant of an article intends to prove, but when I fell in love with that person, I didn’t see myself falling in love with a white girl just to achieve some sort of American Dream. It was just that…

Especially considering Kumail is from a Muslim family and a predominantly Muslim country. In the current climate having a Muslim on screen that isn’t some awful stereotype feels good.

And it hits home as a critique of those of us that are in interracial relationships as well. That may not be the intent of the authors of these pieces, but it easily comes across as such. My SO and I are sick of people insinuating our relationship is either a fetish or a cultural malady.

No it is an honest take about hateful garbage.

Yeah...I sort of hate that this movie is being used as the laundry line that airs these issues. It’s an important point that deserves to be heard, but this is literally the third article I’ve read online about The Big Sick mainly discussing issues with white women/Asian men onscreen. It starts feeling like a…

Thank you. I came here to say this. People keep asking for stories about real people that are inclusive. THIS IS A FUCKING REAL STORY THAT IS INCLUSIVE. SO REAL IN FACT THAT IT FUCKING HAPPENED. Unless white women now have to either date within their race or no one is allowed to tell true stories about interracial…

THANK YOU. As a biracial woman, I am tired of people saying my parents love was invalid. That it was just serving colonialism or serving to oppress black women. If women of color really do not hold men to be the locus of their lives, then do Kumaili and Aziz really need to represent brown women on screen for them? Let…

Personally I’m tired of people attacking interracial relationships. I hated when Jill Scott did it several years ago and I hate it now. Because underneath the rant about interracial relationships is the hatred of biracial people. We get it, you don’t think we should exist.

I agree but isn’t this particular movie a true story? I don’t think it belongs quite in the same category because it was Kumail’s real life experience with his current partner and not a fictional creation. Thoughts?

They can both be terrible people and we can still want him to go to jail for revenge porn. They are clearly both shit humans.

I love how differently the internet reacts when the nudes of someone like Blac Chyna get leaked versus somebody like J. Law. The comments are always filled with like “oh they’re both terrible, who cares?” kind of chat, but when it’s J. Law or another white actress, it’s like “OMG protect Emma! Revenge porn is evil.”

It seems like a way to force kids into the military? Most kids in my high school couldn’t get jobs, everyone wanted one and maybe like at most 15% found something minimum wage (Generation Me, so entitled hayyy) and since anyone who’s parents are willing and able to give them like $1000 can do one term at CC it seems…

I hate, hate, hate punitive shit like this. Why not an incentive, like if you enroll in college or the military or get a job within a year of graduating you receive a one time bursary or tax rebate?

It seems to me that ensuring you do the opposite of what the patriarchy expects is still allowing yourself and your choices to be dictated by the expectations of the patriarchy. I’d rather not give any faecal material whatsoever, and instead go with whichever choices makes me happiest and most comfortable.

I disagree vehemently with what you’re saying here:

If you think you’re going to change beauty standards more quickly by being personally critical and judgemental, history begs to differ. Beauty standards change on a macro level due to all sorts of factors, technological advances being one of the major reasons. Wars, political leadership, the entertainment industry and…

Because some of us just LIKE this stuff, and I feel like that should be ok. Not all of us who eat placenta, get acupuncture, avoid GMO’s, antibiotics and processed foods are anti-vaxxing, anti-science lunatics. Some of us feel safe in a holistic approach to medicine and prefer that before turning to conventional…