I’m a product of one of the academic specialized high schools and all aboard the leave LaGaurdia alone train. Like there are now 7 or 8 schools focused on top notch academics plus a host of charter schools, the BOE can afford to let LaGaurdia do its thing and maybe even expand the model so more kids from underserved…

Awful. Some kids just don’t do well in traditional school environments, and they NEED this kind of alternative.

This was a lovely piece, and I feel like we don't hear enough from Adrienne or about this character. As a Jewish woman, I was really surprised when she decided to look into conversion, but it felt so right that it was her and not someone else. She so perfectly described the concepts of wrestling with learning and…

That was during event finals. During team finals, Gabby also did bars. Her score counted there and helped them there.

This was a really thoughtful interview, and I’m so sorry about your mother’s cancer.

Then the hatred should be aimed at the Karolyis, not Douglass.

3 guesses

I feel really bad for Gabby. She’s talked about the racism she’s had to deal with in the sport since she was a child. She said she used to go home crying after practice. I think that has made her more standoffish and less perky which for some stupid reason offends people. The criticism of her hair and looks was…

Oh please, as if most of the people who are getting off shitting all over her are aware of any supposed shit her mother supposedly stirred. The grand majority of this hate is just the Internet’s favorite past time, tearing down and shitting all over a Black woman.

Please never ever use “coonbot” in a sentence ever again unless it’s to tell someone else why it’s a shitty word to use. There is no requirement that you like Jones or even respect her but try not to adopt racially insensitive and divisive words when talking about people that you yourself describe as part of your own…

Yeah, they were oddly angry about Marta’s pick even though it was proven correct: she was an experienced generalist and the 3rd best all around gymnast in the world. Why should she have been left off the team? But instead of the doomsayers realizing their assessment was unfounded, they continued to nitpick every…

Entirely disagree. That oxblood lipstick won the makeup gold by like 100000 points.

What the fuck is wrong with people? She hasn’t been sour, she’s been serious. It’s a serious endeavor. She’s a THREE-TIME gold medalist in TWO Olympics. What the fuck have any of you done?

I believe that because Gabby paved the way, Simone’s road to victory was just a little less difficult. Gabby dealt with the brunt of the racially based criticism 4 years ago and although I bet that isn’t completely gone away (Italy), it seems better. Finally, all you haters can $#*& off. When have you experienced or…

What does u being multiracial have to do with anything. If anything u saying that makes me believe you’re white.

Hot take: White people don’t know how to season meat.

For the love of God, white people, spice you food.

Awesome. :)

It’s not, but truly, it’s more NBC’s fault than yours. We can’t expect the whole internet to wait until NBC chooses to show it to us.

It’s Tyrese. It’s always Tyrese. He feuds with everyone, including his own “super” group.