I think a public condemnation of Dr. Luke and refusal to work with him would have been a better way to go. That, of course, is riskier than writing a check.

She gave Kesha 250K to keep fighting Sony. That gesture speaks a thousand words and is a much stronger message than anything she could have tweeted. She, unlike other celebrites, took concrete action. But you’re bitching because she didn’t tweet?

I doubt it. She publicly gave her a quarter of a million dollars to fight a lawsuit against Sony. Saying she’d never work with Sony or Dr. Luke wouldn’t carry any weight because she’s with a different record label altogether and that would never happen anyways so you’re wrong actually, and condemning him and refusing…

You don’t need to defend Hitler, this isn’t the hill to die on.

Legal fees are insanely expensive. Putting up a good fight in her legal case will run Kesha millions of dollars.

Yeah, after this correction, where it seems like Meryl is not saying “white people count as diversity” (which is ludicrous) but “I can relate to films from other cultures because we share a common humanity,” (which is utterly uncontroversial) the people who need redemption (which still seems like a strong word) are…

I don’t see anything actually wrong with the comment now. She was asked if she can understand movies from certain cultures, and her response was basically, “I don’t know much about the intricacies of the Middle East but I think we all share some commonalities and I understand the humanities in those films.” Maybe I’m…

It’s a little more than “not exactly what happened.”

Yeah, I’m a woman of color and I think framing this as a competition for who gets to be chosen by hot white guys is missing the point about as much as it’s possible to.

Do we really have to make it about who gets “chosen” by men? A woman’s worth and beauty is not based on whether or not a hot dude wants to fuck her. I agree with your second sentiment though!

How is a picture of lips with lipstick on them sexualized? There’s nothing sexual about that photo.

Okay I am losing sleep over those lips because as a ghostly pale person, I will never be able to rock a dark purple like that. On me it looks goth, on her it looks chic as fuck.

Absolutely no mention of the phrase ‘slut shaming’ in either of those two links. In fact, the first is a slide show about how ridiculous these so called ‘violations’ are. Certainly not examples of what I was asking for.

...because school dress codes are pretty much only enforced on girls. I know, because I work in a school. The only boys that get called out are the ones with alcohol or drug references on their shirts, and even that is rare. The answer to, “Do boys get reprimanded for violating dress codes?” is “Mostly, no.”

That’s not what racism is. You don’t have to be displaying power over another race to be racist. I am white and straddling the poverty line, I have power over no one. If someone treats me like shit because I’m white, they’re still racist. I’ve known many Japanese people here in America that hate Koreans; it doesn’t…

I think you’re trying to change the definition of racism. The only thing “power” can do is make racist/prejudiced policies or comments significant. Trying to split hairs between “racist” and “prejudiced” is fairly ignorant at best and intellectually dishonest at worst. The only meaningful conclusion from your…

We’ll have to disagree on that. I get that minorities and other victims of racism cannot partake of systemic racism, but they sure as shit can be racist on an individual level. I’m not arguing that systemic racism is not orders of magnitude worse than a person of color hating white people, but that person of color is…

So if no charges are brought against someone, that means it never happened? No. That’s not how things work. Your argument is invalid.

Since it’s possible to be an addict, or promiscuous, or annoying and still be sexually assaulted or abused the personal attack seems mean and unnecessary.