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Laura M. Sands
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Love the actress but the show’s depiction of the character Missandei is weird and I find her super uncomfortable to watch. In the books, she’s an actual child (like 10 years old) so it makes sense that she sees Dany as a mother figure and relies on her and tries to please her so much. I am soooo uncomfortable with her

No, they do not. And we must stop “internalizing” this kind of hate. I have consciously practiced not saying anything negative about my people for 4 years. I am finally free.

“I clutch my purse every time a white man is walking toward me.”

The Book of Peter is attributed to Peter the Apostle, not Jesus. Leviticus was WAY pre-Jesus, and condemned male homosexuality and eating shellfish, along with OKing enslavement of non-Hebrews. The Bible would truly be a “good book” if everything but the teachings of Jesus was tossed.

Yeah, no. Facebook lost my messaging business when it tried to compel me to install an app on my phone. That resulted in me uninstalling the FB app and using the mobile website. Then they turned off access to messages in the mobile website so I found out about the mbasic.facebook.com version. I suppose they could turn

Don’t be rude.

Wait - people still actually watch NetFlix on a browser >_<

Hopefully the homeless find a place to go.

So... 9 ate 7?

It would make really sad if they really killed the 7.... Its a great device with an excellent form factor.

Yes, I understand all of that. I grasp the connotation, and am aware of the lack of sensitivity, which is why I said it was careless & stupid of them to tweet it in the first place.

To me, it's just stupid insensitivity. Because even if the person who sent the tweet was only thinking "this is her most well known line from her most well known role," there IS baggage attached that white privilege lets white people ignore. I had to stop and think (as a white person trying to be a good ally) about

I do hope some take the article title very literally.

Google Dictionary is a nice one. Highlight a word and it pops up a definition.

For the briefest moment, I thought this was my subscription grid. I was really confused. Guess I'm not the only Yogsnaut on Gizmodo.