this stupid video is damn sure not enough. are you satisfied & convinced that celebrities making it appear to be about themselves is “woke” ? the video rings hollow and ironic (regardless of any action or POC behind it, which the casual observer doesn’t know until they click a few more links.. which few do..)

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think actual apologies come with a fill-in-the-blank section.” - brilliant.

Maiysha, not glossing over your amazing article, I just wanted to say how beautiful & poignant that header illustration is 💜 -- a compliment to your always compelling writing

wow you described our size so perfectly (and my feelings re: anthro right now) twinsies...

that is an insult to Kraft dinner

really leaning into the supposedly feminist, huh?

off all the white house related things, these reports make me the most pettily angry. why don’t people in his presence grow a fucking spine? when is ANYONE going to speak truth to this ingrate’s face‽ these are low stakes things to call him out on, just fucking do it.

Whatever.

hehehe bless you for this only laugh in a day of sad sighs

that last quote is the truth... I feel even deeper heartbreak when the buttoned-up media response to riots is “well aaaaactually, this does little to bring justice”

they are fucking terrible actors... embarrassingly terrible. these disgusting people used a child as a disposable prop.

sometimes I randomly hum the theme song to myself... ‘hoooo oooh ooh oooooh, ooOOO oooooh...!’

thank

way to bury the lede & mention Hasan last! swoon ❤️

oh god... we’ve stepped entirely into a 30 rock alternate universe

one of the things I’ve always loved seeing in everyone’s photos/memories are pictures of family at the Copa. many NY/NJ children and grandchildren have a ‘grandma&grandpa/poppop & nana/abuelo y abuela/nonno & nona’ picture at the Copa from the 60s. I wonder if it’s regional?

wonderfully off-topic! I am soooo jealous of such a truly excellent anecdote hehe

it’s actually been harder to keep my perspective of the relationship afloat.. he sweetly assumed I’d hunker down at his apt, I happily packed a bag, neither of us knowing how long it’d last. it’s been a wonderful, mostly easy few months, but now I find myself overthinking us & everything about us. (e.g. is it bad we…

jinni I always notice & love your descriptions of people-watching, and enjoying the world around us with a book & a cuppa.

second time ever I’m skipping the article & commenting before I read (first one was the dogs > cats nonsense), just to say: