Most Londoners are as unbothered about this as we are about most things. I like Suits and her on it, I’ve come to like grown up Harry and it’s about time a member of the royal family acknowledged that they are a person of colour (cos plenty have passed historically). So I’m vaguely pleased about this wedding.

As a 90s kid this was the first and biggest political scandal I was aware of and I remember clearly the salacious language and frankly thirsty way the press portrayed this ‘affair’ between adults. Now to realise she was 22 and fresh from school, to his 50 and President, makes not just his actions foul, but the way it…

You think Europe is more sophisticated about sexuality because abuses of power are commonplace? As an outgoing (fuck you again Boris) European:

I CANNOT believe this has continued until now, and every new ‘critic’ finds a new offensive way to say the same damn thing about your fucking unambiguous statements.

As I said on a previous thread, I’ve cancelled several artists for various infractions. But because I can’t bring myself to cancel MJ I don’t judge anyone (outside of my home where I have to engage with it) for not cancelling an artist they love. Having said that, I gotta ask how people stomach the sexual explicitness…

There was nothing unclear about your original post, and if there were any questions, your exchange with cakes gave all the required explanation - for anyone genuinely trying to engage. Your two word, one finger response is exactly right for everyone else.

What do they have against proper grammar? Seriously though, his war on intellect might be the singular the success of his presidency.

Just scrolled up the madness. Wow.

Your past posts don’t scream troll so I’ll bite; there’s a logical fallacy to my not finding Glover sexy?

Great point. I wonder if my argument wonder still hold in terms of withdrawal of that support, especially as small groups of overzealous white fans get the renewable renewed and make the unforgivable forgivable.

Ugh I blissfully forgotten his attempts at sexiness.

It’s also worth remembering that ‘critical acclaim’ is a euphemism for white people’s acceptance and that is what is Glover is enjoying right now. That’s not to take away from his talent and accomplishments or suggest that black people don’t love him or that our love doesn’t matter. But the success he’s enjoying is…

Michael is best test case for me. We threw out R Kelly’s CDs (we old, we still have CDs) a few years ago when that Village Voice article resurfaced. My husband was a Stan, in fact R Kelly was one of only two artists he loved (Lionel Ritchie, he’d divorce me before cancelling Lionel no matter what he did), and we…

Since you’re already out of the greys I’ll bite.

Such an underrated actress. I think M:I2 was a misstep that seriously set her back because she really should be a huge star. She’s consistently great. Maeve was the single most compelling character and had the best story last year, and somehow boring Dolores got all the love.

Wow. And yet not surprised at all.

Lammy will likely never again have a prominent position in Labour because he stopped towing the Party line. But fuck them. The older he gets, the more unapologetic he is about standing up for the right of black people and marginalised people. And he’s wonderful, and we need him.

White people could get it, they choose not to. It’s wilful ignorance. We laughed about it in the SNL-We-Didn’t-Know-Beyonce-Was-Black skit. But we know it’s the same cognitive dissonance that allows them to love all things black, except black people. That allows my Brother In Law’s white girlfriend to use the same…

Agreed. On both counts actually.

Beyonce was to Coachella what Prince was to Halftime, MJ to Motown. The festival and its crowd honestly did not deserve the elevation, but the king is nothing if not gracious.