From the LA Times article:

I work with wealthy families. In the internet age, it’s important to talk to the kids about money because....they already know. And, if rich mom/dad think that motivation is going to be a problem, they had better come right out and tell kid(s) that they’re not getting (all) the money. Because the type to coast - if…

Yeah I still think those exercises have their place and value, but many curricular materials focus heavily on 80’s-era “identity politics” (which I agree these conservative groups are lampooning here—unfairly and inaccurately IMO) and haven’t caught up to the way identities are increasingly digitized and globalized.…

Yes, stuff like that is still done (the Peggy McIntosh knapsack exercises, etc.) It’s kind of cliche but the students enjoy it. Lately I’ve been experimenting more with visual culture analysis though—having students bring in resources (books, movies, cartoons etc.) that influenced their ideas about diversity and their…

Isn't Shakur charged with being there (like an accessory) rather than being the shooter? Felony murder means that doesn't it? So that gun residue thing is irrelevant isn't it. Also I haven't looked up the case recently but didn't they find loads of the shell casings in her bag? If she wasn't present how did they get…

I honestly don't know why the article has such a derisive tone.

I honestly don't know why the article has such a derisive tone. Rolling Stone and UVA fucked up. Majorly fucked up. While I do think that the alcohol rules seem sensible, the fraternities who weren't involved in the scandal shouldn't have been suspended in the first place. At least without a thorough…

Right? It's hardly a major social justice issue and I'm annoyed I even have to stan for these irritating little shits, but the UVA frats are 0% to blame for this mess and there was no good reason to suspend them. I don't blame them for feeling stung here.

Look, I have never been a fan of the Greek system but the school punished them for something that never happened.

I am not convinced it is either, but like you, it's been an awfully long time since I saw it. I don't recall being marginalised while seeing it, though. That said, I don't know why they can't perform the original, and then follow it up with a second Inspired By kind of thing with addition monologues... I dunno. I'm…

As a trans woman invested in owning a vagina, literally (monetarily) and figuratively (emotionally), and physically (yeah that one is obvious), I find this silly. If there are issues with the play, then add some monologues about SRS vaginas. I think that would be awesome.

You know, before Jezebel starts its Iggy Article Love-to-Hate-fest I really didn't know much about her. After a couple articles I decided I really didn't like her.

Yeah, I agree the criticism of him is overblown and he's generally a reasonable, well-intentioned person. Nonetheless, it's considered poor form for venues like Jezebel to uncritically applaud, side-with, or even mention him. So if we're being that unforgiving, then to completely gloss of Azalea Banks's bullshit is…

Savage usually takes criticism well, re-thinks his positions when someone convinces him he's wrong, and goes out of his way to address the issues against him publicly in an honest way. I really don't get all the hate for him. In a lot of ways he's been a great public example of how to "stand corrected" with dignity…

I find it oddly patronizing towards black women that Banks gets a pass on saying such vile, hateful things.

I thought about writing a giant rebuttal to this hilarious attempt at a "think piece", but I think this picture is the only rebuttal that matters.

"I don't know which is worse, the unrepentant killer or the man who insists to the end that he meant well."

Uh, it's the unrepentant killer. I mean, I sympathize with a lot of what you're saying here, but let's be super clear: it's much worse when society isn't just oblivious and ashamed about racism but totally on…

There are 3 PoC models in the pic at the top. Having WoC in show the top new young models is a rare treat in recent years. Since the 90's there have been less and less WoC on major magazine publications.

I don't know the answer to this because it's still so complicated, but I do find it interesting.

So if a 6'5", 300lb man vader-chokes a small, elderly, Asian shopkeeper and is loose on the streets, are you allowed to tell people he's black, or should they just guess?