Having lived through a successful coup d’etat and a failed one, I fully agree. Even the latter was way less dramatic than this & with way fewer people. Even those with plausible deniability were executed. Military governments can be obsessed with security to the point of rabid, murderous paranoia. In a wealthy nation…

Thanks. I wanted to be succinct but it’s all so galling.

This is what family solidarity & allyship look like. So many men, especially religious & political leaders love declaring, “I’m not perfect” as pathetic reasons for gross misdeeds and severe character flaws. Whatever quarrels some may have with him, LeBron is out here consistently showing moral & material support for…

I did NOT know any of this about Karenga until reading the article you linked. While I’m thankful you did, I’m utterly horrified. I celebrate Kwanzaa even if it’s just by sending greetings and will continue to do so because I value the principles & that it was founded by African-Americans/Black Americans. I will…

I just learned all of this today. I’m horrified by Karenga’s actions.I read with repeated chills through me. I celebrate Kwanzaa and stand in solidarity with those who likewise strive to embody the principles contained therein. I was unaware its founding was collaborative. Thanks for your work.

Thanks for this, Sis, cos this is insulting in the extreme. It’s also galling that they’re so bloody unoriginal & obtuse. They see no contradiction in constantly stealing & repeating our meaningful slogans borne of suffering while claiming superiority. This bitch had 4 years under a president as loathsome as she, is…

1776 and well before it was called America.

ALL of This!!! That’s why even when Biden keeps saying, “This is not the real America”, it frustrates me to the point of more rapid heartbeats. The fig leaf is long gone & they’re not even attempting to cover themselves with a hand yet this murderous lie persists. This is a continuation of centuries of gaslighting.

This reminds me of a dessert my South Indian aunt used to make. It was bits of vermicelli in a sweet milk mixture- like watery condensed milk. 

My deepest (& belated) condolences. I’m so thankful you had loving, supportive parents. I hope beautiful, powerful memories like this one give you some comfort. I’m moved to tears by this story.

1)An indifferent or callous partner/co-parent is bad. True. For context, however, I must state that a woman who’s fine with helping a man betray the woman he’s with doesn’t get to cry victim when the same is done to her. Iggy Azalea did this to Keonna Greene when he was partnered with Nick Young.

It’s pretty disgusting who gets to have stories told on a loop versus those not deemed important enough to “merit” the focus. Part of the pattern: A)Systematic devaluing of people and places. B) Maintain a contrived, narrow narrative of A. If Nashville gets to watch and show solidarity when this happens elsewhere in…

This is so heartbreaking. The individual tragedy as well as the greater implications for us as a people. I don’t have the words. I’ve avoided this story for a while because it’s so painful. 

On topic: I wish these two sisters a successful verzuz and nostalgia for their work that ends up being lucrative.

I realized it was a problem when my cousin at the age of 8 was concerned about being fat. She was slightly chubby and was being bullied for two things at school (being Black and now, not being skinny). The world is hateful towards fat people so when even musculature is deemed “too much” it can bring out these fears.…

“Instruments, not ornaments”. Wonderful. I’ll be borrowing that. Thanks.

Wow, you took me back with LL licking his lips. LOL. I never dug it though, cos I enjoyed his music but never found him sexy. I was a Kane and Shock G girl, myself. But I always understood it to be for women because “Ladies Love Cool James”. His fitness was part of his brand but I heard he did this in recent years to…

See? I never even knew he got this done. There’s definitely a gendered view of this. And the fatphobia and misogyny to which women are subjected around size is considered normal since everything we do (or don’t) is policed.

I can’t help but think that statement was part of a sad, performative masculinity about “toughness” to mitigate the comments about his undergoing the procedure.

It’s been rumored that LL and Drake have done stuff like this as well as having abs and pecs “inserted” yet I must’ve missed the homophobic/femme-phobic vibe and the assumption that they’re not masculine or hetero as a result.