I skimmed the article so forgive me if this was mentioned, but her preteen son was originally a twin. His twin/her other son died as a baby. I totally get your comment but she has definitely experienced tragedy and pain which might contribute to some of her feelings of ennui. 

Yeah, to me it is wild they are suing. I’m a teacher and while I didn’t sign up for this, if I had and then found it was just a giveaway, I’d probably laugh about it/say something snarky in my teacher friends group chat, and then move on with my life. 

This is why their apologies ring hollow. They don’t know why they’re apologizing. In their minds, they’re thinking “we don’t hate black people, we weren’t trying to get her in trouble because she’s black!” instead of realizing that they 1) associated a black woman with stealing and 2) saw a picture of a black woman on…

It is WILD to me they not only called the police but also the military police. I mean this is truly insane, evil shit. 

I’ve despised Stassi for years precisely because she has always been VERY problematic and offensive, but her white privilege has continuously shielded her from ever having to take accountability. Not only has she never taken accountability or learned, but she has only grown in popularity and gained a larger platform.…

UDC is also responsible for the naming of Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville in the 1950s. They lobbied for this name as a direct response to integrating schools and the civil rights movement. The name wasn’t changed until 2013. These women do some truly heinous shit.

Also, Reese Witherspoon is actually a pretty strong advocate and ally, especially for a celebrity. She has done a lot of work to bring awareness to issues in our country and frequently features black women authors in her book club. Its weird to go after her.

Yes exactly. I feel like when white women start to say “my fellow white woman” its centering them at the conversation. I’ve also seen tweets along the lines of “I am so embarrassed to be a white woman.” These are weird and unhelpful things to say because its not about us. Its about systemic racism and the role we play…

Exactly. If someone started a thread called “Let’s discuss levels of taxation in different regions through America!” or something, yeah, that’s unnecessary politics. But these were skaters talking about their direct experiences.

Wow! I literally JUST (an hour ago) joined the Planet Roller Skaters FB group and read the posts and watched the video. I just left the group. I, like most people in quarantine, bought a pair of skates (and had a hell of a time just FINDING pair) and can’t wait to start skating. It seemed like the community was so…

Ugh, I know I’m going to come across as contrarian, but I don’t really believe that she looks like that in real life. I think that photo is just extremely, EXTREMELY photo-shopped. 

Ugh, yes. I actually was just ranting to my boyfriend this morning over breakfast about how my newest Quarantine Qualm (something repeated ad nauseum during all of this) are these vague, subjective, doomsday statements of “well life as we know it will never really be the same.” Like...what does that mean? Do you mean…

I think the issue is that she is trying to frame this as empowering. Like it seems to me that she is saying “I like being submissive and passive, and being taken advantage of by men, and I consider that to be feminist.” Which is problematic and an example of “choice feminism” gone even more awry. 

She’s a super weird figure who despite everything managed to get a strong fanbase. Remember her early performance on SNL? I thought for sure she’d never go anywhere after that. Her whole persona was like blatantly marketed and created, which many pop stars do, but in her position I didn’t think it’d work because she…

Oh no no no. Do not get me started on the “selfish” claim. Even as a child I never understood how not having kids was selfish. In order to be selfish, you have to put yourself before someone/something else. If you don’t create a child, then how exactly are you being selfish? WHO are you being selfish towards? There is…

It is truly wild to me that people continue having children knowing what we know about climate change. 

I think it is absurd and outrageous that Alison Roman was placed on leave. She talked some shit in public and now her career should be ruined?

You know what, I have to agree. I want to make it clear that I am doing what is expected of me in our society and I wear a mask when I leave the house. However, I am frustrated at the messaging surrounding masks. I remember vividly in March when the Surgeon General made a full announcement saying not to wear masks. So…

I’m seeing a few posts about being ghosted and it makes me feel better. My story is similar. I had a best friend and then a group of friends. I had a falling out with some people in the group of friends. My best friend was unconnected to that group - she only knew them through me on a casual basis. After my falling…

I just wanted to send some good vibes your way after reading this. I had a similarly hard ending with my best friend from college, but ours was more abrupt. Essentially, I had a falling out with some other friends, and I don’t know what happened, but she decided to ghost me. She unfriended me on Facebook and never…