It’s a very weird hill to die on that parenthood - a common experience shared by the majority of people - is somehow antithetical to hip hop.   Good luck keeping that gate.

Its a holdover from when many infants died before, during or just after childbirth. 

She should take it to Antique Roadshow and have it appraised while the cameras roll - then we’ll know for sure :)

it’s oogly 

Shelter Cat Update!

Hello! As of yesterday I am fully vaccinated! Woo hoo Panama; lots of Latin America unfortunately remains in the weeds, virus-wise. Panama is doing well getting its people vaccinated, with free shots for everyone over 30 in a lot of locations around the country. So I’m going to drum circle on Wednesday for sure,…

Mr. Bieber’s outfit is largely fine

Justin Beiber’s outfit is not ‘largely fine’. It shows a complete contempt for the people he’s meeting.

Mr. Bieber’s outfit is largely fine

Shelter Cat Update!

My AC has been on and off since May. Humidity in Oklahoma is ruthless.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, an earnest musical man who started writing this thing 20 years ago, had what feels like enough time to make whatever adjustments were required, from the story to the casting, to be more inclusive? Like... if you are already doing the work to bring this unwieldy fantasia to life, then you might as…

The problem is that like in Sex and the City, and Friends, and Girls and most netflix shows, Hollywood is reinforcing that Black people (specifically non ambiguous/dark skinned Black people) just don’t exist in the worlds they create. We don’t live in New York, don’t have substantial stories to be told, we are maybe a…

...and maybe also quit using deeply offensive terms like “retarded.”

Lin’s approach to this very valid criticism has been a smart one, issue a statement, and he’ll probably won’t say anything else unless it’s brought up again, he also doesn’t control his Twitter account anymore, he used to be such a prolific tweeter that even a friend of his made an illustrated book about his good…

It’s always White-passing and fair-skinned Latinos that make this “Can’t you just be happy all latinidad?”

The director’s response was so cringe. Like...dude. Come the fuck on. He pulled the “best people for the roles” bullshit too. 🙄

Honestly, I think her experiences in film are a huge part of why she’s reacting the way she did. She spent a huge portion of her career in black-, brown- and even yellowface, being forced to take smaller parts than she deserved, because the big ones weren’t getting made. Miranda has done a lot of work to make it so…

I wondered why I was so triggered by this, then realized “can’t you just wait a while” was exactly what my very racist grandparents used to say about equal rights for minority groups.

It doesn’t hurt to have the conversation. Boycotting or whatever else would be stupid but it’s important to have people think about their biases and do better next time.