I went, the music was cool, but much of it was whiny white feminists having oppression olympics with each other. The who’s feminism is better swordfight? srlsy. no. Oh I was looking forward to the Valerie Solanas in character walking around spewing from her play and S.C.U.M Manifesto, but asshats got butt hurt and I…

This was also particularly delightful

Context is everything. A white Latina friend of mine wore a sari in a Hindu wedding ceremony when marrying her Indian-American husband. She wears a sari when celebrating religious and family events with her Indian in-laws. That is perfectly appropriate.

Carly will only pretend to give a shit if it polls well. Honestly, it’s in the GOP’s best interest not to support Planned Parenthood. Their entire platform is appealing to angry white men by being anti-gay, anti-black, anti-woman, anti-foreigners.

I pitched a major bawling fit in LAX, but in hindsight it’s one of my favorite stories. I was coming home from study abroad in Australia, and had a 7 hour layover at LAX before my flight home. I was dirty, tired, jetlagged, starving, and had a metric shit-ton of luggage. I couldn’t wait to check in my luggage, eat…

I ran into a young man, who, about 12 years before, had been in the special ed class I was the aide in. He remembered me and told me how much he appreciated all my help. I held it together, then cried when I got home. It was so good to see how well he had done.

Stop. Just stop. The article clearly states that she gave her ID. The assumption that your wonderful totally non-judgmental and non-racist and non-homophobic friends jumped to cost this woman 8 real days in jail where she did not belong and an immeasurable amount of humiliation, anger and sadness. You’re friends are…

Oh dear god no. This movie is painful to watch. Painful. The dialogue is ridiculous and overwrought, and the emotional “turmoil” of this entirely white, “hipster” cast is infuriating.. Nothing about that movie is genuine. This isn’t a movie about the realities of love at all. Jim Carey literally asks, “Why do I fall…

I’m just going to leave this right here.

Its the privilege of wearing something for “fun” and then taking it off. People of color don’t get to take that off. And historically, wearing their skin tone was used to mock Asians, black people, etc.

Since I’m seeing red, I’ll have David Dennis of The Guardian explain:

Because of the history of blackface. It’s original purpose was racist. Look up the history of blackface and minstrel shows.

I get it, Matthew Mills. I too cannot believe that it ever happened. I can’t believe that someone killed twenty first graders and 6 school employees. I get that it’s impossible to accept that all that happened and still not a single thing has changed in our gun laws. I further can’t believe that the gun lobby and…

True story - my mom and grandma have curly hair. My grandma had always gotten shit at jobs for her hair. When she finally got a union job, she wore a straight wig for her entire probationary period (a few months?) ad then the day after her probation was up, she wore her real hair to work and they couldn't say a damn…

I’m so tired of my curly hair not being “nice” or “professional” enough. It’s so ridiculous that curly hair has some kind of weird value attached to it.

I am a manic 8th grader

Ok! (All names changed to protect privacy) When I was 11, my very good friend Jane passed away after an awful several year battle with cancer. Among our group of friends, I was the only one who stuck around (not blaming anyone, we are in 5th grade, ffs) at the last painful bout and I held her hand at hospice hours…

Exactly. I give $100 to Planned Parenthood every time I drive by protestors in front of a woman’s health clinic near me. I have two teenaged daughters and we smile and wave, letting them know that their efforts are helping PP.

Once again: http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org

Oh, man. Sephora employee here. Let me just tell you, I have so many people who tell their friends that things work/don’t work because it didn’t work for them - while true of some products, MOST skincare is like a prescription. Your mileage may vary.