“Latent homophobic rage” seems off-base. I think it’s more likely that these guys dislike other guys who are better looking and receive more female attention than themselves. It can certainly manifest as homophobia as some segment of that group would surely try to project themselves as more manly than the “pretty…

Not sure I follow. If he’s outwardly exhibiting queer aesthetics and is hugely visible then how is his personal life shielded from homophobia or whatever else you suggest is absent from his “safe, powerful, legally-protected, rich white cis straight life”. Doesn’t the act of wearing the dress put him in the same boat…

This is so stupid. People want to see her play her final tournament, it’s got nothing to do with expecting her to win or lose.

But in this case there are no cockroaches. We don’t even know what was said let alone who said it. I’m not saying they shouldn’t report on tangible acts of racism or racist comments that verifiable humans make, but wtf are any of us supposed to do with the information in this article?

But if a tree falls in the woods with no one to hear it does it really warrant an article on The Root?

I don’t get why this is newsworthy. We get these stories literally every single time a Black actor gets a role. Some internet dipshits said some non-descript racist garbage. Who cares? I wish we could stop reporting on things that anonymous nobodies say online as though it’s an actual event. 

I thought it was awful for the reasons you described. I just don’t understand how anyone could think that Jimmy/Saul’s trade-off of dying in prison for one more cigarette with Brunette Kim is a satisfying or believable ending to this series. What’s so great about Brunette Kim? At this point she left him 8 years ago…

But there’s no requirement to credit this way and it’s a weird way of doing it that muddies the actual songwriting and leads to misconceptions about who’s actually making the music. Beyonce either feels VERY strongly that everyone who ever influenced her in any way should get a songwriting credit on her album, or she…

You’re acting like a republican.

That’s a deliberately bad faith reading.

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Generally the fans of minor league baseball teams root for or have some connection to the big league affiliate of their team, if for no other reason than many of the players they root for end up on that team. Omaha Storm Chasers players will go on to be Kansas City Royals. That’s the connection. That’s what he’s…

This is a fucking lame comment. Get the fuck over yourself.

A few things:

Yawn.

The US State Department ruled her “wrongfully detained”. It’s a very early step in an extremely long process. It doesn’t mean that she didn’t commit the crime she’s accused of, but that our government has determined that her continued detainment is unlawful. 

Pretty lame series but at least there were a couple of good games. I will say every game was high-intensity throughout, if not close down to the wire. It’s just frustrating watching a good team like GS flop their way to a championship.

Yawn

It wasn’t a racist comment. You’re willfully ignoring the context.

The NCAA doesn’t set the schedules, the schools do that in coordination with each other. In Alabama’s case, because their conference is the most difficult in the NCAA, they load their non-conference schedule with cupcakes because they want to protect their record and their standing in the playoff rankings, in case they…