Wait... she's an idiot because she subjectively does not like it, or she's an idiot because she doesn't know the history of the song (which has no bearing on whether or not she likes it)? One has to like it, because of the history of the song? One has to study it in order to love it? Good to know.

That's why it's "that shit is corny..."

WTF does Jimi Hendrix have to do with T-Boz? It was good enough for him, so it should be good enough for her? Because...? I'm missing the connection. Did T-Boz tell everyone she prays to a secret altar of Jimi for inspiration? What a weird and arbitrary line to draw.

Yeah, I kinda backed into the whole thing vis a vis LaQueetagate. One of my friends posted it to me, because... well... it's damn outrageous. You decide to make up a fake Black cosigner AND you call her LaQueeta Jones?! Really? REALLY?! REALLY?!

I have to figure out how to work that into conversation for the rest of the week. You win the internet.

their fat bellies!

No, she basically lectures all of us on how we've gone too far in making an issue out of something that is truly an issue, and negates any respect for the women who spoke up by delivering a lecture on slavery that essentially says, "well, everything is connected to it, so it's all okay." Where is the respect for the…

Her post is not an apology, it's a justification. It very well illustrates how blind people— especially people who think they've already addressed racism and sexism— can be to their own privilege.

Wow, biblical? Sure. That's purely terrifying.

I fell in love with him when he played Sid Vicious (I know, I know). And yes, all these years later, he CAN STILL GET IT ALL DAMN DAY.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

And there's Richard Cohen's essay where he admitted that he thought slaves had been contented for the most part, and that Gone With the Wind was an accurate depiction of life for slaves, and that 12 Years a Slave finally made him see it was not. WTF?! It's crazy to me that people think things like this, but they…

In addition to his anti-gay remarks, I am very upset about his crazy statement about contented Black sharecroppers in the post-Reconstruction South. Whenever I bring this up (I should say, I'm African American), many of my friends (both Black and white) say, "why are you surprised about this?" And it's not that I'm…

ALWAYS.

You're absolutely correct. That was me moving too quickly.

One more thing— if you're giving props to Black women directing, and including TV shows you've left out Darnell Martin, who regularly works in television and this year alone has directed eps of The Vampire Diaries, Chicago Fire and Grimm.

I would also argue that although Lupita Nyong'o clearly deserves an Academy Award for her performance in 12Years, ALL of the women in that movie turned in amazing, nuanced and impactful performances, and most of those women were Black. With the very real possibility of four nominations for African American men…

That's not what it's about, actually. But it was also written in the 60's.

Everyone should buy "Truth is on its Way". It's amazing, to say the least.

The one on the far left, who is looking off camera: "What the fuck?! I'm trying to make a deadline, folks! This is some BULLSHIT. I'm walking..."