“Recall the town hall in 2008 where a woman stood up, called President Obama an Arab, and he interrupted and took the mic away from her saying, ‘No ma’am. He’s a decent family man.’”

Huh. It’s interesting that you remember that as a positive moment. As an Arab American, that’s one of the things I will never forgive him…

Oh wow, eyes and upward, he definitely does here.

Absolutely. And I died at her Jake Tapper o-face.

She literally called him up to tell him to stop tweeting and clarify that he doesn’t agree with everything Trump does. She has been vocal in her hatred of Trump in the past. Her defense of him is bullshit, but he’s her husband, and it’s to be expected — why is this her fault?

“Obviously, she didn’t watch the movie. Probably hard to because it reads like a documentary of her whole family.”

Dude, I just snorted coffee up my nose. Not cool! (WALL!)  

I’ve had massages where the therapist climbed onto the table to use her feet (I have chronic neck problems, so I’ve tried basically every type of massage I can find).

Yeah, I feel like we JUST had an article on here about the people around Stan Lee taking advantage of his trust and trying to weasel him out of his estate? Seems like something relevant to accusations being made against him now.

I am third out of five children (and verrry much a middle child), so I can relate. I try to remind myself that our parents are humans who, despite doing the best they can, are basically fuck-ups, faking it at almost all times. So that’s how I forgive my parents for their failings during my childhood.

Abuse? Where? You can’t categorize every “bad thing” as abuse.

You didn’t offend me, I’m sorry. This whole thread is stressing me out. You nailed it when you described the whole video as “orientalist.”

“Where is the line between cultural appropriation and just wearing something because you like the way it makes you look and feel?”

She’s not wearing traditional Bedouin clothing. She’s trying to look like she’s in the Arab Gulf, specifically, Dubai (re: the skyline, the cheetah, the men’s clothing in the video). And the reglious wear I am referring to is hijab and niqab — basically the most recognizable clothing of Muslim women. She’s wearing a…

“Clothes she thought made her look like she had money”

I mean, it’s pretty straightforward. Hijab and niqab.

Dude, seriously? I literally just posted about feeling bad for liking her after all the cultural appropriation and fetishization in the Bodak Yellow video, then I click through to “Pending Posts” and see that this is a pattern of gross behavior. Damn.

I really tried not to like her because of the EGREGIOUS cultural appropriation and fetishization of religious symbols in the Bodak Yellow video — But damn is she charming on Love and Hip Hop, and damn if I don’t get pumped when Finesse comes on. She is definitely a problematic, guilty pleasure for me. Like, as Muslim…

Thanks for the encouragement. Hope the rest of your pregnancy goes smoothly!

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I’m in the greys, so this is a waste of time, but I am really tired of trying to get pregnant. It hasn’t even been that long, and I am already so fucking drained. I am furious at myself for thinking this was going to be easy, I am mad of my body for refusing to do what I want it to do, and I am sick of talking to…

Your ramblings certainly made sense to me. It can be so easy to get held back by the narrative we tell ourselves about who we are — even after we’ve grown and changed, it can take years to update our self-perceptions. I’m no professional, but I think this is something you should explore. You’re not punishing your…