This is my Lucy:

I love this because my dog is named Sadie, and she came like that when I rescued her.

Mac (not Max) has as much energy at 3 as he did as a puppy - I predict a very long life for this little guy. (ETA: I realize, after posting this, the irony of writing about his energy while posting a picture of him sleeping. All I can say is that he gives 100% to everything he does, whether it's napping or barking at…

Especially when all the roles for older black women in Hollywood go to are so awful that they should be played by jackasses like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, or Tyler Perry.

I remember how upsetting it was when the cops who beat Rodney King were found not guilty. Now we're at the point where these cops aren't even being indicted, even though there is so much evidence that these cases should go to trial. Jesus, we're devolving as a country.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

"I became a police officer to help people and to protect those who can't protect themselves. It is never my intention to harm anyone and I feel very bad about the death of Mr. Garner. My family and I include him and his family in our prayers and I hope that they will accept my personal condolences for their …

Thank you! I'm copying this statistic for anyone who's interested (it's something I'd been wondering about):

I quit watching this show a long time ago, but my boyfriend and I always joked about his pristine white tennies.

Yeah, hope no one who was invested in the show but hadn't watched this far didn't read the HUGE SPOILER in the title.

Also this:

Every. Motherfucking. Time. And there's always a small part of me saying, "Maybe this time will be different. Maybe George Zimmerman will get punished because he's not a cop and doesn't have the same type of protection cops get. Maybe Darren Wilson will at least get indicted with the whole world watching him, so they…

Suddenly, New York City isn't so far removed from Ferguson or Cleveland or any other place where black people are killed with impunity.

Fuck everything.

I hear you. But might do it again.

That's the crazy thing. Like, if what happened to me had happened to someone else and they told me, I'd absolutely say it was rape. But it's so much harder to admit that about your own experience.

It took me 7 years to admit to MYSELF what happened and name it. It took another 5 years to tell my own mother what happened when I was a kid. I reported it to school officials but they buried it and admonished me, so I told NO ONE else what happened for years.

If the first person you tell (especially if they are…

For anyone who criticizes women for not reporting rape, or for taking a long time to come forward (I'm talking about those people who refuse to believe the allegations against Bill Cosby), you can see in this interview how hard it is for any woman to talk about it or admit that it happened to them. Even years later,…

Her remark about being defined by being raped makes me so angry at where we are in society. If it ever happened to me, that's one reason I wouldn't want to tell it. Once people know that about you, that's all they see when they look at you. I'd be pissed to have my accomplishments erased because I suffered a crime…