This white woman here appreciated the piece and the comment thread in total. I felt your point was heard and that there was an even number of voices between the white ‘butthurt feelings’ and the POC ‘listen to our voices’ crowd.
I read the piece by Kara and at one paragraph was like ‘That’s unfair!’ and also didn’t…

I think you have a point there. I live in the UK (as a European) and I campaigned for the Remain campaign. Almost everyone I talked to on the street and doors was like ‘Yup, voting remain’. Because I’m in London - I only reached very few people.
When the referendum was over, I pleaded with my US friends, said ‘Have the…

I am based in Europe and I’m not living in my home country so running for something is currently not an option (not planning to stay here long term). However I messaged my friend in the States who I think would be GREAT and she was like ‘you know what, I’ve been thinking about it’. I’m all like

Wait what? That’s a hoax right? It’s gotta be. Like, it’s GOTTA.
But then again what do I know? Every time I see a fake Trump tweet from a satirical account, I’m all like.... (edited because pic was yuuuge)

Just got back from the London one - my first protest! (this small town not so young girl had to start somewhere). It was amazing, our fantastic mayor Sadiq Khan was there and did NOT speak because he wasn’t going to take away from women’s voices but decided to just stand with them, and the turnout was triple what…

I’m just a youngin’ that grew up not being allowed to watch TV/movies much and have played catch up ever since. (and actually hasn’t seen Heathers so that’s going on my list!) Also, I may have watched The West Wing more times than I care to admit to the semi public.

Look for me it’s still Christian Slater then, Christian Slater now, Christian Slater forever. I do NOT know what it is but I do love that man. Maybe his West Wing character? I never even thought he was particularly hot not even in his younger days, and agree that he is rather a little smarmy looking. Buuuut still I…

I have absolutely NOTHING of importance to add, except that I’ve been to this island and it’s close to the place that I’m from :) Yay!
I am also required to bring Kinder eggs for my friends’ kids whenever I fly stateside. ALways makes me feel like the coolest auntie ever :)

Can I just say that on a brain level I’m like ‘Oh so cool Harry and Ms Markle are together, I wish them best of luck! Love that he’s not dating another bland upper middle class English white girl who’s been chasing him since St Andrews days (looking at you Kate cough cough)’

Right. I know I’m super late in this thread, but this just came up in my playlist:

Oh man, totally missed this thread (damn time zones!) but loved seeing that! Yay opera!

I have no idea how, but her books touched me more than any, and I’m a white, German middle class 20-something. I had never heard of her before she passed but when she did it was all over the news. I picked up ‘I know why the caged bird sings’ and didn’t stop until I had read everything by her.
Her story just touched me…

Just don’t forget, he’s a Brit. I’ve lived in this country for 5 years and I swear to god, to be a true Brit you have to apologise for everything! Like, if you bump into me, I’ll say ‘sorry’. If I drop a coin when picking up my change and therefore hold someone up for 10 seconds, I will say ‘sorry’. Trust me, he’s…

Why are we assuming he wants custody? He’s a shit bag. With Huma and the kid out of the house he can go on sexting as many hot young things as he wants....

Well, you’re not wrong. My friend (this is London, 2015!) applied for a job and didn’t get it in the end because she was engaged and her potential employers said they were worried she’d be distracted by wedding planning.

I hate this stuff. I’d love to live in a world where all things partnership/family related were an…

I just saw Kyle Chandler is in it. That’s literally the only reason I ever needed to watch anything!!!

Man there is soo much to this comment, thanks a lot! Will start with Gran Hotel straight away, as I am coincidentally also looking at ways of practicing my Spanish! Yay :)

The play was amazing! Really can’t wait for Mantel to finish the third book already!

Sadly I’ve never really found much access to poetry but that man could read a phone book to me and I’d listen! Him reading this is precious!

Where is that picture from anyways? Just asking out of... curiosity. :)