Can you read? I said: “one of the greatest rappers of all time”

I nearly fell out when I heard the part about Nicki’s brother. I literally had my hand to my chest while listening to this entire thing.

And... this is exactly why I can’t hate on her. You go Kim.

I love this. Unexpectedly, I think I love her too? I’ve never watched her show, I won’t buy her app, but I get THIS. I wish I felt as comfortable and confident in my skin as she seems to. I admire her willingness to be herself, no matter what. Sure, she’s silly and ridiculous, but she’s got some serious hustle and she…

Well, to put it more precisely, you didn’t think about it because for you it is more automatic to empathize with fictional animals than actual black girls.

Ugh, still...you still think it’s weird for an 11-year-old to say she’s tired of reading about dogs in the context of her talking about how she wants to read stories that reflect herself? I mean...okay.

Can we not perpetuate the stereotype that black people don’t care about animals, please?

Even if you were reading it correctly and she was tired of reading about boys and dogs separately, you read an entire article about a black girl trying to help other black girls by sending them books with protagonists that reflect them and that’s all you got out of it? What about the dogs?

IDK about this particular little girl, but having been a Black girl - I always thought White folks were overly obsessed with their pets. Dog as man’s best friend is not accepted across all cultures. Animals are nice and all, but hardly interesting as fictional characters. Additionally, it must be irritating as fuck to…

I feel like most popular children’s books with black girl protagonists are historical books (about slavery or the civil rights movement), and while those topics are undoubtedly very important, it’s like... Being black isn’t the only thing that black girls have to offer. And don’t even get me started on the white…

The point is that dogs are seen as more deserving protagonists for children’s books than black girls. There’s nothing wrong with reading about dogs (I loooooooove dogs). But there’s a problem when so many authors are seeing them as more relatable than black human girls.

Thanks for the simple act of listing this under terrorism. The gymnastics people are displaying to avoid that word/ definition of this act staggers my mind.

My engagement ring is alexandrite. It changes colour depending on the light. In natural light it’s pink. Under artificial light it’s blue. Under sodium vapour light it’s deep red. In a mixture of artificial and natural light it colour swirls.

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH.

I’m just basic as hell: I didn’t necessarily want a big diamond, I just wanted someone who could afford one.

Ohmygod this is the ring from Independence day that Will Smith gives, isn’t it? Why I recognize such a thing is beyond me.

It's the little things. Like I like crazy color hair and I work in an industry where that's not a big deal at all. In fact, it's practically encouraged. Yet I worry that if I dye my hair Kool-Aid pink, I'll be all kinds of ratchet and ghetto.

Yeah, I think that we, as white people, HAVE to step away from the idea that racism is something intentional and conscious and deliberately cruel/prejudicial/harmful. It's so much more than that narrow set of racist actions, and it's absolutely true that we are ALL racist in that we have all internalized these ideas…

Am I overthinking? Am I just being paranoid? It's exhausting.