I gave up on Empire storylines so I just rate the episodes by how often you can see Andre’s tush in those tight pants.

Deadspin doesn’t even go here.

This was actually a great episode, probably the best of the entire series. I agree that bottle episodes are where Lena shines the most. Hopefully after Girls is done, she’ll realize that she needs to be behind the scenes and not getting on our last nerves on camera (and through terrible memoirs).

I always give my +1 to the friend most likely to give me water and make sure I don’t fall off the damn boat. If that’s you then come on in the room.

someone’s gotta do it!

Every year, there’s this event called Whiskies of the World where you get to go on this docked yacht and drink unlimited whiskey for about 3 hours. I basically test the limits of my liver and I’m fine if I die. There’s also seminars but who has time for all that.

When Beyonce dropped self-titled, I was LIT during an office party.

You know, I’m going to leave the slavery bit alone for my own health.

No worries.

Looking at the photo this commenter posted, can you tell the difference between the braids in that photo and the photos Kara listed above in the post? If so, I don’t see this point in this comment. No one has claimed ALL braids but cornrows is a very specific type of braid to black people. This is serious derailing.

black people never claimed all braids. this article isn’t even about all braids.

I really need to buy a black beret.

I got a package of their stuff once from work. I kept the bee pollen because that’s literally the only thing that made sense. I made one hell of a Bee’s Knees cocktail with it though, that’s for sure.

Also LOL at them trying to find some other black person there and being like “Fuck it—cut to Denzel.” Things really haven’t changed.

I agree with Halle but the thing I remember most about that year’s Academy Awards was Gwyneth Paltrow’s terrible, depressing, soul-sucking dress.

Let me sign up for this real quick

She has to be depressed because god forbid she doesn’t want to read about a dog? Good grief.

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.

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?

nice de-railing, kinja.