Wow! Uh, that is pretty much what I did when she told me! I am NOT kidding!

You haven't heard of Joe Tex?! Yes — Tom Robbins was DEFINITELY referencing the song! You are nymed after one of his most famous songs — a song, I might point out, that shows a real difference between standards of beauty in the white and black community. This is germane, right — we are speaking about issues of…

A committed relationship, too? Wow. RuPaul does everything right.

Well, I have a story for you! It's about me (yay me). A friend of mine was working for Hyperion Press (I think) when RuPaul published a book with them and she had to take Ru around — she was an assistant. Anyway, she told Ru all about me and my habit of getting involved in things even if they look dangerous — just…

This is hands down the absolute best thing I have read on this topic all day. Thank you for writing it. Succinct — sharp — you'd better be a teacher! You are too awesome not to be. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Wow. I am impressed. I am impressed that you call yourself a feminist because so few people do (I do). I am also impressed that you call yourself a feminist and are a person of color because from what I have read it seems that POC are moving away from the term feminist because they think it's racist. I don't think…

In response to your comment, " "Sometime i wonder why no one ever does shit like this where the Jews were killed." don't worry! People do some pretty fucked up shit where Jews were killed. This is not exactly analogous to what Ani DiFranco wanted, but it's fucked up. Have you heard of the quenelle? The quenelle is…

Honestly, the most dangerous drug around right now is the fluoroquinolone family of antibiotics. That includes Cipro, Levaquin, Avelox, etc. NEVER take one. Never let a loved on take one. Google "floxed" and "Levaquin" or "floxed" and "cipro" and you'll see. Tell your MD you are allergic to fluoroquinolones. …

You say some unfair things and twist my words. For example, when I said, "I have heard of the field slaves/house slaves thing before — I just have never seen the data to back it up. So I don't know if it's true."

I think they are both funny as hell. I have rolled on the floor, tears coming out of my eyes, because of both of them. They give me so much joy. Obese? Not obese? Who CARES? The older I get, the more I realize that my father raised me wrong. He taught me these things weren't important — what was important was…

Oh, I have seen it happen. I know it happens — judgment based on skintone, I mean. I just don't like it. And I see it way more with POC that with whites. Every time I taught The Bluest Eye we would talk about this — the whole Maureen Peal thing. And every time at least one kid would say, "Why are we doing this to…

Wait — I read it again and got it. You said that my suggestion that just because white people don't care about skin tone, POC should either is absurd. WHY? Do you think it makes SENSE to judge by skin tone? I don't. I think it is absurd to judge by skin tone. It tells you nothing about a person — not their…

Nice. I write, "Thank you again for all the stuff you included in your post... I know it must have been work for you to find it — so, thanks. If you do find data on the field/house slaves, please do post it. Happy New Year."

and you write, "

I am NOT trolling. WHY do you say I am? What have I said that makes you think I am? Actually, to be honest — I wonder if you are. You are becoming enraged and accusing me of all kinds of things — but you aren't showing me what I said that was awful. You are not communicating in any effective or polite way. Why…

I am not a representative of all white people. However, I AM a white person. You may think that some white people treat light-skinned people better. As a white person, I have to say — ultimately, if a father is going to flip out because his white daughter brought home a black guy, it wouldn't matter if he were…

"Is that a 'white' thing to think you your book?"

I have heard of the field slaves/house slaves thing before — I just have never seen the data to back it up. So I don't know if it's true. It just seems to me that anyone running a plantation would put people where they worked best. A good cook would cook — a stronger or more dextrous person would be in the fields —…

Eva wrote:
"I didn't say that she wouldn't succeed or that she shouldn't try to start a business. I just agreed that it would be very hard to do. Speaking personally, being dark, poor, and ugly is not a good combination (again, I'm two of those things—dark and ugly— and I still struggle). "

I wrote: "Stop it! Stop it…

Interesting — I didn't say anything to you. I didn't respond to anything you said. So I really have no idea what you are talking about. Why are you saying I have a white messiah complex? I don't know, since I said NOTHING to you. And why are you saying that I am saying anything because I am WHITE. Maybe I am…

Stop it! Stop it RIGHT NOW! That is your New Year's Resolution. You are not allowed to say bad things about yourself anymore. You aren't ugly. Stop saying it. Are you dark? Yes — you say you are. And that is NOT BAD. Not at all. And you're not ugly. I don't care who told you that you were. You're not. …