Came here to say the same thing. Clover is brilliant.

The Grammys have been teetering on complete irrelevance for years,but I’m waiting to see if Beyonce wins for Lemonade- then they’re redeemable. They’re still too steeped in white supremacist patriarchy, but it would demonstrate that they’re not completely out of touch.

This is vital

You’re right, the white rose isn’t the official flower, just a very popular unofficial symbol, used frequently in poetry.

Yeah, I’m really into literature and Film Theory, so I’m a big fan of any kind of symbolism...and Shade is just fun for the pettiness.

It could be, but there is a lot of different symbolism that could potentially be happening.

I love her and she’s right. There is a myth that the oppressed, abused, and underprivileged cannot be abusive. The oppressed cannot oppress the oppressor and self-defense is not abuse: however, when we confront other marginalized people for internalized bigotry or perpetuating oppression, we should remember that they…

Not astonishing if you’ve been through it...but if you’re a person with a conscience, yeah, it’s hard to wrap your mind around sadism.

“Why didn’t you call the police?”

I think two things can be true here. It can be true that she is both a victim and a villian, and it can be true that we should want to end both her victimhood and her villiany.

I sincerely wish you the best through all of this, your fears are rational, but anxiety also causes pain, and you don’t deserve to suffer. I hope you are able to take care of yourself as you endeavor to help others, too.

If distance and money are your limitation, you can likely find a local “sister march” happening on the same day with the same solidarity at the link. It’s global!

You nailed it. Not to mention knitting is a valuable skill practiced for centuries and represents self-reliance in an overly capitalist society- but because its primarily done by women, that automatically makes it “frivolous”.

The facts aren’t on your side.

The science is not on your side, and there is no evidence to suggest white families use more or less corporeal punishment than any other race.

Science is not on your side.

So, what is it with people:

Well! That’s accurate.

I’ve noted elsewhere on this post that I don’t like the song, but I will continue to defend the right of writers to have individual opinions and a complex relationship with imperfect media on a platform that hires dozens of them. It’s kind of because they’re people???

“all musicians”