That is some peculiar wording in both snippets. And by peculiar I mean oblivious understanding of basic cultural competence. She can't blame that shit on an oversight of the correct pronoun.
This is why we need more diversity in journalism, every part of journalism. Instead, at the NYT, it is so elite and difficult to access that very few people who aren't well-connected, wealthy and white get in, though I hope it will begin to change soon.
I mentioned this in a Gawker comment, but this year, George Clooney got married, kinda out of the blue, to not an actor, but a intelligent, lawyer who seems kinda cool. People are curious about her. He doesn't have a movie out this year, so he wasn't nominated for anything or there to pimp any projects. They had to…
"It's not wild chicken."
FLAMES ON THE SIDES OF MY FACE...
Person on my Golden Globes Facebook event:
She looks malnourished.
I cringed just from looking at Giuliana. She does not look well.
I'm still smiling that Tina and my best friend Amy introduced George Clooney as Amal's husband - as well they damn should.
Omg I cringed so hard. Giuliana, can you be cool for a fucking minute? Jesus Christ.
Her baby may have been especially complacent.
Wait. Wait. WAIT.
This isn't me, but it was a guy I was dating at the time. We had vermicelli for dinner. There was one little dried bit of vermicelli stuck to the botom of the pot. Boyfriend, who was always cleaning pots and pans with his hands first to "save sponges" (WTF even is that) was cleaning it and decided to scrape the piece…
And every one of those poor kids grew up to be virgins...