No, but it’s about taking a stand. Morally, personally. There are tons of decent directors out there. She didn’t need to accept this role, but she’s desperate for an Oscar nomination, and has been for years.

No offense...but you know you just described white washing. The point would be to find an asian actress then....let her star. White washing isnt just because of their skin but also....you guessed it....“STAR POWER”. And what majority of holloywood actors/actresses have the most star power right now.....WHITE…

The thing that gets me is she acts like people are gay because of the way they were brought up and it is just their “lifestyle”. That is the fundamental disconnect. It is also the way people justify bigotry towards them, because if they accept it is how they are, then they have to accept they are not accepting people…

“doesn’t fit the narrative that the entire south is gun-toting racist/bigoted rednecks”

Quie true that it’s *obviously not all that* - yet that there aren’t huge protests, boycotts or seem to be much fear of it having repercussions in running for re-election also speaks a lot as well. It seems there must be enough of a…

Donald doesn’t know how to dog whistle, so he just shouts “Hey you, dog! Come here!”

I continue to pray for a day when the K Klan is not admired or relevant. Let’s stop pretending Kim showing her boobs on the internet helps women.

I take tremendous offense at the notion that I am a victim. I am not a victim of my abortion. My abortion provider was a wonderful, gentle man who treated me kindly and with respect. He didn’t talk me into anything, I sought out his services of my own free will and I have never once regretted my choice. I was not in…

I actually don’t think Trump hates women as a gender. Because he’s such a raging narcissist, other people don’t really exist to him, except as extensions of his own needs. The idea of women as fully functioning human beings with bodies and health needs is totally incomprehensible to him. My guess is there are two…

That’s definitely what it’s about. Conservative Christian Republicans cherry pick their belief system like nothing else. If they really really cared about children, about the potential of life they so fervently claim to defend, they would support all kinds of social welfare programs that we know help that potential.…

True story: I read a Trump stump speech a few days ago and thought, okay, it’s not well-phrased but I think I agree with some of what he’s saying here about the economy and campaign finance. Obviously he’s sexist and racist, but if I totally pretend that isn’t a factor, I can see why people would support him.

You know, after the civil war we had the ability to hang and destroy every traitor to our country. But no. We didn’t do that. And every year this seems like more of a mistake. Not because the south is racist (we all are, sadly), but because they will never get over that loss and work for the country.

as a black woman, i give him kudos for speaking up. from what i’ve read of his background, he grew up in a rural community which might not have any people of color (he once wrote about having to drive an hour to the nearest store). so he has lived in a white bubble and has now emerged. i don’t blame him for his late…

When I read books, I don’t really think about the sex of the author. But when I think about it most of my fav authors are women: JK Rowling, Gillian Flynn, Charlaine Harris, Mary Shelley, etc. :)

Side note - I write & if someone said they picked my book up because they think they should read more African American authors - I would feel sick. I would feel like I failed.

I read like a voracious word slut. I will do anything for a character that gets under my skin, for a wordsmith that spins a tale. Fuck that - poetry is my favorite tryst.

The only one of hers that I’ve read seems to have disappeared or, of course, I could have made it up. I thought it had a title something like “Velocity” & was about a young woman crazy-in-lust-and-obsessed with a totally inappropriate sexy boy who rode a motorcycle; the only scene I recall from it was her sitting on…

Yeah because dipshits like you are going around hating his ass for inconceivablly stupid reasons, you’re allowing the retardlican party to dictate what you should believe, and every one of them stood firm from day one to oppose everything he did, by definition dividing the country for eight years because they’re…

This is along the lines of what I’m angry at this morning. A lot of conservatives on my newsfeed are outraged over the gross shooting of that sheriff in Texas (I’m outraged too, another senseless shooting!). But where the fuck is their outrage when a person who isn’t a police officer/sheriff is shot to death? It’s…

That’s the best part of this Southern brand of Christianity—just ask for forgiveness and get baptized again and you’re absolved in the eyes of the Lord and self. It’s how they can be such terrible people and still feel Godly.