AMEN. I love watching fireworks. But I hate them going off at 10 pm close to my house. And I really hate them in the hands of teenagers. The older I get, the more I just want to get through holidays with my sanity in tact. 

You’re the mouth breather for assuming I’d wear earbuds but not be aware of my surroundings. 9 times out of 10, no music was even playing. Just wore them to pretend I didn’t hear lame comments like this.  

I know I’ll be called out for the contradiction in the last two sentences. Huge sigh, back to work.

The point I was making was being ranked #10 sounds right because I’ve faced situations here that made me feel physically threatened — more than I feel in Canada or even Asia, which aren’t ranked. But less than I would feel in Africa or definitely India.

This is the most shallow, snowflake, kneejerk thing I’ve heard in a while. I get what you’re saying. But you’re also saying that any kind of feeling that someone has is invalidated if someone else in the world has it 10x worse? Of course, I think of the plight of my sisters in the rest of the world. But that doesn’t…

D*mn, this is the best writing I’ve read in a long time.

The benefit of the doubt is applied in so many situations. In business -- from what I’ve experienced -- white guys are assumed to be great leaders, managers, doers, thinkers, investors, etc. Black women are assumed the opposite, so we have to spend years proving ourselves. Until we’re too good, and get penalized for…

I agree. All I can think is how this ranking sounds right. Thinking of the challenges I faced walking from home to work in NYC, wearing earbuds and minding my own business. A male friend tried to argue that it’s a compliment when a guy wants to talk to you. I argued that it isn’t when all I want to do is go from point…

I was just thinking today how backwards it is to have “ring girls” in boxing and MMA, but this takes the cake. Literally in MMA (both Bellator and UFC), the “ring girls” stand like noobs behind the fighters as the gear up to go into the ring, or weigh in. But the male gaze has to be satisfied or else they won’t watch,…

Great observation. He basically spent the entire interview reading off her resume as a replacement for true conversation.

I’m such a Tracee fan. It’s true that as women, we have more options than before. But society is still catching up. Keep pushing, Tracee.

Yeeeeeeeeeessssssssss……

I agree, I thought it was funny and self-aware. But it must annoy her that she isn’t always held up as a legend, like Prince and Michael Jackson. She did break ground, no denying it.

I agree on the diversity. I liked that Netflix tried with Taye and Lucy. I didn’t like the script, but that’s just me. I made it to Taye (looking at lemons on his desk) saying something like “What is this? I don’t like it.” I connected with that line, and bailed on the movie. But it looked gorgeously shot, and kind of…

I agree. Plus, this reminds me of a convo I had with a friend about Facebook. She’s smart, on the ball, together, and all-around amazing. She thinks that people can’t connect to her because of that. She has problems she shares, but no one seems to care.

Ha ha ha!! I have a touch of OCD, and am a neat freak. I’ll never be able to unsee this! But I tapped out of watching Morning Joe a year ago when they wouldn’t stop reporting on every little thing Trump did.

As a person of color, I would literally be in tears if someone tried to paint blackface on me. I wouldn’t be able to do it, knowing our history. Maybe Drake’s mom didn’t teach him the history? So he’s not as sensitive about it? Then again, he wouldn’t have been protesting unfair treatment if he wasn’t sensitive about…

Every person is different. There’s so much judgment directed at women. So I as a woman wish nothing but the best and happiness and health to Brigitte.

This, and every other comment. And it sounds like they didn’t stand up for her in the moment either. Can’t watch AD now.

I’m actually in the middle of a naming thing myself. But different situation. I know that if I marry, I will keep my name. I’ve worked hard — own a home, etc. — and can’t even rationalize losing my identity to a man. That’s what changing my name would feel like.