As a librarian I am telling you, libraries don’t want your books, even if it’s your special collection of comic books. Please get this through everyone’s head. We don’t want your used books. Sorry to break all the hearts, but it’s just the way it is.

I think most Jezzies would agree that, by commenting, you are inviting the possibility of an online “fight.” (Some might call this “fight” a discussion, and I personally would call your opener “tone policing,” but that’s really neither here nor there.)

Sigh. THIS right here is why I think there are hard limits to cis men doing drag (be they gay or straight) and claiming it’s 100% ok and they are 100% respectful.

No, I read quite a few pieces about it, and even in the comments, people got it - she’s not supposed to look Asian, she’s multiracial, she gets upset sometimes that people don’t believe she’s Asian, etc.

With all the blame on Emma Stone, no one seems to address that it’s part of the plot of the movie ‘Aloha’ that her character, while one quarter Chinese and one quarter Hawaiian, is not supposed to look it at all. The main character is supposed to be surprised to find out her ancestry, which matters because he’s…

I don’t know who’s being the biggest dick now, Daveson, Grande or Jezebel for still milking that relationship.

Yeah if you choose to live in the cities, but there is plenty of affordable housing in countryside. Most people do want to work in cities. Funny enough Tokyo is often in Monocle’s 10 most of livable cities.

Unsaid in the article: Japan is counting on artificial intelligence to bail them out, to care for their elderly and be replacement workers. I have no sympathy for them because they could have done what Europe is doing and allow for mass immigration but they won’t, because they’re deeply racist like you implied, but I…

This is why I’m not bothered by this at all. It’s one thing if they were victims of outside forces beyond their control, but this is entirely cultural in cause.

Eh, you can just say “xenophobic.” We all know it.

Gee. It’s almost as if enforcing a cultural norm of zero work-life balance makes it both harder and less appealing for people to start families.

The key stat is that 921,000 Japanese were born this year, but 1,370,000 died.

Japan could open its doors to refugees in order to increase its population and drive down their average age. They accepted 20 out of 20,000 applicants last year which is truly shameful.

This is what happens when you decide to take responsibility for all people crossing the border illegally and lock them up. Now it’s on you. Regardless of what happened or what decisions are being made, nothing justifies “so the child deserved to die.” I mean, do these people hear themselves? They literally sound like…

Quote: “the facility wasn’t properly following sterilization guidelines or cleaning medical instruments correctly”.

Some wild-ass generalizations and blaming entire ethnic groups for the actions of a very small few in here.

It kind of reminds me of the culture shock you hear about people entering Jewish groups for the first time experience, though. One podcast I listen to has two Jewish guys and a shiksa, and she at one point noted that she thought they were being sexist until the first guest, a Jewish woman, came on and immediately…

At a rhythmic gymnastics competition in Spain late last week, five gymnasts took to the mat in striped leotards reminiscent of concentration camp uniforms

What really offends me here is that Spanish athletes arent even embracing their own country’s history of monstrous anti-Semitism but stealing the Germans’. And you’d think flowy sparkly inquisition robes would be a natural fit for gymmastics.

I usually make an Excel list with author, title, publication year and, if you’re anal that day, ISBN. Sort it by author, print it/email it to your local library. They’re thrilled to go through it instead of boxes and single out which book they can actually use.