all the excuses for this casting offered up are blame shifting BS and they know it. Scarlet & co. think this is her Charlize Theron-as-Aileen Wuornos Oscar moment, she probably half promised she would f*ck that sleazy director just to get the part, and she is not going to let it go whatever the cost to her long-term…

why wasn’t jhud the obvious go-to for that role? i’ll never get over it.

my favorite line from his very entertaining take is that democratic nominees won’t chase after black voters . . . well wtf not?? “because they don’t show up to events”. chicken/egg! how are voters supposed to turn up for nothing?

that’s what i love about her! it’s like people dressing up their dog in a really tacky way so they can fulfill their own pink rhinestone fetish.

As an American I concur 100%. the US is still resting on its laurels from the Marshall Plan! The international community has to stop enabling unwelcome American interference at some point.

it’s not silly stuff tara (the news anchor). when you involve armed policemen it is not silly. it is false reporting, itself a crime, and very dangerous.

yup. trump doesn’t appreciate anyone leveling with him because he doesn’t think anyone else is on his level, especially not a black man with an ivy league  law degree and 8 years experience in his future role!

lol exactly. maybe those fit teas were making her woozy and her eyes couldn’t focus. maybe her sharpie skipped. maybe she actually has a sense of humor and kathy griffin of all people should get the joke!

i think if i were a dude i’d feel indifferent, but obviously being referred to solely by a physical trait, particularly skin color, isn’t the most respectful way to address anyone. i’ve never heard it used in a mean way although i think historically it was an insult. i guess it depends on the context.

i think we all have childhood memories of being disgusted by having our cheeks pinched and smooched by semi or total strangers . . . who are the people continuing this cycle

3/4 of young children i encounter are reminded by their parent or older sibling to ask before petting my dog, if that’s what you mean.

so ime, (aunt born and raised in mexico city who is a linguistics prof, lived there for a couple years when i was a preteen), la negra and la blanca are terms applied to a woman mostly by other women, in an internalized sexism/colorism sort of way that’s more objectifying than racist, but not usually malicious (men…

people ask me if they can pet my dog. i can’t imagine people asking a 2 year old child if they can pet it. wtfffffffffff

this! for about 3 years i was flying only business or first, and the first time i found myself back in economy i was shocked by how many people seemed to wait until they were on the plane to both eat and shit. half the plane did both during an hour and a half flight. an hour and a half! shocked

i think she’s just getting used to being famous. “are you sending a car for me?” oh honey, if he were sending a car for you your assistant would have let you know 3 days ago.

i think it’s sutherland old modern on madden . . . i have no idea how that relates to his family though . . . might need a genealogist for that!

same! an extended family has set up an all-day, definitely illegal fruit stand consisting of a van and card table outside of my neighborhood 7 Eleven/subway entrance, and I couldn’t be more pleased. At least someone is selling healthy snacks around here.

if he was rich he’d know how to spell aperol. actually, nah.

This is incredibly admirable; I only know him from royally screwing over the Corcoran agents who found, showed and negotiated his townhouse purchase. People can be both good and bad, or a jerk 99% of the time but a great person when it counts, or when they can get a lot of social currency for it.

wow, i do not feel bad for her at all. to me those numbers look like a very underpaid cleaning lady and nanny, while she was still spending it up on louboutins and champagne every month (we know she doesn’t travel anywhere, those are shopping expenses rolled over into the travel and entertainment claim for tax…