Coke hasn’t been confirmed. She was dropping a friend off at her car at 3am with music blasting. That sounds more drunk to me. I’m just going with the tendency to give white women the damsel in distress spin or at least give them the benefit of the doubt.

Honestly I wish I wasn’t right. I’m hoping that I’m not and that this was all an exercise in venting frustrations.

Call it generalized anger at the way people are frequently portrayed in the media, especially social media, based on race/gender.

The rant is about the way difference in the way that white people and black people are treated in both standard and social media. Its not a question of whether or not people do or don’t condemn the shooter, it’s a question of whether she will be subjected to the same sort of assumptions that black people, even black…

It’s my approach to confronting unfair treatment when it comes to how black people and white people are portrayed on social media and even in the larger mainstream media. Sitting back because she was arrested does nothing to address that particular issue. Right now, I’m talking about how Ms. Quakenbush is being…

I’m going to opt not to postpone my outrage at the fact that black victims of violence often get their reputations dragged to here and back and are treated as representatives for an entire group of people while a white woman who actually did shoot someone does not get the same treatment. That’s bullshit.

I’m not saying they’re okay or not, just pointing out that assumptions are often made whenever black people are involved. We often don’t get the benefit of the doubt. Every action is parsed and analyzed. Every past behavior is used an excuse to smear that person’s character. Why should a white person not be subject to…

Total reckless disregard for everyone around her. She’s like the idiot who decided to ‘help’ the police by shooting at some shoplifters. You don’t pull a gun on someone unless you know how to shoot and actually mean to kill them. You don’t fire warning shots. You don’t blindly pull the trigger.

I hope so because no one should be blessed/cursed with perma-drunk as fuck face. There’s also the undercurrent of ‘so what, my daddy’s gonna get be out of this’ smugness.

Total thug, right down to the record.

Seriously. People randomly hanging out in cars, blasting music at 3am, are usually drunk, high, or up to some shit. Usually a combination of the three. If this had been a couple of black women I’m sure the usually ‘not racists’ would be all over the place with assumptions. They were thugs, they should have just walked…

We have two of those Ikea dressers and our cat managed to tip one. This was on a flat, carpeted surface. He managed to pull the drawers out while climbing up and then the dresser fell over. Our cat isn’t particularly heavy and it took very little effort for the dresser to tip. Bookcases, dressers, wardrobes and any…

Honestly, I would shop at Fat Girl Clothing for Fat Girls if I could find some decent, non-vanity sizing and well made basics. Stop with the useless, patronizing - fabulous size, queen sizes, curvy sizes. I’m a fat adult woman who does not need clothing tags to make me feel better.

There are definitely some benefits to non-traditional treatments. The benefits of meditation are pretty well known and I’ll give a personal nod to acupuncture in terms of helping with my anxiety - primarily by forcing me to relax for at least 45 minutes. Practices that focus on nutritional changes and exercise can…

Weird. I’m not even remotely any kind of gym rat but deadlifts, weighted squats, and overhead presses are some of my favorite exercises. I do hate gyms - I find them overwhelming and a little intimidating - but it feels counter productive to be a fitness center but then limit your customers like that. I considered…

And a bowl of candy at the front desk.

What about the Rude Fucker? They’re not socially awkward or oblivious, they’re just fucking rude. The bust in on other people’s conversations, walk into your cube/office/area with no invitation then proceed to tell you or hand you shit that could have waited, and generally have zero consideration for anyone or…

Personally I think not allowing borderline-underbutt is supporting other professional women. Dressing appropriately is part of being a professional and some people really do need clarification that what is and isn’t appropriate. It’s possible to do that without judgement.

As soon as I saw ‘nice’, I defaulted to ‘trashy/slutty/going to the club’. It doesn’t make sense that a fully grown adult wouldn’t have a way to accurately describe his co-worker’s way of dressing unless he didn’t want to come off as judgemental or creepy.

Some companies don’t have dress policies or have a dress policy so liberal it might as well not exist. Even if a company does have a dress code people still run into issues. Even a person who is following the dress code can still be dressed inappropriately if their clothes don’t fit properly. Or a co-worker may…