The city council seems to just get in the way of itself. There are so many planners in town (all the unis), it boggles the mind that they are slow to turn away from strategies that clearly don’t work.

Worcester’s downtown suffered so much. I lived there long after it was built and failed, and the effects are still palpable. There is very little reason to go downtown unless you are seeing a show or going to city hall.

THIS. It’s so frustrating to have to remind them of your personhood. It got tiring, but I only really bothered when people would grab me to get my attention. It’s like, who taught you that you can touch strangers without their permission?

Oh, I know. Just pounced on the opportunity to vent. I had fun sometimes.... but the staggering level of incompetence of some of my co-workers certainly colored my time. My FOH trials were mostly dealing with ornery customers, which to this day I don’t REALLY understand why I took a job that forced me to deal with…

FOH here (only 6 years, tf). I worked with so many incompetent racist and elitist idiots. Soooo many. Would pick up others slack, and when tipout time came... everyone suddenly forgot how much help they needed over service. Every time I consider picking up a part time gig, I make myself remember how miserable and…

Thanks for the clarification, your comments make a whole lot more sense now. Shame on me for not doing my research.

Yeah, I didn’t read the GQ article. That definitely changes the tone of his response, and you are right, it does highlight Sam’s point.

Ahh, I read it that Sam was calling out the performance. That those who aren’t raised affected by American racial dynamics can’t do the role justice. And then interpreted Daniel’s response to say his experience of Otherdom is what helps him understand the role. I could be reading too far into it.

I definitely applaud Sam for bringing it up, but I read it like he was faulting Daniel for not having the American experience, more than he was taking issue with Hollywood casting agents and producers for biased casting in the first place.

Is there more to his interview? I didn’t see the ‘all black people are one’…

I mean... he used Sam’s words in his counterargument to show how that argument, and Sam’s assumptions about black life in the UK, didn’t speak to his experience.

I think Sam was implying because interracial relationships are normalized in the UK, Daniel couldn’t do justice to a role that centered on interracial…

Cheers!! Much love from Montreal.

I’ve seen pictures of that woman and her sign everywhere! What city was that in?

Linda Sarsour today, re: privilege and participation in social justice movements

Paraphrasing but she says its those who have the most to lose that make the biggest impact. And that people don’t just strike for themselves that they strike for the others that could not strike today. So... it’s not just privileged people…

Question, if you are participating by wearing red, a contingency proposed by the organizers acknowledging that many women cannot afford to or are not allowed to take time off, than how is participation in the strike a bad idea?

+1 for the eternal fourth

Wow, curt response.

Cause you said you had no idea why it was on this website, positing that coverage of this beef was antithetical to feminist ideals. I replied to point out feminism is not a monolith, and that there are differences within it. And that there is room in feminism for a rap battle.

Nah, it just points out the other person can’t come back with an answer.

Haven’t you ever heard that if you get 20 feminists in a room you’ll get 20 different opinions on the same subject?

Feminists, like other, do fight. They can come hard for one another. They call one another out on their bullshit. Nothing new here.

Not saying that the two players identify as such, but... watching this…

Agreed.

Science is small p-political, centering on politics of the everyday rather than big p, Politics. However, when wielded by social movements effectively, it becomes Political.

Ha. I was so young, but I loved putting stuff like gum wrappers and papers in my glasses to be like Left Eye. Still gives me a good laugh.

But yeah, they were so effortlessly cool. I looked up to them so much.

I don’t remember who said it, but you can joke about any thing as long as you understand the power dynamics involved, and ‘punch up’. Topics like rape and racism are fair game, as long as you are targeting the perpetrators and not the victims, upending the existing power dynamic instead of supporting it.