This was a really interesting read — I always viewed Cosmo/Glamour, etc as a grown up YM and Seventeen and never really dipped into them outside of hair salon waiting rooms. It's a good sign if they're changing like this. And kind of a brave one, frankly. Come for the blow job tips stay for the politics.

"Just move" isn't great advice for dealing with racism.

Every picture, I was thinking, "Okay, surely that's the worst photo." Every subsequent picture, I was proved wrong.

This is an accurate description of the process.

Holy shit that banner illustration. I can't imagine that work-order.... Hey Jim... here's what I need.....

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Since the world seems to be turning a corner when it comes to the whole "hey, being good at sports probably shouldn't excuse you from having to be a decent person" thing, I wonder what team will be the first to take proper action and stick to it rather than being forced to by public opinion.

I'm guessing it's because they make a lot more money than us.

Co-signed,

Message to VoicesOfThKingd: Learn when and when not to capitalize letters.

Wishful thinking translation: Oh fuck, we just realized that he beat the shit out of a 4-year-old child. Like really BEAT the kid: with bleeding, and welts, and open lacerations after a week, and defensive wounds to his little tiny hands, and OMIGOD A FOUR YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY.

Message to Adrian Peterson: FUCK YOU and your stupid fucking Bible verses. Shove them up your fucking ass.

After giving the situation additional thought, we have decided this is the appropriate course of action for the organization and for Adrian.

That update with the tweet looks like something a teenage girl would post on Facebook.

I don't know how the Vikings thought there wouldn't be an uproar given the current climate. I don't know how they thought they could just play Peterson.

After giving the situation additional thought

The NFL as a whole is going to reverse the Earth Superman-style if they keep up this record amount of backpedaling.

I missed the edit deadline on my comment but wanted to elaborate on the nuance bit. The data for this study is based on a prior national survey. Respondents were offered the options of "often, sometimes, rarely, or never," later converted into "yes/no" for the purposes of the study.

Here is a link to the journal article if anyone is interested.

Sometimes Hillary C.'s articles are incredibly insightful and eloquent. Other articles, like this one, leave me thinking: wut?