I think spinning classes are dumb and faddish, but I also wouldn’t ride my bike in the city I live in. It’s taking your life in your hands. Plus, the weather prohibits it for much of the year. It’s easy to tell others to just ride their bikes, but that’s not actually realistic for a lot of people.

Same

I felt forced to pick Starbucks, much like IRL.

It’s like driving—sometimes you need to stay in your lane, sometimes you need to switch. Whether or not your fingers get ripped off comes down to the quality of your judgments.

F**k that. If I had “stayed in my lane” I’d still be cold-calling people selling insulation blower hose. That said, a certain amount of business Darwinism never hurt anyone.

My mom was a smoker for 30 years, a heavy drinker for 20 years, was a triage nurse during a 10 year war between Iran and Iraq, never wore sunscreen (her coloring is as white as the Olson twins), didn’t wash off her makeup most nights, and generally speaking is a stress ridden individual. I kid you not her skin is…

Funny you mention that. While Washington DC gets terrorized regularly by reckless bike and ATV rides that the police do nothing about, we also get to enjoy National Police Week once a year. It’s intended to honor law enforcement (and for the most part, it does), but it has a very dark side as well. Police from all…

Blonde hair is pointed out because it is the (white supremacist) beauty standard pushed in this country. How the hell do you expect to talk about beauty standards and not talk about the standard that is the problem in the first place.

They said the giant avalanche was in violation of the game’s rules.

her and Nikki Giovanni, all day

Since the pic has no text attached and is by other artists, I think she is just being accepting of how her audience might choose to read the stories. Everyone tends to read a book and put themselves as one of the characters. So, if a little black girl wants to read the book and picture herself in the limited character…

In case any Elba fans weren’t watching weird British sci-fi during the mid 90s that wasn’t Doctor Who or whatever, I just wish to draw your attention to ‘Ultraviolet’, a six part series about an MI5 type unit organised to investigate vampires. It’s notable for having all weird science shit and guns instead of garlic…

You know who would be a good Thurgood Marshall? Jeffrey Wright. He’s got gravitas, chops, and he’s recognizable too. Hell, they could even try Nate Parker if they wanted someone younger.

Not only do I want a full-time cooking show from them, I want a Truman Show-style show where I can just watch them together all the time. These two are national treasures.

“So it seems sort of odd to complain about there not being a WoC, when actually the more accurate complaint might be that there just aren’t any women at all.”

Interestingly, the idea that rates of obesity are highest among the working-class in the US is widely overstated. For men, obesity prevalence is similar at every income level. Among certain racial groups (black Americans and Mexican-Americans), higher income men are actually significantly more likely to be obese than…

I'm not a big sugar eater either. I do like fruit in small portions, so I don't quite dislike it as much as you, but give me a veggie any day over fruit. Salt though, ohh salt in a serious weakness of mine. Give me all the sodium. Funnily enough, I was allowed sugar growing up, but salt was regarded as the devil.

Exactly, which was my point. Daniels doesn’t have to prove anything, but this is about a motion to dismiss so her statement is correctly only if discussing how Daniels can meet the standard for the judge to dismiss Penn’s lawsuit right now.

Did anyone else read this as “manager mom” and think “that sounds more like LA than NYC”?

A defamation lawsuit is asking the courts (the government) to intercede on behalf of the victim of the defamation and to punish the person who uttered the slander or libel. Therefore, the First Amendment applies.