Wow. A staff writer getting to write 6 episodes is totally unprecedented and inspiring.

I mean, people obviously don’t like her which means they won’t like her if she’s hurt, abused, on the internet, at a fashion show, etc. Fame doesn’t come with/require empathy, even if it should.

I suppose it’s that we’d theoretically like diversity both on the screen and behind the screen, and it’s weird (although still a win) to have one and not consider the other.

I completely agree. When people say they’re having a baby, I silently toast our relationship goodbye. Things will never be the same, and it is what it is. In comes hormones, and child care, exhaustion, no longer being able to listen to the other side of an adult conversation. In return you get a family. It is what it…

I unfollow you if your posts become more than 10 percent re your child. Sometimes this percentage is dependent on the posts.

wow; fascinating. And, not surprising at all that there were more complications. It always seemed super Pollyanna-ish - but then I saw the documentary and thought, hm, maybe. Your version makes much more sense.

I do feel like I finally understand the plot of, Game of Thrones...so, there’s that. If only the Kardashians could have a little more gore/male nudity I’d be all in.

Nothing truer than this. Surprised his POCness didn’t get him more time.

thanks! sucks that there are so many cases I confuse one with the other.

5 years probation for a life of a black man? Yup, sounds about right. How long do you go to jail for killing a dog, again?

Please make that list and share it wildly. I’m a writer (stage/tv) and this shit has to stop. There was another way to write this character off. Over POC being the Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon.

This is petty, but I really think if you have an apostrophe in your name, you’re not necessarily in a position to judge. La’Porsha, you know you’ve had your own struggles, girl.

I don’t really know her music, but I read that she quotes, Nawal el Saadawi on her new album (or liner notes maybe?) and this gives me hope that even Disneyfied pop stars can contain depth.

Thanks for that. The last many years have been spent unpacking this, which is especially concerning as I’m just beginning to consider having kids. I know it won’t be the same, but those fears are so, so real.

Yeah, I relate to this - I wanted grown up parents. In many ways this meant I grew up quick, so as not to be like them.

I did, actually - and maybe that does connect with how I was raised. But, I suppose I also wanted my parents to be ‘normal,’ and that meant not smoking weed. If a new normal existed, that would be different. But, I’m not sure the majority of parents would or will do that when legislation passes. Curious, though.

I have such mixed feelings re: marijuana and children. I was raised by a stoner father - one of my memories as a small kid was being asked in school whose parents smoke. I raised my hand and said my father smoked a pipe. Told my parents and after that, my Dad smoked alone in closed rooms. Him stoned made him distant…

What’s funny, is I assumed that her being pregnant would actually make her want to do some cheesy reboot. But, alas...

I’m really looking forward to the new study that confirms that water is wet.

Lion Babe is Vanessa Williams’ daughter. I just learned this. I kind of dig her, after seeing her at Afropunk this past summer. Appreciate she’s not riding on her mothers name.