E’eryday. “What are you hiding in my house? You don’t close a door in here.”

Had one of these convos with a partner in my firm yesterday. He won’t discipline his daughter by taking away her car because “she would just steal it.” Mmmmm, I know of at least three different ways to prevent that car from moving out of its spot. And I know the po-po will bring your car back WITHOUT your daughter.

No, he will still get deported. Ithaca is just not gonna help ICE in that regard. ICE isn’t stupid; they know how to check court filings and call the courthouse just like any other law enforcement agency.

She’s lucky: She moved somewhere where majority-minority (where the primary population is of color). I came from majority-minority (DC), and it’s verrrrrrry different in these locations. I’m still suffering culture shock having moved back to Ohio...

Misread + a lack of clarity in the sentiment.

NEWP.

Flipside in which I am the “evildoer”:

I once dated an independent journalist whose beat was international drug dealing and war (among other dangerous, creepy things). He was (and is) a helluva man. Exciting, funny, loving... But at the time, deeply, deeply damaged. I was 25 and he was probably early 40s.

No, he could’ve gotten licensed with that. The treatment hook will get the examiners every single time.

Just before finals/Christmas break my first year of law school. On top of that, I have a lot of childhood trauma related to Christmas, which (ex)BF knew and yet... #TeamFuckChristmas

Especially given all their other rules for women. Like, what kind of obvious bullshit trap is this? CLEARLY THERE HAVE BEEN FEW BLACK WOMEN UP IN HERE, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT WE AIN’T ABOUT TO STAND FOR? Abuse on earth for a promise of heaven. As Sofia said, “Girl, you betta bash Mr.’s head open and worry about heaven…

My former Mormon (ex)boyfriend told me all kinds of crazy shit. When he told me this one - that to get to Mormon heaven, he would have to “pick” me again - I nearly wet myself laughing.

Not a lawyer, eh? There’s nothing - in a legal sense - “unethical” about the attorney’s statement. Taking his client’s account at face value, and defending his client’s rights from that POV, is his job. To deliberately fail at that defense is, actually, what would be unethical.

(1) Just found out that the singer of this song is called Bobby Caldwell.
(2) Apparently Bobby is white! Yooooooo

I do the whole roasted garlic-coconut milk soup thing and generally feel great in two days.

I’ve repeated this far and wide. All of this racism and backlash is based in an unutterable, straightforward fear of brown and black people, and the fantasy that we must want revenge. We can’t possibly merely want to be left alone, to sink or fail on our own merits, oh, no! There must be a blood reckoning - at least…

Dear B.o.B.

Just tweeted this kid. My suggestion? Find out where the seniors have been accepted to college, and send Admissions, the college/university president, the Alumni Board and all on-campus sororities the video. Then wait. You wanna be stupid on video? Expect that shit to be shared. Good luck, dumbasses!

Yeah, I’ve tried to explain microaggressions to “moderates” who claim they simply don’t exist and are the fever dream of many a minority. It’s like, motherfucker, when someone “compliments” me on my goddamned English, yet they know it’s my first fucking language, there’s something WRONG WITH THAT.

Folks will insist that they will Know What To Do In Such A Situation, despite the fact that (1) they’ve never been in an emergency before; (2) even the professionals fuck it up; (3) the right thing to do is exactly what they don’t want to do, and that is (a) run and if you can’t run (b) take cover. The lasting fantasy…

And the “when we’re done, I’ll show it to you” - NOT CREEPY AT ALL. No hints of controlling behavior. Perfect hubby. /s