Why is it that *most* people who go on about "self respect" when it comes to the way girls dress are the ones who like to put ALL the onus on girls and none of it on boys.

I'm not sure I'd call her bright really. She reminds me a lot of people with whom I attended high school. Highly privileged, access to coded and privileged phrases and language and the ability to throw in a liberal arts compare/contrast in every interview: well-spoken but unintelligent if you actually read the words.…

Or the people hijacking the thread to discuss male circumcision.

Interestingly enough, there have been a few researchers who posited that the Victorian bustle skirt is based off large booties observed by cultured women in their travels to Africa. So, there ya go.

Yeah, you're right. POC talking about their experiences, which are different from white people, is "race baiting bullshit". Black women, especially, have ALWAYS been told we were beautiful, and white supremacy doesn't have anything to do with standards of beauty. We should all just shut up and go away.

Well, all of us Black and Latina women did not miss the era. It's called ALL-FUCKING-WAYS. Or maybe we're not telling the truth, and white people know better, per usual...

Lol, anyone who comes at me for my comment is either blind or in denial. My body looks pretty much like Jen's and I know other's with similar body shapes, but we're not in Vanity Fair because we have brown skin.

There's a reason... and it rhymes with "schmay-schmism"

She's totally hot for sure, but listen, black girls have been rocking this kind of frame for, oh I dunno, awhile now. Why is this body type only beautiful/sexy/vanity fair ready/desirable in the mainstream if its found on a White woman? I know there are acceptions (Beyonce, KimK), but I'm just pointing out this isn't…

*yawn* I just find it sooo cute that big butts are only in because WW like them now. Black and Latina women have had them for ages and used to get criticized for it. But now that White women try their damnedest to get them, big butts are now officially awesome?

I would imagine the racial diversity there made it difficult for him to find a shot.

The above is sarcasm, give me more Beyoncé. Haters to the left.

It's a shame that more people don't know that financial aid to institutions like this is an option, since many talented kids might never think to apply and just go to a state college (which can also be great, of course, but options are nice). I think the "no loan" policy was started at Princeton, but then others…

You don't know many Harvard students, do you? The trust fund set is there, of course, but having an outrageously large endowment means that they can give free rides to lots of smart, talented kids who come from families without a lot of means.

Because casual racism is tame, at least! We shouldn't worry about it then, of course. These people don't deserve to share their unique experience.

I feel like this entire season of Glee has been Lea Michele's audition for a real-life Funny Girl.

I will cut whoever tries to pull an-I-can't-see-a-non-white-character-playing-Annie on little Quvenzhane like they did with Amandla Stenberg. You hear me? I WILL CUT YOU!

I'm doing that only if you see things as a dichotomy instead of a scale. But that's your bag, homie, not mine.

You mean white people diminished the accomplishments of black people? Gee, that NEVER happens!

It seems to me like there's just an overall tone of mockery towards black people in film in general. I feel like African-American cinema is lumped into two categories by Hollywood and the general public: "The Black Hardship Film" (The Butler, 12 years a Slave, Precious.) and "The Stupid Romantic Comedy Farce" (Tyler…