I’m pretty sure lots of people there don’t choose to live that way, they just aren’t able to leave. Now if we’re talking about the fanatics from Western countries that join ISIS that’s a whole other thing. Those people really seem desperate to belong to something and have bought into ISIS so much so that they don’t…

Actually I could only write a book and get on the View if I were a passably attractive white woman. Because then I could talk about how life changing the experience was and how it brought me closer to myself and to all the oppressed people in the world. Otherwise I’m just a black person going ‘home’ and it’s no big…

I watched the first two episodes and I loved them. Actually I both loved and hated them. I love the writing and the look of the show. I love the fact that Jessica’s trauma and her powers aren’t being played for sexiness. In fact, even the sex scenes aren’t really sexy as much as they are painfully intense. And the…

Well according to my dipshit BIL, I’ve already abandoned my culture my going to college and not taking herbs for everything so I might as well put on a leotard and legwarmers. Or at least practice my high school goth dancing so I can be ready for the Cure in June

Only if your leotard is plain or has no cultural symbolism other than your own. I can’t even do Jazzercize I don’t think. Guess I’m stuck with Pan-African dance or hiphop dancing.

Stagnant and limiting. Can you imagine what music would sound like without influences from other cultures? Or what food would be like? Even our language is a product of cultural exchange. Culture exchange is a very positive thing and it helps us connect to other people.

If we’re banning yoga because of cultural appropriation I guess we have to ban several forms of martial arts as well. No more karate or kendo. No krav maga unless you’re from Israel and no savate unless you’re French. We can only do exercises from our individual cultures.

But stretching and learning relaxation techniques are good for both mental and physical health. I suppose they could have just called the class Stretching and Relaxation. A generic class, without any mysticism or religious overtones sounds perfectly appropriate and it seems weird to cancel it due to what sounds like…

These are the same people that fail to understand that being against police brutality =/= being for criminal activity. Or they think that black people don’t care when children are killed because they don’t see protests on the news. Right now, anytime a news story where the victim of a crime is white there’s going to…

Provided your insurance recognizes the script written by the pharmacist as legit. Some insurance providers can be oddly selective about who can write the prescription and I can see some companies either refusing the script or requiring additional authorization. I would like for that to be clarified a little more. And…

Finding out he was only a few months from retirement makes it worse. It’s like the start of every 80s cop movie

I remember reading some of these! Actually I have been wracking my brain trying to remember the name of some futuristic or fantasy romance that had a unicorn or alicorn on the cover. I remember really being into it but, sadly, it was from the library and I had to return it. I never thought to write down the name or…

I’m pretty sure my mom had several of these. I remember liking them way more than the noble savage books. Those always came with a side of squick

Don’t you know that making heroin legal will mean everyone everywhere will shoot up? I’ve never gotten that mindset. If someone wants to do heroin or any drug, they’re going to do so whether it’s illegal or not. If someone doesn’t want to do drugs, they won’t even if they could go buy some meth or crack at the local…

How Uganda was Seduced by Anti-Gay Evangelicals

Fanatics are dangerous no matter what their religion. ISIS is made up of Muslim fanatics. That fact doesn’t make all Muslims fanatics or members of ISIS. Closing mosques, herding Muslims into camps, deportation - all of those things aren’t going to do shit to ISIS. Unless of course you want to add to their recruits.

Are Imams stoning women and gays in this country? Because if we’re talking about closing mosques in the U.S. based on the behaviors of some Muslims overseas (or even the beliefs of Muslims here) then how about we close some of those evangelical Christian churches because evangelical Christians in some African…

B definitely has had a negative impact. A lot of young people are convinced that condoms don’t work (thanks abstinence education) so they don’t use them. Also, a lot of the education is on PiV sex so oral and anal don’t get much coverage.

I can’t speak for everywhere but local health departments, clinics, and PP usually keep free condoms on hand. The last few health conferences I’ve been to have had tables offering free condoms and, at least in Baltimore, you can order a case every few months if you work for a health agency. I used to keep a bowl of…

I just saw a little lunch crockpot at Target. You could probably cook up a small portion of stew or soup in it and it would totally fit in a backpack. I thought about getting one but I’m pretty sure the novelty of making soup or chili at the office would wear off pretty quickly. Especially when I can just heat my…