I know a lot of people who think that way but have never been poor. I will say I’ve never been poor but I can imagine and I can put myself in someone else’s shoes mentally which I think a lot of people today lack.

If there’s anyone out there that actually thinks being poor is simple, then they deserve a right punch in the face.

Yes, and the gang issues come straight out of poverty and a lack of opportunities for these kids. And they ARE mostly kids who are rebelling and making bad choices just like other kids, it just happens to be that their version is much more dangerous.

Exactly. If you have to bus to one of those stores, how the hell are you going to get bulk goods home? Carry them on a bus? For many people, having a car, affording car insurance and registration fees is way out of reach. I know some people who live in their cars.

I have been poor-ish, and lived paycheck to paycheck. It takes digging and you may have to go out of your way to use some tiny credit union or something, but you can have a bank account that doesn’t have large deposit requirements and/or doesn’t charge you for going below a certain amount.

Rushcards are terrible. In certain situations, they might be less terrible than other options. But they’re still terrible.

“It’s expensive to be poor.”

Ah, Wesleyan. Keep fucking up, you gorgeous institution.

That seems a bit harsh. I wonder if there’s more behind the scenes, like if some of the student gov members had some other issue with the paper. If I started burning the Washington Post for every time they published an idiotic op-ed for the sake of diverse viewpoints, I probably could power the entire District for a…

Poor kid :(

That poor girl. She deserved better than this. My heart goes out to her family.

I like the cover, and like that a black magazine went there. I feel like a lot of black people dont want what cosby did in hollywood to be destroyed because of the bareiers. You can both hate cosby the rapist and appriete the barriers he broke down. Its not one or they other.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner is right, but about the wrong thing. He sounds like he’s putting the blame on TV networks that pulled the Cosby Show and on Ebony for doing this cover. He should be blaming Bill Cosby.

It may be a minor point, but I’m glad that the “shatter” obliterates Cosby’s image and leaves the others relatively intact. It would seem unfair if the rest of the cast was defaced or vandalized.

Exactly!

But what if it’s simply the act of release? It happens to me once in a while. I’m married, though it would happen in situations before that. I overthink a lot of things, but this isn’t one of them. Release.

These are never borderline cases. Never done on a whim or by just one person. Literally, 1 person may start the alarm, but there such a pattern of behavior that is is undeniable.

It’s real. Sadly. And there is no way to treat it or rehab these folks.

Not curable. Period. And I never had any issue calling out anyone who injured a child or other vulnerable person. Not being cruel or putting suspicion in play, but fact based action.

I DEFINITELY have a type that catches my eye when I see them - namely tall, dark hair, beard, broad shoulders, looks like he could chop wood and then toss me over his shoulder and take me to bed. That being said, only a handful of men I’ve ever dated look like that. It’s just what I find initially aesthetically…