Brown skinned folks on El Al flights have a 50-50 chance of not being allowed through immigration at Tel Aviv/being questioned for hours upon landing - even if they are Jews. Ask mizrahi Jews or Jews of African descent how they’re treated in Israel (where even if Israeli citizens, they do not have equal rights). Poor…

5 years, 19 countries (and counting): one piece of checked luggage, one phenomenal Stighlorgan grip bag, and a purse. When I'm less than 3 months away it's the backpack, purse, and an international sized carry-on. In all honesty, rolling takes up more space than does bundling everything together - especially if you…

Rodney King.

You can get absinthe and Cuban cigars at almost any airport duty free in Europe. Heathrow should have fulfilled that honour.

I also like Frankfurt. Once on a layover there I tweeted to the wind, “Oh I’m in Frankfurt, I would love a cigarette,” AND THE AIRPORT TWEETED ME BACK WITH DIRECTIONS TO THE NEAREST SMOKING CUBICLE. #Bless

HOW IS FIUMICINO NOT ON THIS LIST. Rome’s international airport was reportedly described as a traveling monk as the inspiration for Dante’s Inferno.

I think it's the three-book long "Jamie I love you, tell me you love me" from Jack and Jamie reconciling Jack's sadism with his proclaimed love for him that I'm talking about, not any deeper critical interpretation. Gabaldon makes it very clear that Jack is in love with Jamie, for all the other psychological and…

Don’t! Your gynecologist should be able to fit one for you. You do *not* want to end up with a diaphragm that is too small (thus ineffective) or that is too big (disastrously uncomfortable and therefore also ineffective - it will wiggle into a more comfortable position that is likely not covering your cervix…

Yes, but it's also clear that Jack is *in love* with Jamie, which shifts the tone from only equal-opportunity sadistic qualities.

I'm seeing the opposite trend among women of colour specifically, so that's maybe something that you have more experience with than I do. I use a shampoo and a conditioner once a week or maybe every two weeks, and I use coconut oil every day to moisturize and detangle. The natural hair movement that's been ongoing,…

Perhaps it should be "you'll do you, and I'll do me." Wouldn't that be more respectful of everyone's boundaries? Some women like to have long hair. Some women do not. Some women are on the fence and will make up their mind in their own way and time.

I feel you with your frustration with long hair. Mine is not only…

Oh, and I've had it short many times. My hair grows *very* quickly. I liked it short. I prefer it long. And being "the professor with all the hair" may come with the territory, but it also gives me great segues into class discussions on how beauty standards and expectations evolve alongside structural racism (in…

I have thick, coiled curls past my ass and I use shampoo, conditioner, and coconut oil. That's literally it. It's healthy and gorgeous and makes me happy. I think that's really all you should be worrying about as well. You seemed stressed.

My hair is 3c curls and down to my ass. I am a uni professor. I'll do a bun (or whatever it's called when you jam gigantic pins into really curly hair to keep it up) if I feel like it. Mostly, I don't.

She's an "it girl" as well, though. And not taken any more seriously in the UK than her sister is.

How did they find a time to skateboard through the Barbican Tunnel when 1000 other people aren't doing the same?

Exactly. And to all the haters out there who are all, "but what about your parter running their fingers through your hair, it's nice for both parties" I would like to say: Put your hand in there at your own risk. You may never get it back. *I* can't even run my fingers through my hair.

I have to wonder if this couple only has shower sex on hair day for the lady, however. If her hair texture is anything like mine, that's only twice a month these strands get totally wet. And hand in hair ONLY if he's going to be combing out the curls after.

Oh I regularly wear a satin cap during normal bed sex. I think that decision was validated in an instructional youtube video named something like "Your first black girlfriend." I am not messing with my curl pattern and spending three hours oiling out knots just for some loving.

I'll remember to tell that to my black students at USC when they're using "I GO HERE" to the LAPD who are arresting them for walking near the campus. You idiot, it has nothing to do with status. It has everything to do with attempting to use white supremacist logics of legitimacy to save oneself from needless, though…