That was in Ireland, not North Ireland.

Slavery as it was practiced in certain areas of the African continent was *dramatically* different than slavery as the Europeans practiced it. Whereas enslavement on the continent was a result of a) war (losing side) or b) having committed a crime or act of violence, it meant being integrated into the community one…

Actually “enslaved peoples” is now the preferred terminology by those engaged in the teaching and research on this period of the African Diaspora, across disciplines. It’s a minor difference, but reminds our (often very resistant) students/colleagues/readers/et al. that these are human beings who have been…

Em, except the poorest districts in the UK - and the ones most frequently targeted by Tories (ahem) - are almost exclusively in North Ireland and Scotland (why do we think Glasgow - immense working poor population - went Yes across all generational, educational, and racial boundaries in the referendum?). So there’s…

As a professor of post-colonial theory in the UK, let me tell you (though you’re likely already aware of this) that the ignorance about the IRA’s political radicalism is equally applicable to most of the English (and Loyalist types all over the UK, clearly). But interestingly, it is often Brits of colour who know…

And almonds should not even be the focus of such ire. Nestle is a great target, yes, and the California cattle industry is among the most egregious and wasteful in terms of water usage.

All of those things are intimately tied to racism, whether or not the OP intended to point that out or not. It is typically on the backs of children of colour that zero tolerance policies and criminalisation of childhood behaviour are carried out.

If they are Irish, which I don’t know (I glower when I have to walk by that offensive “cafe”), it has nothing to do with why the shop was attacked. Really.

I have to say, re: the not knowing what pork is story, it’s typically servers that we kosher/halal customers have to explain the concept of pork to. From NYC to LA to Nashville to London to Sydney (and so on...) I have experienced the hilarity of a server assuring me “there’s no pork in that dish” after I ask and then…

Please stop advocating to put Tubman- or any WOC whose bonded labours those almighty dollars were printed in blood for- on the currency of any nation that hasn’t proven it’s moved beyond viewing women of colour as chattel. Abolitionism was not just about ending slavery for many black abolitionists. It was about ending…

I agree, and would add that women of colour who exist in-between available shades of all sorts of make up (meaning, from pharmacy brands to high end) being “whited” out of a photo is a CONSTANT annoyance. I am so sick of being ghost-faced in photos due to the confluence between the fucked up way cameras operate/film…

Before the kicking, even, I am overwhelmed and deeply saddened by the desperation of these human beings who have been abandoned by their own countries, and by much of the rest of the world. The United States needs to be doing as much - if not more - to take in refugees from conflicts they literally created. And as a…

As a UK citizen I have more trouble getting into the UK than anywhere else! And that includes the time I went to Algiers with an EXPIRED visa (I didn’t realize it then and thankfully the Algerian immigration police were very kind to assist me with it).

I bulk up fast - or appear to, because I was already fairly slim, with broad shoulders and no discernible hips (basically, I’m an upside-down triangle) - and that was my greatest fear when I started strength training seriously. But! I surprised myself, because the shape of my body meant the increased muscle mass…

Just saw this film in London. It’s properly weird in a proper Game of Thrones sense... also extremely awkward for the audience, I should say.

THIS is Jim Norton. He is a superb and well known Irish actor and not in the forthcoming War & Peace adaptation.

You realize these models will be rocking those haircuts for exactly the duration of only this shoot, and once they’re at the next one (usually later that day during campaign production season) it will be cut again? Models are meant to have flexible looks - their symmetry, height, and look in the clothes are the key to…

Ugh, I wish they didn’t celebrate Halloween in London. It is a Big Deal here.

Also, these guys are working - if the haircut enrages you that much take it out on the campaign stylists, not the models. They’re trying to earn paychecks and are probably really nice kids. Most of them work long enough to set aside a little bit to get them started in life - school, a flat, some travel, and the like -…

Models are hired to be dressed and styled. They don’t walk into any studio like that and their look will change with every job.