She has a seemingly excellent command of the language for a 16-year-old. I agree that referring to adult people of color as being “articulate” simply for employing proper usage of the English language is problematic as fuck—but, this is not a fully grown adult; ostensibly she hasn’t even finished high school.

I don’t remember some of the dolls, like Josephina. I did the doll thing when it was the original 5, so all the ones that came after are kind of a blur. I STILL have Samantha and Kirsten. My mom has them all nicely put away in case I have a daughter some day (still don’t even know if I want kids, but I WILL be takiing…

I practice housing discrimination law for a fair housing agency. We’re government-funded and organizations like mine exist in almost every single part of the country. The sole purpose of our funding is to provide free housing discrimination advice, education, advocacy and enforcement. You call us. We talk for a while.…

Google “Fair Housing Testing” — we can prove it a lot of the time.

Testing! We do testing! We train a diverse group of community members, and when we get complaints of discrimination, we set up tests. We assign profiles (everything from whether a person has a family, to their job and income, and why they are moving) and then we send them out. If we were looking at race, we would send…

I’m a fair housing attorney, so all I do is investigate and enforce the housing discrimination laws. SO MANY PEOPLE DO THIS STILL. Sometimes, it’s the real estate agents. At times, unconscious bias causes them to steer people of color away from white neighborhoods (lots of good studies on this). Other times, it’s…

I recently learned this was a thing as my roomie and her friends started getting married. Who the fuck wants a cream colored dress that is good for clubbing? What happened to delineating the bride with gaudy regalia from the porn store? I say we stick to that, and not dictating what guests wear to a bachelorette party.

Lawyer here… There are a number of federal appeals court rulings that have interpreted sex discrimination to include discrimination based on non-conformity with gender/sex stereotypes, such as being gay or trans. The EEOC also interprets federal law this way. It’s a relatively new, last 5-10 year, interpretation.…

Word. I can get behind eggs, but I cannot get behind quiche. The texture, the taste of the egg/cream mixture, it just makes me cringe. I try it every now and again, but without fail, I hate it.

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There is a steinmart down the road from me that I’ve never been in. Now I must investigate

This. I have a straight perm (damn my Jewfro), and go in every 6-8 months to get my roots touched up. When I lived in LA, I went to a salon in Koreatown, and now in the San Jose area, I go to a Vietnamese salon. Both salons have a lead stylist who oversees the whole thing, and does some of the work, but there is…

Add in super greasy hair and face, and that was me off the pill for 6 months so we could get updated baseline data for my PCOS. ick.

His reason for making this public is BS — Proposition 209 amended California’s constitution to ban the use of race in governmental decisions, which has been widely held to ban the use of race-based affirmative action in college admissions. In other words, UCLA isn’t considering “strengthening its affirmative action…

I didn't realize that Jews weren't ordinarily "white-passing." I mean, there are small populations of Persian Jews, and other Sephardic Jews (Northern Africa and Spain/Portugal, mainly) in the U.S., some of which would definitely be considered white. But uh, 90% of American Jews are of European (mostly Eastern Europe)…

THIS explains it.

The tattoos all over the arms give it away as Billie Joe <3

I pick at my toenails and cuticles, and then start going at my blisters. I do, however, not eat my dead skin or toenails.

Ross (definitely) and TJ MAXX/Marshalls (sometimes) have great deals on suits, slacks and nice shirts. I would also hit up the Macy's sales racks (download a 20% off coupon on their website—there's usually one for every weekend). I can usually find good stuff for under $20. All you need are a couple of pair of slacks…

I work at a fair housing (aka housing discrimination) agency and this is SO common and it is SO illegal. Sexual harassment by a landlord, or any management or maintenance staff, constitutes sex discrimination under the federal Fair Housing Act. We have a case right now and when we sent out letters to current and prior…