The backlash from the indigenous community stems from the fact that there’s a long and ugly history of white folks determining who is native based on the “blood quantum” idea. Tribal identity is something that native folks should have the right to determine themselves. There’s a great syllabus of readings you can find…

Oh shit! I need one of these! Thank you!

I’m really sorry for your loss, and for the way your dad treated you. That’s a double shot of shit- I’m so sorry.

Well said.

The difference between melding of cultures and appropriation is the power differential. There’s a difference between painters influencing each other across cultures and companies copying designs from marginalized people and selling them to a wealthy white audience. Why not approach it as a collaboration and make sure…

Yes- making money off of the creativity of indigenous peoples without permission, credit, and compensation is gross. It’s just not that hard to do the right thing- people do collaborations in fashion all the time! The Canadian Olympic snowboarding jacket a few years ago is another great example like the Hermes scarf…

I have said for years that I will not hear a single pro-life argument from a person who is neither a foster parent nor an adoptive parent, and to this day haven’t met a pro-lifer who is. Meanwhile, we have states like Texas passing laws that allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBT parents, so I’m…

Isn’t it weird how when you see actors in real life they ping in your brain like someone you used to know? When I was waiting tables in NYC I once asked the guy that played Taylor Riggins on Friday Night Lights if we went to college together, and was super embarrassed the next day when I realized why he seemed…

I saw him from across the street once and it took EVERYTHING in me to not run over and hug him! He seems like such a sweetheart!

I worked on film crews for years, so I had fairly routine contact with celebrities but generally tried not to talk to them to avoid any awkward situations. But one day we were filming in Rockefeller Center when I noticed that the bag in a trash can had slipped out of place so people were throwing their trash on top of…

GROOOOOOOOOSS OH MY GOD and 100% Batali. I’m dying!

Seconded! It’s really worth a listen.

NOOOOOOOOOOO! KVIIIlyn!!!

I can’t really understand how they could have even cleared the photo, or why they would choose that. It’s such a gross thing to do, especially when you know that her family doesn’t want to be involved. I feel like true crime is at its best when it humanizes victims that were ignored by law enforcement and the press…

I agree with you. And I also must say that I found it completely jarring to step off the subway to see a large photo of Hae plastered on the wall. I don’t know her, but it was really strange to see! If you’re the producer of this documentary, and you say you’re troubled by how difficult this must be for the family,…

I agree with you- it makes a big difference when podcasts/documentaries/books are created by investigative journalists with the skills to treat the subject in a fair and sober way. But it’s a drag that the popularity of this genre leads to weird armchair detective shit. Once these things are out in the wild, there…

Yes! He was so good in True Detective! I was happy to watch that instead of the Oscars.

Oh wow, this sounds so good! Thanks for sharing! Maybe it would be good with a bag of those pita chips from Trader Joe’s?

Making Election Day a holiday would probably help ensure that there are is adequate amount of poll workers. In my hometown (blue collar Midwest), it’s a real struggle to staff the polls because people can’t take a day off work. The polls are usually staffed by retirees (my grandparents did it for years before they…

A puppy shower! This is the sweetest!