It's sad as hell. And I'm not sure what will happen if she ever does come to realize that she's been internalizing harmful beauty standards and wants to stop - can skin "heal itself" from this?? I don't even know...

REALLY. Come to think of it, I've never tried to buy alcohol from a grocery store at, say, 3am but I never noticed any restrictions in places like Ralphs or Vons. Oh - but I did notice that one discount grocery - Food4less maybe? - had to keep its alcohol in an entirely separate room that maybe opened and closed…

Giant Eagle! Are you in the Pittsburgh area?? If so, I'll have to tell everyone I know the good news!

Also, haha, I love me some what's-his-name. Old hot guy. On the Waterfront. The Godfather. I'd use Google but my internet is being so wonky I'm not even sure this will post.

Ah, okay, that's what I didn't know, that some of the workers were part-time. That kind of sucks but hopefully the insurance is better than your average.

Pennsylvania native here. I now live in California, where liquor is available everywhere and at all times, but I can't help but see the benefit to state stores. Pretty decent selection, knowledgeable staff. And - please tell me if I'm wrong - but aren't the employees government workers? And thus eligible for…

I will. And little-kid me sincerely thanks you. :)

Yeah, this post reminded me of my own experiences as a little mixed girl with a beautiful blue-eyed blonde for a mother. I remember crying myself to sleep sometimes, wishing I was white and I have that Leona Lewis skin tone myself :/.

While I'm hardly "versed in pre-colonial Africa," your question did make me think of Song of Songs 1:5 and the fraught history behind it. According to my favorite religion professor (I didn't major in religion but wish I had; I was often far more interested in the religion electives I took than the coursework for my…

Okay, first of all, your handle is HILARIOUS.

My own knee jerk reactions was that these weren't his kids: what the hell does that say about me, I wonder?

Hey, your comment actually better explains something I never understood. As a black woman, I tend to gravitate towards Jezebel's coverage of black issues - like I'm digging this new girl Hillary - and then always get frustrated by the "What about Latinas?" or "What about Asians?" that always crop up in the threads. …

Yeah, that's the one I meant :) This commenting system is weird to me, I read the entire thread and thought my comment would post below all of yours but I guess not. The movie looks great, for what it's worth.

This thread has so much of everything I love! Jazz singers! Period pieces where women wear big ass skirts (I've actually been hankering for a period piece with a black heroine for AGES)! And while your point was actually to ridicule the idea of a black female jazz singer setting up shop in Yorkshire for mysterious…

Great argument, you took the words right out of my mouth. I just told some other commenter in another thread that minority representation can't become a zero sum game. Just because I want to see more black women on TV or in movies, that doesn't mean that I'm also not interested in seeing Asians and Latinas.

Great point about Latinos, especially on network shows. But to be fair, I remember the complaint Shonda Rhimes made about Bunheads and she just wanted *any* POC on the show so she'd feel okay about her kids watching it. Or am I remembering it wrong?

Wow. A) I didn't know chinchillas were so adorable. B) Somebody needs to make a movie - or TV show, like a modern All Creatures Great and Small! - about this guy. There's something so noble and sweet about vets; life in general is hard and animal life in particular is often considered cheap so I love the idea of…

That is pretty f'ing cool. It's amazing how veterinary (sp?) science has progressed right along with medical science! I never really thought about it before.

Hmm, I actually don't have a problem with the content of what they're saying - they may not realize it but they're in a D/s relationship and it apparently works for them.

This is kind of off topic, but I'm going to go for it anyway. At what point did designers stop making button down shirts with the piping (I think that's what those pleats are called?) under the bust to give them shape? A few of my older button downs have that and they're cute and flattering as hell - but they're…