i feel like ‘just birthing a child’ qualifies as a good flats excuse

Well to be fair, they’re hardly limited to Muslim communities. I’m pretty sure it happens in Hindu, and even Buddhist communities. Many christians (newly converted, poor, with only a crude and literal knowledge of the Bible) in the third world often target women in this way as well.

I was dying at the Internet freaking out about Leo’s win last night.

VARIETY PACK

Amen. As a non-uterus haver, I’ve been pro-choice, but watching my wife go through pregnancy with twins and then with another, there is no way to justify forcing someone to go through that process against their will.

I’ve had my copper IUD for almost 10 years, and never even had a pregnancy scare. What happened in this case is INCREDIBLY rare. It’s still hands down the most effective form of reversible birth control.

Same! I’ve had a copper IUD for 5 years without incident, but this made me paranoid as hell.

My point is your feelings of being ostracized is a self fulfilling prophecy on not recognizing your privilege that I think many light/white passing people of color fall into. This is sort of the same put on upon act white people do when people of color call them out when white people think they are supposedly helping…

I know you seem to be focused on the way white people experience their privilege and act upon it, consciously or not, but i’d caution you to not invalidate my experiences of ostracism simply because they aren’t perpetrated by white people.

On the flip side, I have experienced discrimination and ostracism within the Indian community—people who want me to somehow prove I am Indian.

I know others are expressing the same thought, but I have to express it myself.

Despite any personal acrimony the first Aunt Viv was clearly superior in almost every way.

I hope that sweet little old lady ended up with an empty seat next to her on her plane - she deserved it for being a good human!

The state is being slaughtered in court and the family’s statement REEKS of being written by the State’s lawyers. They are desperately trying to appeal to the court of public opinion.

Missy has never been one for making songs that people think she “ought,” to make.

It would be incredibly helpful, though. Black men like Will Smith, Lee Daniels, Tyler Perry, Denzel Washington, and Kevin Hart have far more power in Hollywood than do the majority of Black women actors, directors, and producers. If Black men would advocate for casting and hiring Black women it would really help their…

No they don’t. But he’s totally within his rights to speak on this. And what he’s saying is 100% true. He’s being supportive and coming from a place of marginalization himself as a black person in our society. The idea that he should just keep quiet on this strikes me as really counter-productive. A black actor can…

Check your privilege before criticizing someone’s religious dress. Incarcerated people tend to rely on religion to comets terms with their situation.

Lord have mercy, Beasts of No Nation was incredible, that man is an incredible actor. You are not.