imma call bullshit on this brand because there's no WAY Trump thinks something labeled "Bronx" is classy enough for him.

Goddammit. All that is good in this collection of sites is getting peeled away. 

With the best will in the world, I hope the rest of you leave as well. Fuck this place. 

Also:

I quit smoking about a year ago, and will not go back, for the obvious health reasons. But the brief natural interludes smoking brought with it are something I still miss. If I took three smoke breaks a day, that added up to thirty minutes quietly reading outside and contemplating the state of the creek behind my…

It’s purposeful, to increase the stigma against sex. If you think it’s going to be painful or your body needs weeks of preparation beforehand you’re going to be more intimidated and more likely to wait for marriage.

Absofuckinglutely not. Hanging a big toe (the worst toe) out there, like a fat grubworm, is just asking to have wild birds attack your feet.

This seems like the perfect example of the brain filtering anything out that doesn’t conform to its conditioning.

The effect that Pedro had on this 14 year old gay kid from Appalachia, and really importantly, the effect he had on my group of friends, can’t be overstated. He started conversations I'd never have had, period. 

You know, I know folks talk about Pedro and the presentation of his sexuality in the mainstream was huge - and it is - but as a Latino, who graduated HS that summer getting ready to attend Harvard that fall, he was the first real representation that no matter all the racism I faced, the nastiness of people telling me…

OK. Is it about money or credit? I mean, in the case of China influencing Japan, it had everything to do with power. The Byzantine Empire was pretty powerful. The Roman Empire as well. I didn’t limit my comparison to art. I am talking about culture in general.

It’s interesting that your immediate response is to try to find some way to gatekeep this commenter. It’s like if someone disagrees with you surely they can’t be Mexican or Puerto Rican enough.

Yeah, I mean, I love the melding of cultures. It’s been going on for thousands of years. Russian architecture has a major Byzantine component, Japanese culture, art, etc is strongly influenced by China, Degas and van Gogh were influences strongly by Japanese art. If culture isn’t allowed to influence other culture,…

Ok we can debate the cultural appropriation of the Herrera designs (for me, these are highly debatable as she and not the same as Urban Outfitters appropriating ‘ethnic’ designs / stealing designs from artisans).

“Most people acknowledge that these days” - Uh, completely false?

Is it bad that I’m genuinely not sure if this is a false flag attack? This administration has lied so much and John Bolton has had such a hard-on for bombing Iran for so long that I’m seriously concerned that this is being stoked simply to provide justification. I don't know why, but this is screaming Gulf of Tonkin…

Not to mention you'd also need an abdominal window to actually see anything, as such, it's just a window covered by muscle and skin.

Thanks for articulating why I’m struggling with this. I’ve been through CSA myself, and while a tiny vengeful part of me thinks “yes!” the larger part just knows that this is cruelty for cruelty’s sake. I’m not sure if people who have committed these crimes can be redeemed, but I don’t think physical punishment is the…

That’s so weird because I’d say Twizzlers are the ones with no flavor, only a brittle texture. Funny how different mouths can be.