Possibly. But from a simple joke structure standpoint, I don’t see that joke as homophobic, simply because the punch isn’t “hehe, he’s totes gay.” It’s “he’s a shameless asshole who will do anything somebody commands.”

Definitely not the only analysis. At all. Trump serves Putin, not us. Colbert made that point in ribald fashion.

No, it means he’s calling him a whore. I don’t know Stephen Colbert on a personal level, but I am 100% sure he’s not homophobic. Cool attempt to gin up controversy though.

Yeah, as (what I consider to be) a ‘moderate’ progressive, I can definitely get behind Warren. She’s shown integrity and that she isn’t afraid to bring the fight to the GOP instead of playing defense ad infinitum.

I’m not worry about her being “not pure enough”, I worry about her being “not young enough”. Trump is the oldest president ever at inauguration. Warren would be year older.

Can we have Al Franken as her running mate?

I marched with someone who said to me “You know, where I’m from people just don’t do this kind of thing. So I’ve never marched before. And it’s ridiculous and terrible and I feel like such an asshole for it, I need to do more now.” I’m glad no one handed us activism purity checklists before we entered the crowd.

Kara Brown isn’t an activist. She is a professional complainer.

You say: “To say you are pro-woman but anti-BLM is to be lying about one or the other.”

I’ve chaired an all-volunteer organization. We found that “Where the fuck have you been?” was less effective than “Thank you for coming, how can we get you more involved?” But what do I know? Maybe it’s the eye-rolling that the author mentions which makes her technique effective.

Look at how fucking angry people are here for people having the temerity to point out that sometimes, as white women, we don’t know what to do or how to help. You can’t tell me to listen and ask and then get indignant when I do those things because I’m now allegedly looking for a magic minority friend. I was…

Nahh..you’re predictable, Kara Brown. You only see one thing, all the time, every time. Black, Black, Black, Black, Black.

Kara was triggered by women laughing and having a good time. Was it the right place for her?

And 2 million eligible black voters didn’t vote at all, an 11% drop from 2012. I do not bring this up to lay blame: my point is you can spin the numbers to drive home any point you want. Yes, I agree white women have traditionally not embraced minority women/communities in their feminist causes. Yes, I agree white…

Says the woman who draws from the “white people are the worst” well weekly.

Jezebel is the fucking definition of predictable.

Kara Brown isn’t an activist. She is a professional complainer.

Preach.

Agreed. An activists job at a large successful action is not to whine about why the people who showed up weren’t at the previous actions, but to do something — other than whining — to make sure as many of them as possible come back to the next one. This article is not helpful.

What’s with these purity tests that people on the left require of one another?