The burden of proof is generally on the person making the claim. I didn’t claim that it would be typical for them to have conducted smelling lessons.

“there was probably a district-wide smell-test training session”

I don’t get this “gay people are trying to ruin black masculinity” thing. Especially since it is usually used as a way to say that white people are trying to destroy black masculinity with gayness.

Only if they’re Black, apparently.

Not sure what made me laugh harder, the line about “some punks kissing and laughing eating mozzarella sticks,” or the idea that his wardrobe is what’s keeping Pastor Troy from winning a Grammy.

Does this school also accost students who use hand sanitizer because they smell like alcohol?

How? By deciding that mentioning that incident was the most important thing that needed to be done upon his death. I wonder when Bush 41 passed did she feel the need to mention his nickname while in the senate was “rubbers?” Will she mention Bill Clinton’s multiple affairs and alleged rapes when he dies? Funny how…

How Did So Many People Get the Kobe Story So Wrong?

I’ve been on Twitter a long time and yesterday late morning/afternoon was the wildest I’d ever seen it. The rush to be first to announce what happened to Kobe’s helicopter was ridiculous. Paid, professional grown ass journalists, who you’d assume would know better, were throwing out hot takes that were on the level of…

I felt so alone until I read this article and the comments. I’ve had alopecia for 5 years. Folks have no idea how the loss of your hair makes you feel especially when you don’t want to be bald. And while I have come to grips with wearing wigs, I miss my own hair. Thank you Ayanna and thank you Jessica.

This video was powerful. 

It’s truly hard when agency is taken away from you regarding decisions about your body, even seemingly trivial decisions like how your hair/your head looks. And I can imagine how the Rep feels given the power of her twists in a time where we’re fighting to not have our hair judge as wild and unkempt by folks too…

My alopecia story is a bit different but in many ways similar.

AYANNA!

Ms. Kai has been researching the fashion industry for over 20 years—first as a fashion student/freelance stylist and fashion-obsessed musician, but most importantly, as a curve model (my day job for most of those two decades). But since research is now requisite as my daily job as a journalist, here you go:

Even with all your words and charts and reports. Even when we say, “WE DON’T CARE WHERE HE PUTS HIS DICK! HIS RECORD ON RACE RELATIONS IS SHIT!!!” White people will still accuse us of homophobia for not lining up to vote for him. 

So.. no one was bothered that a town with 26% Black population (about 27000 people) only has about 18 non-White officers out of a 244?

Seriously. It boggles my mind to consider that shit like this happens in many police forces, and it MIGHT get reported locally if the locale even has a newspaper or TV media. A blog with national readership and other significant media outlets would probably not be doggedly investigating the police department of a…

So...

I can’t wait until Mayo Pete falls behind because he has no black support and all his people insist it’s because Black people are homophobic, because not only can they not see racism, they can’t see Black people complaining about racism.