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I’m shattered. Read more
Keep making shitty people uncomfortable, Michael. You do a service to those of us who aren’t as good with words but who feel just as passionate about our people and causes important to us. Major respect brother.
this huuuuuurts. oh my god. nooooooooooo. Read more
My favorite words are “pickle” and “goat”. They just tickle me pink - because I’m very light skinned. LOL!
I ain’t saying “peace out” because you’ll still be writing somewhere and I’ll be reading.
Butterscotch, chupacabra, vapors; and Godspeed, Michael. Read more
“Not ALL Grays.”
Love & power, Michael. The racists will be happy to not have you handing them mirrors & notebooks anymore, but they all know in their hearts that you’re right because you kept hammering the stake into ‘em.
I’m positive the greys are rejoicing, but you will be sorely missed.
Noooo NOOOOO NOOOOOO!! I know you’re a baller and a poet, a writer and destined for greatness (while being off the market & married to a doctor!) but I can’t handle change right now! So stop, call it off, come back and keep The Root’s continuity! I haven’t even read your post but I’m upset now for the rest of the… Read more
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It’s been a pleasure and an education to read your work Michael, I look forward to continue to reading it wherever you land next. Read more
After five years at The Root, Michael Harriot says goodbye.
Pretty sure Josh knew exactly how to get back but purposely led them around to create tension and wear them down.
Roman’s always had problems with impulse control, and too much faith in his own scheming. He sees something he correctly recognises as a chip, and he goes for it - he doesn’t think through whether it’s actually prudent to play that chip right now, or how it might backfire. He’s smart, but he isn’t wise. Read more
I don’t recall us seeing Greg sign the agreement, only that Tom, Shiv, and Logan claim that he did. At first I thought Tom might be lying, but the thing is that Shiv could easily discern whether he was telling the truth or not by simply asking Greg herself, and asking for the signed document in person. I wouldn’t be… Read more
Was Logan’s scene with Kerry making her day? When your powerful and scary boss says “laugh at this with me,” you’re going to laugh at it with him. What choice do you have? And if she genuinely enjoyed the way they pissed someone else off (her president, no less) it makes the scene a pointed look at how systemic… Read more
When Logan gets to be personable and charming, it really shows how someone like that could become so powerful and become such a “self-made man.” He always says “I know people,” and he really does. That’s what his kids don’t get. They have an idea of what people are like based on what their dad has taught them, but… Read more
I think Shiv is being true to character. She’s been extremely entitled and self centered since episode one. I think a lot of us latched on to her in the beginning because she was the outsider and claimed to be progressive but that was never a true belief any more than it’s Kendall’s now. Read more
I’ve generally been more empathetic towards Shiv than some others, but tonight the writers really made her into an Ivanka Trump figure—nasty, clueless, and entitled without the vulnerability. Read more