tobaccoroad
Pearl Lester
tobaccoroad

See, here’s the thing: it ain’t to get under their skin. I truly DO feel sorry for these people who labor under the false pretense of racial superiority in the face of a blatant economic disparity, stunted educational avenues, and pandemic level health issues commensurate with being “po’ white trash” and my heart

Precisely. And to hell with my black ass for not playing the role that this perverse drama assigned to me. To hell with me for pitying them to their faces.

I love you now.

Yep. But the maternal excusal of molestation and attraction to klan-flavored self-proclaimed Christians is sort of a package deal. In their world: all blacks (except that one they like) are niggers, all girls are sexable, and all white men are just one lucky break from being a billionaire. Those women try to get in on

I’m from Arkansas and June and her child molesting beau are sooooo normal. I remember getting into discussions with folks like that and they would tell me to get over that “white black thing” and I’d gaze at them, with them barely eking out a living, with their koolaid lipped kids, filled with racial animus and vain

Not here for woodsy skullcap-and-flannel Timberlake. It ain’t Memphis. It ain’t Orlando. It ain’t you, boo. But someone on Twitter was just talmbout how artists like Timberlake and Miley Cyrus have decided to pivot white this year in the name “getting back to [their] roots” and it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. If

I haven’t been down for any of the recent reboots, although I gave X-Files, Fuller House, That’s So Raven, and Will and Grace a try (never Roseanne. Roseanne is dead to me.). But Sister, Sister? Would watch. There would be so much they could explore as two women of color with markedly different views of and approaches

Could she be talking about a relatively recent stance of hers? Atonement was 5 years into her career. I could see her going through scripts and being like, “Rape. Rape. Nearly raped...nope.” She’s can afford to let roles go now, right? Them Pirates of the Caribbean residuals still flow like honey.

What I don’t want? Detailed accounts of regretful bumbling foreplay, shitty lays, next-day play-by-plays of every awkward interaction between potential sexual partners in the name of journalism. Grace did EXACTLY what she was supposed to do when she texted homedude the next day and said, “not cool. here’s why. bye.” I

I’m sitting here thinking, “Is this what it looks like when black folks react to a black man being accused of something and we say, ‘You KNOW they always trying to bring a brotha down!’” Cuz they DO pull shit against us, but maybe this particular muhfucka is appropriately targeted for his misbehavior. It’s funny how

Wasn’t his wife’s show produced by Harvey? Oh, and, Chrissy Teigen needs to spill all the tea with he clap back, “Hmm. Let’s just say we’ve all heard things about each other, haven’t we?” Curious and curiouser... That said, his video walk back was good. I ain’t mad at him.

That dude is popular as fuck with high school boys. For real. Quite a few chose his songs for their Lyric Analysis in order to defend it as poetry. Not a one passed muster, of course, but they still had fun attempting to defend them.

I sat down to watch a tv show and saw the Paddington Bear trailer and straight up got my feelings hurt. The bear puts a red sock into a washing machine and says, “What’s the worst that can happen?” Cut to: a black prisoner menacingly punching his hand. I’m so tired of folks being taught that the black man is the

[Insert gif of that little girl going “I TOLD y’all n*ggas! Y’all didn’t beleeee me, but I told y’all...”]

This is literally what happened to me. I spent the rest of my tour being lambasted for what I “did” to the career of the officer who harassed me.

I’m from poverty and dread going back. So, yeah. I said what I said cuz I felt what I felt. I won’t step into Walmart if you paid me. The very sight of calico print brings the taste of government cheese to my mouth. Visceral reaction that shocked me when it first happened. Funny, that.

I imagine an American going into an Australian Kmart like that and freaking the fuck out at that bizarro experience. I walk into Kmart here and immediately feel my tax bracket slipping and start itching for no damn reason.

My oh my, has HBC REALLY been playing the wild-eyed scene chewer so long that folks have forgotten that she was THE epitome of the elegant and graceful historical drama princess for quite some time? I’m quite sure our girl can still act as a role requires of her. Unfortch, she’s just been in a lot of wild-eyed roles

I am so sorry.