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I'm not particularly excited to support the work or worldview of white people who choose to only surround themselves with other white people. "This is the way my life has panned out?" Come on, it's not like you were hit by a TORNADO of white people that just HAPPENED to you. You have clearly chosen to avoid people of

Bad/limited artists write about themselves, good artists write about the World in which they live, that requires that you seriously observe the world in which you live, all of it. If you're exactly like these characters right down to the self-absorption, then sure you're going to relate to the show, that

Wait- he didn't write it with anyone in mind and wound up with Idris Elba? He hit the jackpot with that one.

Oh, I wasn't offering it as the beacon of all choices. lol Just a choice. People are pointing to the fact that Lena Dunham didn't have a choice. She did. This "it's what she knows" bullshit is ridiculous and I'm using race-neutral casting as an answer to that. I, too, would prefer some shows that are about the

I couldn't imagine anyone BUT Idris Elba playing Luther. Not a chance.

So, for all y'all rationalizing this.....STOP. Please. For the love for fuck, just stop. This is why WOC don't associate with Feminism like that. Shit like this. Like, y'all have never heard of race-neutral casting. Fa'real? Oh, okay...............

Glad to see you also have firm ideas about the nature of the internet.

If you sincerely believe that comedy is about "shock," please go climb your fucking thumb. It's ENTIRELY possible to be funny and still be sensitive to other people. Just look at what's happened with Todd Glass. He demonstrates that it's possible to craft smart comedy without being inherently offensive.

I... what? I have no idea what you're trying to say, but I'm hoping it's not another version "White people can be as racist as they like as long they do it in 'joking' fashion, and it's totally unfair to call them on their racism if they meant to be funny!" comment. The staggering amount of cluelessness and privilege

Louis CK is not a good example b/c he is perfectly willing to own up to and mock his white privilege in a way that I think few people who comment on this site could ever do.

"These days, funny comes from a 'shock' effect."

I have no idea if Arfin is racist. I do know that her tweet was racist, and that her intent doesn't make it any less so.

Tweeting a racist comment for comedic effect doesn't make it any less racist.

She's Hungarian and African-American descent. I guess she might not be "black enough for you" or "too white for you" but if that's what she self-identifies as, that's what she is.

What? She looks totally white. I'm going to cast Heidi Klum in a show and then reveal in a one-off episode that her dad is black and then never refer to it again in the series. Can I then say that I have African-American representation in the show? Be Serious.

I caught myself referring to someone in one of my classes today, who is 27, as a girl, and realized how ridiculous it was. Sometimes I forget that I'm getting old.

Um, did anyone not think this show was going to be problematic? When I heard about yet another show about young, adult WOMEN, with the word "Girls" as part or all of the title, I was done. The systematic infantilization of women is so pervasive that hardly anyone speaks out against it. I, for one, am offended by