I said it once and I'll say it again. Alex Pettyfer for Finnick! The only one out of those three that is even remotely hot enough for the role is Tim Riggins. Those other two are beyond basic.

"This whole comment is one big fail because I never said the majority of black people looked like Beyonce, you just did."

Because your ten family members are representative of MOST blacks. IF you want to believe that most blacks have blue-green eyes and Beyonce's phenotype, then by all means, have at it. I'll keep that in mind the next time there's a lively discussion on this site about black women's mainstream media representation…

"Digit-Aria wrongly tried to assert that Finnick couldn't be black because the description doesn't fit into stereotypical images of blackness, and I told him/her that they were wrong."

"News flash: There are NO features typical to blacks. There are just as many black Americans who look like Beyonce, Jesse Williams, and Vanessa Williams as there are individuals who lok like Idris Elba, Viola Davis, and Denzel Washington."

I didn't read him as being black either. Honestly, Aquaman came to mind when reading about Finnick, what with the trident and what not. I assumed that Finnick was a tan, white boy. When reading the books, I definitely perceived Rue and Thresh as black, given everything from their phenotype descriptions to the whole…

Alex Pettyfer for Finnick!

OMG, I'm so embarrassed for you! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

"He liked it well enough when he thought he was in control of how others saw him and that the image he projected was one that fit in with the hypermasculinity so many hip hop stars were trying to project.

"A young black woman fucks around in the music industry..." aaaannd that's about it as far as Rihanna is concerned, unless she decides to think about something besides her crotch within the next 10 years (god I hope so)."

You know, I liked the BC and TUTM remixes, but I'm hoping that this is the straw that breaks the camel's back where Ri and Chris are concerned because he not only assaulted her way back when, but with this Theraflu remix, he stabbed her in the back as well. Chris Brown may very well have not been referring to…

"Plus her private life is constnatly put on display for everyone to comment on. So I'm not sure I believe her choices are really about her agency."

You're missing the point. This isn't about the merits of promiscuity or the lack therof. The point is that it's nobody's business, so if she wants to sleep around, then so be it. That's what Lindy's saying when she says, "So slut it up, Rihanna."

I don’t agree with that. If there were no significant population increases in type 2 diabetes and other health complications linked to obesity and inactivity, then there would be no need to call on the government to do things such as curb food deserts, revamp school lunches and gym classes, and change the way it…

I’m sorry I couldn’t reply sooner (busy), but it looks like other people have said practically everything that I would have. So, I'll just add this . . .

I'm not overweight, but I have helped a friend lose weight who was, and even though I'm not on a "weight loss program," I and she (my friend) adhere to the "South Beach" diet ethos. It's been about 2 years now, and she's done a pretty good job of keeping it off with South Beach and exercise. The logic is basically…

She's an inconsistent live performer, but her studio albums are quite good. You can't sit back and rely on Rihanna to give flawless vocals everytime she hits the stage, and in the age of Beyonce (who always delivers perfect live vocals), inconsistency makes a singer, especially a black singer, a target. I stan for…

The fact that I keep hearing the same critique from various Asian women in this debate (i.e. White men are less patriarchal), combined with the positive stereotypes that I hear from white men about Asian women, lead me to question whether or not one of the reasons why this IR pairing is so prevalent is because so many…

Hmm . . . let me try this again.

This convo is exactly why I laugh at the assertion that positive stereotyping of a particular group (in this case Asian women) is somehow always as pernicious to that group as negative stereotyping. Clearly, as group, Asian women enjoy a privileged status, and I’d be hard pressed to believe that the consequences of…