All he had to do was stop talking about something of which he clearly hasn’t educated himself

I just have to say that he IRRITATES me. But maybe now is not the time. He did a good thing.

Extra star for using the word “grifters.” :)

Those two have chemistry!

It’s good to know that even beautiful people get zits on the bridge of their noses sometimes! And good to know you can treat them without putting toxic, animal-tested chemicals on your face. Thanks!

Cosign! My sweet, princess-obsessed niece was actually a little traumatized by something she heard on TV about Meghan, so I send this link to her mom. Like it or not, Disney is powerful.

A little more detail here — https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/03/01/how-black-man-outsmarted-neo-nazi-group-became-their-new-leader/?utm_term=.4d30110ba132

I agree with you both on what it takes so actually convince people, and love the concrete suggestions, especially “sportsball” ;)

I thought Cummings was pretty awesome. If he says “disturbling,” maybe that’s how it should be said from now on.

AOC has said she doesn’t care what Dem’s think about her encouraging OR progressives to primary other Democrats, so it does sound like she is promoting chaos.

I 100% believe that the Russians are both promoting and detracting AOC in social media. that is their MO - divide and conquer

She really was robbed of an Oscar for Malcolm X.

I know everyone has their own best way to silence that inner critic, but I like the idea of naming it and treating it like an annoying but well-meaning friend or auntie. Then when she bothers you, just say “mmmhmm,” and keep on doing what you’re doing. 

Funny, I was worried you might be annoyed at the implication that the writing you are doing now is somehow less important than writing a novel or essay collection. Like great writing has to be a monologue rather than a conversation. As a middle-aged person I tend to reach for paper books for motivation when I feel my…

I can see you and Panama both writing books that would shine along with the others on this list. 

i’m stuck on the couch with a sprained ankle, so I reread James Baldwin’s and some other critiques of Carmen Jones. It really is problematic and frustrating in all kinds of ways, but I still love seeing these three together. If only they could have made a musical about the struggle of three friends moving North to…

Thank you!

I loved Pearl Bailey’s look in Carmen Jones, too. And Diahann Carroll.

On one hand I’m so in awe of her grace in putting ego and conflict aside to just do the work. But I can’t let go of that sentence “The possibility of black women’s work being erased and of me being lost in this narrative is a reality.” Is it safe to check your ego in a world that always just assumes you’ll be selfless…