Talitha’s piece was a really nice companion/response - good read in tandem, IMO.

Shit, I’m glad I missed all this. I thought the article was awesome. But then again, I’m a black woman, so *shrug*

Panama wasn’t denying that it does, and quite frankly, VSB doesn’t need the kind of readers who are going to stalk off mad at a title. Especially when the racially-charged articles can have crazy-ass titles and nobody bats an eye at that. Anybody who thought for two seconds about the title - beyond the initial…

Loofahs are porous and trap and breed more bacteria. And most people don’t discard them as often as they should. That’s why I’m washcloth all the way...you can wash it.

I eat grits with sugar, and not only do I have no shame about it, I wanna know why everyone is out here trying to oppress me by judging my choice of grit condiment.

Yeah, this is me. I don’t mind if people borrow my charger because I have like three spare ones in my drawer at work. I have one by my bed, in the living room, in my home office, in my car, and two in my work office. Plus I’ve got two portable charging banks. I do not play with dead phones.

I’m a goddamned millennial, so on my list are “Formation” and “99 Problems.”

“Party Up” makes me feel suuuuuper black.

Funny story about Mint Condition - I was in a car with some white friends and we started naming ‘80s boy bands. We started with like NKOTB, Menudo, but somebody named New Edition, and I got excited and forgot where I was for a second and named Mint Condition. They looked at me like I was crazy and one of them accused…

I mean, yeah, exactly. There are regular-ass people in every income bracket.

Yeah, this is where I’m at. Season 1 Lawrence was not trash, and I felt bad for him. Season 2 Lawrence was straight up trash - just had a pretty bow on it.

It wasn’t just a single incident, though. I mean, the cheating was only one time, but the series makes it clear that Issa cheated on Lawrence because of her overall dissatisfaction with him and their relationship. They were already on rocky ground before the cheating, and there’s evidence that they had been on rocky…

Are you new to VSB or what? The “Is Lawrence Trash?” was just a provocative title; the article makes it clear that Lawrence is a complex person who has engaged in a lot of complex behavior.

I still don’t understand how people are mad at Aparna for this one. Lawrence seemed uncomfortable going to a birthday party that his ex would be at and Aparna offered to go with him for moral support.

Well, I think Tasha invited him to the cookout as a kind of test. If he had declined immediately, she would’ve known he wasn’t seriously. Him agreeing to come was his tacit agreement that he wanted to take their thing further. Him ghosting was just embarrassing. I mean, she probably should’ve known better, but let’s…

I was firmly #TeamNobody.

Because I was curious, I went to see what the other coverage of the situation looked like.

Me too. This narrative is insane. Hillary made some blunders for sure, but Trump won because sexism and racism and xenophobia.

She didn’t invite herself. Lawrence expressed discomfort at going to a “thing” (he didn’t say dinner - remember, he didn’t even know it was a dinner) for his friend’s birthday when he knew his ex was going to be there. Aparna offered to go to make him feel more comfortable so that he wasn’t alone. She was obviously…

This is pretty much what I was thinking...open relationships have boundaries, and even if Dro wasn’t lying about the open part usually banging a really close friend is a no-go for these.