Its young adult literature - YA is deliberately less subtle than adult fiction. Not inspired, but I get it.

If the door was ajar and the lights were on at night, he may have been concerned that there was someone else in the house - a prowler, a murderer - and didn’t want to also put himself in danger.

Her next-door neighbor called because he was worried about her. He saw the door ajar and the lights on at a very odd hour of the night/early morning, and he knew she was at home watching her young nephew alone. I can’t be mad at him; he thought his neighbor needed some help and he did what he could to try to help her…

I am so heeeeeeeere for this!!! I Stan Kid Fury and Crissle, I love The Read and I am so hype that there are two black ass queer folks crushing it in the media space. Thanks for this feature! (Also accidentally, through the tweet about Crissle I just discovered the well-read black girl! Now I have to go through The…

You're blaming a dead black woman for a grown-ass man’s behavior? Kanye West Is 42 human years old. He's been able to decide for himself whether he wants to read and take in information for decades now. At what point does a grown man take full responsibility for his own actions?

Psychiatrists are medical doctors who typically have at least 4 years of a psychiatry residency behind them. They get training in diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illnesses. They are more specialized than a GP, and I would call them experts.

I got my graduate degree at Columbia, and I used to teach undergraduates there. I also taught in summer programs for underrepresented students that had a mix of students from a range of schools - regional publics, other Ivies, HBCUs, top publics. IMO, you’re absolutely correct. The Ivy League kids weren’t any smarter…

That’s because it’s not the white people they want gone. They want their kids to go to school with the rich, well-connected white kids. They want us gone.

I’m so glad you wrote this, because when I first saw the controversy and then saw the girl’s hair I was so mad. Her hair looks cute and she looks like a normal kid who just got home from a full day of school. I hope her people are shielding her from this Internet nastiness.

...you think the Gen Zers are the ones remaking this shit? The people at Warner Bros. greenlighting this shit are most likely younger Baby Boomers and older Gen Xers.

...does it matter?

I mean, they did explain why they awarded it to him. It’s even in the article that you linked from your quote in your comment.

OMG THIS CHILD IS ADORABLE.

One of them didn’t even try to circumvent the system - she was homeless. Most schools require an address to register children. She was trying to get her children to school the only way she knew how.

Probably name recognition, for Julian Castro.

I started college in 2004. That was 15 years ago. We had Internet back then - it wasn’t ancient history. We even had WiFi! Changes to regulations have been made, but we had a fully staffed and supported mental health center, among other student services. The cost of attendance has tripled in the ensuing 15 years. I’m…

When I started at Spelman in 2004, I tuition and fees were just under $11,000. Now tuition and fees are just under $30,000 for the 2019-2020 school year.

Or the 26 people (including 20 elementary-school-aged children) killed at Sandy Hook. Or the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

Honestly, when I saw the picture, my eyes immediately went to the bride. I then looked over at the dinosaur, laughed, and turned my eyes back to the bride because I thought her dress was gorgeous.

...wearing a dinosaur costume = symptoms of mental illness? WTF?