I think it’s interesting to watch a metaphorical infant taking its first steps, and then trash said infant for not being able to run a 40-yard-dash in record time. That, to me, is what this article does.

I work for an advocacy organization. We all went to the march, with our friends and our families.

Absolutely! He should maybe set up a private email server, too!

The false assumption that adding garlic to anything makes it healthy for my heart regardless of other ingredients is all the justification I need.

I had the same revelation!! ...and that Kyle makes me quiver in delicious ways.

i watched this last night and was so confused. like, were the americans shunning the african part of “african-american” and the african girl was trying to explain that they were african?

Cho called her out. Swinton respectfully asked for more information. Don’t confuse mildly tone deaf with “inherently gross”. And stop acting like Swinton randomly asked a POC off the street.

All bets were off as regards privacy the moment Cho “mischaracterised” and at times told an outright lie in a very public forum via Bobby Lee’s podcast.

Sorry, I’m not sure why I’m so upset about the consistent practice of cultural appropriation and whitewashing in Hollywood. It’s no big deal.

“I speak for Asians when I say we’re upset at you.” “Can you explain why you think people are upset about this thing, so I can understand.” “This bitch thinks I speak for Asians, fuck her.”

Go read the emails. The go read what Margaret Cho claimed Tilda Swinton said. She was lying in a despicable manner. I really like Margaret Cho’s work, but I’ve lost a huge amount of respect for her.

In the comics, Swinton’s character is a stereotypical “wise Asian” character, which many people find offensive. Rewriting that role as a white woman removes that, and creates a role for a woman. And then, they wrote a new Asian role and cast an Asian actor. No Asian actors lost work, a role for a woman was created, a…

Oh, please.

I cannot for the life of me get why people don’t get this. This isn’t looking for a minority mentor. This is someone deliberately misrepresenting a conversation for attention and advocate street cred. She threw a colleague (in the loosest sense) under the bus when that colleague didn’t deserve it. She got called out…

Major props to Tilda for releasing the conversation too.

That house Asian thing is particularly bullshit when Cho has put herself out there as a critic of Swinton getting the role. It’s like, “I speak for Asians when I say we’re upset at you.” “Can you explain why you think people are upset about this thing, so I can understand.” “This bitch thinks I speak for Asians, fuck…

I think Cho comes off looking worse in this than Tilda. Though my first thought was why on earth would she seek out the opinion of Margaret Cho in the first place? It seems like just such a bizarre out of nowhere email to send to someone. I mean maybe there is some more backstory here that we aren’t getting, but that…

Cho has made herself one of the main voices of this debate and was publicly criticizing the movie and Swinton. If someone does that, they can’t then claim that if someone wants to talk about it with them that they are being turned to as the only Asian in the room. She has set herself up as an expert on this issue for…

I’m guessing that Cho doesn’t understand why a lot of people are pissed at her. It has nothing to do with her feelings that Asian actors should play Asian roles, which is completely valid. Everyone’s pissed because she took what was supposed to be a private conversation, twisted it into the worst possible…

Margaret Cho has always been someone who lies for attention. She’s like if Marc Maron were a woman. It’s too bad because she is incredibly talented.