I think it’s mostly that we pay attention to them. But, as someone who has tangentially worked in the industry, I think there’s a somewhat higher percentage overall of things like bipolar disorder, depression, etc. not that I have any real stats to back this up. I say this as someone whose father is a non-famous…

I vote that we just pay more attention to them. I’ve had this type of conversation several times with friends who worked at concert venues (doing the stereotypical M&M sorting type of thing), and we all realized that we have our own oddities that are only private because no one shops/cleans/cooks for us.

Thank you for your thoughtful and wise words. This election has made me really confront my place in my culture and in this country. I am still trying so hard to reconcile the ways in which I have been complicit due to ignorance or stayed silent out of fear in the past. We may be struggling but as you say, we are not…

Bish please. It bothers ME that you’re bothered.

It’s certainly a complex existence and one I’m, sadly, well acquainted with. I find a constant tension, not only the external one like you described of having to defend your identity on two fronts, but also an internal one when I both want to be recognized and accepted as Latina while being aware of the privileges I…

Thank you for writing this. I have had White Latinos literally talk shit in Spanish here in States when on a training trip and did not know that I was an afro- Latina.

Sure!

There are a lot of Hispanics that are white/can pass for white* and I have zero expectation of them. Those are the kind that will tell you “if I came here legally, then everyone else should.” Zero sympathy for their own people, and for many, zero understanding that you may think you’re white, but most Americans don’t,…

One of the sets of reaction gifs I saw had Rachel Bloom in the back looking

If white liberals ever wonder why minorities are so hard on their “allies” at times, this is the PERFECT example of why that is.

I complained to HR when a co-worker graduated from leaving notes on my desk to breaking into my car to leave them there. I had no idea who was doing it and the notes were risque to say the least.

I’m a lawyer and I speak Spanish.

How about Jerry Seinfeld dating a 17 year old when he was in his late 30s. Why hasn’t James Woods come out with the “ewww” about that?!

We seriously considered this for our wedding because I have a cousin who has a drug and alcohol problem and her mom called me right before the wedding to let me know the good news that her parole officer was going to let her attend (it would have been out of state for her). My entire family enables her by allowing her…

Phillipa Soo has just the right amount of strain, anger, sadness and disdain in her voice. It’s such a magnificent recording.

And that, my friends, is what integrity looks like in the wild.

Kelly Clarkson says she turned down millions of dollars just so she wouldn’t have to share song-writing credit with Dr. Luke.

I don’t mind discussing it at all. I actually make more money than men in my field. I’m a webcam model. Women make more money than men when it comes to that- there just isn’t a demand for men. I have other options, but this is what I want to do. I am my own boss and I work when I want and as long as I want.

I have some. A long time ago I went to stay at the North Vegas Hilton so I could experience The Star Trek Experience. It was awesome. My friends weren’t as into it as me though so one night they turned in and at about 3 a.m., I went downstairs to gamble at one of the casinos (which had a warp core in it! And one of…

wait, so being called a feminist is more offensive than being called a ho?