Well, not to nitpick, but actually I said: ...all arguably more memorable and more successful than those who did win. How memorable someone is is more subjective than success I'd guess, and being memorable isn't always a compliment! ;)

She is extrapolating her experience with her sorority to the University of Alabama, and doubting the veracity of the story because it doesn't comport with her experience. As someone who is in a sorority I find parts of this story a little hard to believe...I don't think most of these specific accusations are very…

I never saw any arrogance in Fik-Shun: he charmed me and seemed truly and genuinely happy to be there, to be dancing with Amy, and to get to learn from the choreographers and his fellow dancers. I wasn't mad at him for winning. But I am so jealous you got to work with Aaron, because he is a perfect combination of…

We DEFINITELY do not share all burdens collectively. That you think that we do is a consequence of a privilege you don't seem to be aware of that you have been reinforcing all over this thread. You might want to look up "disparate impact", just as an example. Oppressive language that reinforces oppressive systems…

Worth repeating: No wonder there are such class, cultural and racial divergences in feminism. This whole argument has been a textbook example of the gulf of understanding.

So your sorority and the level of involvement of your alumni is reflective of all sororities at every school for all time? Did you actually read the article? There have been no acceptable black women for these sororities for TEN YEARS, and none EVER IN HISTORY prior to that? The actual members of the sorority would…

You would not be getting the reaction you have without people who are perfectly capable of reading comprehension detecting criticism and antagonism in the way you have addressed this issue. Instances have been pointed out to you by others in this thread; there's no need to recapitulate. Normally I have no truck with…

I loved Benji and he was certainly memorable. But it would be hard to argue that Travis hasn't been significantly more successful.

I'm sure many feminists and social justice advocate will be happy to know their work is for naught because they say sir or ma'am. It seems to me that the gender dichotomy would be much clearer if there were only a word for women and not men, or if they had any relation to a woman's marital status. I understand these…

I find it bizarre that you seem to have confused criticism of a social practice with criticism of the people who practice it. Not to mention, no one has suggested that sir or ma'am are the only ways to convey respect. But it is a way utilized by many people across the world, has been for generations, and continues…

Jasmine. Aaron. Jasmine. Aaron. Aaron. Jasmine. I think maybe if I keep saying it I'll convince myself they actually won, as they deserved to. Fik-Shun and Amy were both terrific, had killer chemistry, and were gifted with a number of memorable routines. But any long-time SYTYCD fan knows Uncle Nigel's hands…

I understand your point. But we rely on communication methods to convey respect, methods which are culturally determined. Part of the way we do this, especially in brief encounters with people we do not know well, is to address them in the manner they would prefer or is most common in that environment. Within…

"Fat-Bottomed Girls" by Queen. "...I knew life before I left my nursery, left alone with Big Fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny, hey big woman, you made a fat boy outta me...". ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME! Ladies be pedophilin' too?

I am a native Texan, a black woman, and 42 years old. To this day, I say yes ma'am and no sir. I had no choice growing up, and this method of showing respect is ingrained in me and doesn't bother me one bit. My late grandmother once told me that when a people are disrespected and demeaned by even children calling…

Error in reasoning my ass. You want to divorce this project from its cultural context, as if it was made in a vacuum with no socially constructed aspects of both a more generalized concept of beauty, and Tyra Banks' more specific inspirations and aspirations in modeling. We are supposed to ignore what we know about…

If anything, Tyra's shoot unintentionally makes salient points about the persistent lack of diversity and reliance on stereotypes that continues to permeate fashion. She could only come up with three iconic black models to emulate, one of which was herself?

As a mental health counselor who has seen the impact therapy dogs and companion animals can have on the well-being, mental and physical, of the unstable, ill, bereaved, and even dying, I'm going with the pet companion. Lonely elderly patients, frightened autistic children, terminally ill patients facing end of life…

It would only take a cursory Google to determine there are many problems with diversity in modeling, and in fashion generally, but I'm sure you knew that. You're actually trying to make a statistical point that out of all the "iconic" models Tyra chose to emulate, representing at least three decades of modeling…

The beautiful and extraordinarily accomplished women who contributed to this are doing their part to uplift and empower this little girl, and I hope she gains strength from these amazing ladies.

Have to share this, because it's so awesome and moved me to tears, and I hardly have any hair anymore...http://www.clutchmagonline.com/2013/09/tiana-…