Just as being black or being a woman or whatever doesn't vaccinate you against ignorance. The only real ignorance I'm seeing is the racist ignorance attempting to segregate and racialize contemporary rap as 'black' or 'from the streets'. First off, while rap certainly has roots in the black communities of the Bronx,…

Um, it's a 'fake accent' when anyone does it. Black people aren't born speaking in that manner. It's an affect, no matter who appropriates it.

I loved that movie, and it raises some important questions.

Rap has surpassed all boundaries of race, class and gender into the absurd realm of capitalist fetishism. With a beat. It is merely a platform for people to say what they want over any sound they like, so long as people play it in the clubs and in their cars. It can be racist, sexist or classist or really anything it…

A couple of mine would include: El-P, Dose-One, Young Joseph. But I also like Subtitle, Dave Dub, Megabusive, and others.

Well yeah, if your waters are as big as an ocean. Some of us have lakes or ponds and the like.

Mix Master Mike is white. So are a lot of my fave hip hop artists. In fact, most of the hip hop I listen to is made by white people. It's fine to mention the black roots of the art form, but rap is an art that cannot - and should not - be segregated according to race, class, gender, etc.

I used to live in some predominantly black urban areas. Does that mean that I'm allowed to rap too?

Rap is not, and never will be, anchored to a particular race. It is not a 'black' art form as it once was, and that's a good thing. Similarly, I enjoy punk made by non-white artists, and so forth.

Dear god. Same here, when I was in my last place. The property manager was so insanely attractive and all I wanted to do was $%^$*)¡™£¢∞§¥˙©†ƒ√ç∂´≈ß∑∂´†§˙¥¶•©†.

Agree to disagree regarding the extent of the infraction. I find my culpability, while present, to be somewhat minimal. 'Enabling' is hardly something one should lose sleep over. It may be 'wrong', but minimally so in comparison to the cheating partner.

I propose that we start a thread where people share some of their favorite sexts... you know, for research.

It's really not that controversial. I don't know about you or where you come from, but people in my various circles are quite open, sexually, and often have to navigate the problems with monogamy, the grey areas during times of prolonged break ups, and the general zest for lascivious behavior. A lot of people in my…

I've been cheated on, it's why I tend to stay in open relationships - it allows for the intermittent indiscretion without the heartache.

Now we're getting somewhere. Yes, I think it makes me feel desirable. And yes, I'm very emotionally unavailable. Keeping things at a strange distance is a turn on for me. But every time is different. A lot of times, people will tell you that they're in an abusive or troubled relationship - they often paint a picture…

Deal.

There is no "IF". All of those behaviors depend wholly on the active presence of those factors. They are not 'tangential', but absolutely necessary for those behaviors. I cannot believe the cognitive dissonance of your thinking and comments.

It's not really a rationalizing process for me, more of an attempt to locate the position and extent of my culpability with more accuracy than a simple mouth-breathing and knuckle-dragging right/wrong binary. I want to know exactly where I am on the continuum of responsibility and agency in this exchange.

Walking: Wearing shoes and clothing that were manufactured and distributed using energy and resource intensive practices that contribute to environmental degradation. If the walking is done on concrete sidewalks, you should know that the process for making concrete is one of the most environmentally unfriendly…

Going through my head at the time: This person is going to cheat on their partner, and they probably do so with frequency. I guess it's me tonite.