To me (and others), it’s significant that the rise of viral gymnastics routine videos featured mostly black women with music and dance moves derived from black culture. I think that’s significant in discussing why interest in gymnastics seemed to have exploded back in 2014 (the first viral gymnastics video mentioned…

The Vietnam War ended in 1975, when he would have been 20 years old. So he could have served two years before the war ended.

EXACTLY!

Thanks, I appreciate that! I can’t tell if they’re trolling or just genuinely don’t understand, but that stuff annoys me so much that I can’t help but respond! :)

Why am I responding to someone who says “playing the race card” unironically? What does that even mean in this context? Oh, well.

So you’ve named three in the past 20 years, Gabby and Simone represented in the last three or four Olympics. Which is great! But your reasoning is like saying, “Barack Obama was president and everyone liked him! That means racism is dead and there are plenty of people of color in politics.” That Dominique, Gabby and…

The representation of VERY talented black gymnasts helped make these routines more accessible to audiences who often didn’t see people who look like us being celebrated in a sport like gymnastics. That’s all I meant. 

That's not what I mean. But I think you know that.

The article is about the history of viral gymnastics videos, and many of them included feature black women.

Sorry to *as a black woman* here, but...as a black woman, it’s really odd to see no mention of race here.

that was my first thought...!

Most readers know the difference between the Aziz situation and the other stuff...unless they’re being, you know, disingenuous and willfully ignorant so they can justify their “tHiS iS wHy JeZ sUcKs” hot taeks.

Who is putting her on a pedestal, though? That’s my biggest problem with this argument. She’s exciting, fresh, and I hope she’s successful in making the Democratic Party more progressive and reflective of the true makeup of the country. It’s okay to be excited and hopeful; the only people I see placing her on a…

As silly as this looks...I can’t quit you, Jake Gyllenhaal. Also Toni Collette?? I’m in.

This almost made me cry. My dad would harp on me, sometimes for hours, if I didn’t play well. It was ridiculous and made me hate basketball so much I quit halfway through college. Imagine the pressure those kids deal with being Lebron’s children, and he appears to help them keep their confidence!

I’ve been rewatching the entire Veep series, and Selina Meyer’s corruption and incompetence is quaint compared to 45. Literally would rather have a fictional buffoon as president.

Damn, this is a great list. Yes, this is a thirsty comment.

That’s...insane. I'm into astrology as a fun way to think and talk about personality traits, but that is just beyond.

white people expect black folks to defend other black folks when they say outrageous shit...because white people are always defending or what-abouting outrageous white nonsense

That book excerpt is so fucking cringey. He would have been college in the late ‘90s, but the dialogue is written as if he’s Nick Carraway pining over the Great Gatsby.