That's her! An amazing life, and one in which she managed to wield a lot of power and influence, and yet one that's almost completely hidden from the history books.
Nandi: I ain't her. Mal: Only people in this room is you and me.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JZ - Feb 08, 2008 9:05:03 am PST #8328 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
msbelle - Feb 08, 2008 9:05:13 am PST #8329 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think you should write back.
"I cannot write coherently to you now as I want to rip off your nuts and shove them down your throat."
ION - hard parental thing for my moment - trying to explain African American history issues to mac. What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
amych - Feb 08, 2008 9:06:50 am PST #8330 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Oh, man, msbelle. Many hugs to both of you.
lisah - Feb 08, 2008 9:06:57 am PST #8331 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
"If Hillary's the nominee I'm voting third-party" train
I don't really get this at all. He means instead of Obama?
Vortex - Feb 08, 2008 9:07:01 am PST #8332 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
ION - hard parental thing for my moment - trying to explain African American history issues to mac. What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
I feel your pain. I had a complete "huh" moment with Nilly when I was explaining how and why Howard University was created and she said "but, why couldn't the black people learn with everybody else?"
Nora Deirdre - Feb 08, 2008 9:07:14 am PST #8333 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
What does slave mean? Why would they do that?
Oh no.
JZ - Feb 08, 2008 9:08:08 am PST #8334 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Though my head really *isn't* in the sand. I know plenty about the issues at hand; I'm just small-minded enough that I can discuss and strategize and analyze till the cows come home with people who mostly agree with me, but I'm not competent to thoughtfully defend the stuff that matters bone-and-marrow deep with someone who's jokey and dismissive.
Vortex - Feb 08, 2008 9:09:00 am PST #8335 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Though my head really *isn't* in the sand.
mine either. It's just easier to say it that way.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2008 9:10:00 am PST #8336 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What does slave mean? Why would they do that? - it is like dying a little bit.
Oy. That's an obviously hard part of interracial adoption, and when the kid isn't American I can't imagine the added complexity. Thinking about it makes me want to cry.
Msbelle, if you want my parents' reading list for raising a non-American kid with an awareness of American racial politics, just holler.
Jesse - Feb 08, 2008 9:10:01 am PST #8337 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What does slave mean? Why would they do that?
Oh, noodle.