I did not know Carol Channing was black. Ish. Huh.
I didn't know Carol Channing was white until I was in college, I think. Then I felt stupid.
That's my girl... That's my good girl.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 19, 2011 2:18:56 pm PDT #2261 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
javachik - Oct 19, 2011 2:19:55 pm PDT #2262 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I think "bos" or something close was Latin for "cow" and that's what started it.
Hil R. - Oct 19, 2011 2:20:22 pm PDT #2263 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I hear that the mixed race student association at Berkeley does it as an icebreaker called "What Are You?" Because that's the weird question they have to deal with on a regular basis. Of course, it's different when you're among people that have the same issue. Insider/outsider etc.
I get asked that all the time. (Although, now that I think about it, I can't remember anybody asking me that since I moved to Pennsylvania. Are people here just way more polite? Everywhere else I've lived, people asked me stuff like that a lot.)
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2011 2:20:59 pm PDT #2264 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hadn't heard of Carol Channing until I got to university, so I had a late Carol start.
Amy - Oct 19, 2011 2:22:17 pm PDT #2265 of 30001
Because books.
I knew about Carol Channing as a kid, because of Free to Be, You and Me! And probably some crappy variety shows, if not Hollywood Squares or something.
Anne W. - Oct 19, 2011 2:22:50 pm PDT #2266 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I think that's how I was aware of her. That, and possibly the Muppet Show?
le nubian - Oct 19, 2011 2:23:15 pm PDT #2267 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Google+ to allow nyms.
well, they have had a lot of criticism and people leaving Google+ in droves so they had to do something.
Sophia Brooks - Oct 19, 2011 2:23:38 pm PDT #2268 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
She also seemed to appear on random things singing "Hello Dolly" all the time. And I think she might have been on the Muppets.
Pix - Oct 19, 2011 2:28:50 pm PDT #2269 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
In the fun facts department...
In case you didn’t already know that IQ is not (at all) set in stone, this is a good article about a recent study: [link] Check out the difference--we aren’t talking a couple of points.
This is very much related to research done for years by researchers such as Carol Dweck about growth mindset. I don’t know about all of you, but learning that IQ isn’t fixed was a revelatory (and humbling) discovery for me when I first read about it. Dweck wrote a great book about fixed versus growth mindset ( [link] ), but this article about how not to talk to kids is a great snapshot: [link]
Can you tell I was in an education class all day today? When I saw that NPR story, it made me want to share again. Sorry if I’ve linked to the Dweck stuff before.
Consuela - Oct 19, 2011 2:29:41 pm PDT #2270 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Google+ to allow nyms. Hmm. I wondered if they'd hold out forever.
I admit I'm surprised. They'd dug their heels in so hard it made it look like they would never change their minds.