
…ts are constantly lamenting how hard and confusing it is to discuss race with their white children. Well, too bad. Your kid is going to have to be uncomfortable since Black kids have to worry about being killed.
to the words …f the sheer number of hours I’ve spent on this stuff. Kind of like Benedict, but it’s also his job. But, I’m also kind of a fraud, like the rest of you. I grew up never fitting in with any crowd and never being popular, but I learned to observe people, and then chameleon myself into their cliques so I could feign belonging. It makes me a good faker and it makes me pretty good at listening to the words people use, but bett…
Likeable characters bore the fuck out of me. If I want a shiny, happy life I only need to scroll through popular Instagram feeds rather than spend 300 pages cuddled up next to it. I read to get uncomfortable, to learn, to gain perspective and be transformed in some way. And read…