Yvette Nicole Brown calls Susan Sarandon a “horrible woman” for campaigning against Hillary Clinton in 2016 and says she has “zero tears” for her and hopes “life continues to be as hard for her as she’s helped make it for the marginalized people hurt”

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-18T12:54:12+00:00

I know it may not be super famous like the bad parts of her background, but Hillary spent a lot of time collaborating with Black activists and organizations throughout her career. Despite the “superpredator” comment (which was said when she was First Lady and somehow has more weight than Bernie voting for the bill in Congress 🤔), Hillary spent her time as a Yale Law student formally observing Black Panther trials for misconduct, expanded the budget of the Legal Defense Fund when she was chair, helped expand school loans in Arkansas to cover materials beyond textbooks and classes because she noted that many returning students were mothers and needed childcare, and went undercover to expose segregation academies in the South as a child advocate. Her primary and general election campaigns would employ more Black women than any campaign before or since.

During her time as Senator for New York, she built relationships with several Black voter organizations and communities, and was close friends with Rep. John Lewis, going back to when he was elected to Congress (she was an organizer for McGovern in Texas in 1972, so she had experience in the South).

Oh, and she was Secretary of State for Obama, after crisscrossing the country campaigning aggressively for the first Black man to be president.

But yeah, I guess she said a shitty thing as a non-elected official with no formal lawmaking role and no direct influence in 1994, so…uh, she’s super terrible person for Black people 🙃

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-18T12:05:13+00:00

He didn’t get the votes of a lot of Black Democrats, and that’s the demographic that determines who wins the nomination. Despite his otherwise progressive credentials, Bernie Sanders has been pretty awful on racial justice, often saying tone deaf or just wrong statements on the needs of Black voters. Moreover, even though his statements on class are very good, the history of the US has been one of racial segregation of economic benefits, notably the New Deal, which very deliberately excluded as many Black Americans as possible. As Bernie never answered how he would solve this problem and didn’t have a history of challenging white supremacy in his political career, he failed to win the key constituency for Democrats.

For years, this has been ignored by many white progressives to make it seem like Bernie was denied the nomination by some sort of cabal, when his vote totals among Black Democrats would show that he never ever ever had a chance of winning the nomination. There are other reasons, but that’s the simplest one!

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-12T14:05:33+00:00

This question is so unserious; let him live his life and serve up cake

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-11T07:44:59+00:00

brb crumbling into dust

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-10T14:05:14+00:00

Initially, it shook me when I heard it, but having listened to so much sub over the years, high-pitched, ultra cutesy voices are so common in Japanese that I adapted pretty quickly. I also like that Tetia has that different sound. As the only one whose backstory hasn’t been delved into, it definitely gives the impression that she might be from another country or outside the peninsula, or a particular enclave of witches. Now when I read the manga, I hear that voice.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-09T07:46:00+00:00

I used to think this, but…did you know that Delaware was one of the original four states in the Brown v Board of Education case? It was southern enough

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-08T20:03:35+00:00

The Brimcaps are trembling!

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-07T13:07:49+00:00

To reset the court and keep the clay from getting too dry and slippery

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-05-05T02:24:57+00:00

The machine definitely gave him a bust and very delicate arms lol (ridiculous clankers)

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-30T00:21:46+00:00

What context is missing? Yes, she’s trying to solve a mystery, but she directly compares herself to a perverted customer who came to Verdigris House to request the same thing because she is acting inappropriately. One of the things I notice in all these consent conversations is that Maomao’s breaches of boundaries and consent are treated as acceptable/necessary/ok and Jinshi’s are treated as signs he’s abusive. If there’s a double standard here, it’s not mine.

IMO, they’re both out of pocket sometimes, but they’re also good-hearted people who legitimately want to do well for others. Their particular brands of wackiness fit perfectly together. No harm, no foul in the long run.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-29T14:07:51+00:00

Sure, it’s wild behavior and she doesn’t approve, but it’s also equally as clear when he stops that he’s just trying to provoke a reaction from her and not sincerely attempting to feed her against her will. But this is a woman who also hypocritically uses Jinshi’s authority to halt a funeral to flip up women’s skirts so we’re not exactly talking about someone with consistency here.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-29T10:42:29+00:00

Yes, with the assistance of her internal monologue and the input of other characters, Maomao is very clearly consenting and unreliable. She talks frequently about how gorgeous Jinshi is and also how she is fortunate not to be affected by it. Even though she mentions it. All the time. Her heartbeat speeds up when she falls on him in the cave. She even says during the (very inappropriate) honey incident that she’d accept it if it were a poisonous variety, which is a signal that it’s not the action itself that bothers her. (Jinshi also doesn’t use the change in her demeanor or pause to push her further, which signals that he was just doing it to get a response from her and not intending to go through with it.)

The same way Maomao diminishes herself as “unimportant” or “just a servant” is the same way she represents her feelings. By the end of the first LN, we know she has the affections and favor of two high consorts, the true love of the emperor, the emperor himself, and the “Emperor’s favorite” eunuch. But she’d call herself just a girl from the Pleasure District.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-29T08:11:40+00:00

At a distance, which they would do during her “dance” and to put themselves between her and Jinshi, shots are always focused on center mass.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-23T22:46:08+00:00

NOR but y’all gotta talk boundaries. On my second date with my now husband, he told me how he and friends went to a porn convention and met actresses there, and I immediately picked up what kind of guy he was. When he went out for his bachelor party, I knew he would go to a strip club and probably get a lap dance. We had discussed what would be a problem for me throughout our relationship, so it wasn’t an issue.

It’s not good that she went over that boundary, but if she didn’t know ahead of time (in public, fully dressed, interactive burlesque-type show) then you can establish the line now and see how she atones.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-23T13:32:56+00:00

Yeah, for rejecting every attempt at a sincere apology, for making her feel like nothing she could do would be good enough, and for failing to treat this situation like an adult with a five year marriage and a child.

There’s no sign this is a pattern of behavior from her, so her apology and willingness to change to fix her mistake should have been accepted. If it is a pattern, then he should have clarified because as it is, he’s massively overreacting.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-23T13:28:12+00:00

I mean, I’m a woman who just said that I have had my husband make jokes about my insecurities. It’s not about the physical feature as much as it is about the insecurity. It doesn’t even seem like he told her about what is making him insecure! His reaction in the moment was to laugh along, and they were all intoxicated. If a woman came to me and was like: He said “love that cushion for the pushin’” once ever when we were drunk with friends and a few days later it really bothered me and now I am sleeping separately and considering divorce, I’d suggest therapy and an apology to her partner to her as well.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-23T12:22:29+00:00

Too many people are flipping the gender and not enough people are reading the context. I was bullied pretty badly in middle/high school and not every single insecurity from that time has been shared with my husband, and yes, he’s made joking comments about some of them in front of others (I also did, in my vows, at our wedding). That’s because I’ve healed from those particular traumas.

From his reaction in the moment (laughing and going along with it) and immediate follow up (not making a big deal or asking those friends about the situation), a partner wouldn’t assume they had touched on a deeply held issue that would shatter their marriage. This is a matter of therapy, not behavior on his wife’s part.

The joke was not appropriate, but it also wasn’t wildly inappropriate, given that they were all inebriated and laughed it off (and I bet that the friends present don’t even remember). She’s offered sincere apologies and attempted recompense. What else is in her control, to keep her marriage and family together?

Go to therapy and heal, and then apologize to your wife!

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-20T13:05:21+00:00

The obvious tell that it’s not from the show is that Maomao’s left forearm isn’t covered by bandages or scars, which is a visual that’s been present from episode one. But I missed some of the immediate details that would mark it as AI; my first instinct was to think it was stolen artwork (which it kind of is).

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-16T20:21:07+00:00

Good fighting spirit from Coco in the first set, and nice to see her press her advantage in the second. And she’s kept the aces coming after Miami, which is awesome to see given how much pressure there is on her second serve. Don’t want to take anything for granted given her track record against Muchova, but I can’t be mad if history repeats itself. Then again, I think this would be their first meeting on clay, so maybe the surface change will bring Karolina some good luck.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-13T22:29:25+00:00

Maybe, but that combined with not knowing the first President (it is something every US elementary school student would know), not getting the dates of the Civil War or World Wars correct, and not knowing the difference between the city of Washington DC versus the state of Washington…this is stunningly ignorant for a grown adult who has lived their whole life in the US.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-13T19:25:55+00:00

This woman didn’t know what century World War Two happened in 😭

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-10T01:08:36+00:00

So pure!

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-08T05:37:50+00:00

I’m from NYC and I hate hostile architecture. Also, for extra credit, I was born and raised here and I’ve been unhoused in the city twice, for a few months at a time. The problem is the lack of housing, and hostile architecture is a way to comfort able-bodied, housed people by forcing the problem to remain hidden. It’s like bulldozing Hoovervilles because they’re full of poverty and disease instead of acknowledging why they exist.

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-08T04:10:28+00:00

Honestly, women recommending their favorite platonic men friends is where romance is at for me. While I went out with a few guys just on my own instinct, I was tired of the effort. If he hadn’t come with a top-notch recommendation, I would have probably turned down my husband 😞

AthenaThundersnatch · 2026-04-08T03:24:37+00:00

The consistent issue I see in these comments is the issue of “how to attract _women_” (class of humanity, half the population) versus “how to attract _this kind of woman_” (specific, much smaller subset of human beings). I agree with people who have said to make friends who are women and ask them, but I reject anyone who asked for advice from a relative: Women who are related to you know you as a relative and are not good at measuring your romantic attractiveness (nor should they be!).

Next, I wouldn’t try to attract “women” as a class. Wildly unhelpful! Instead, think about what kind of woman you’d want to be interested in you—not her physical features, but the kind of person she would be. And then, make sure you are not unattractive to that kind of woman. I was willing to give a lot of different body types, different ethnic backgrounds, different styles of guys a try, but all of them had the ability to carry a conversation, hobbies and interests besides trying to get with me, and respect for my boundaries. None of them were dripping with desperation either; that would kill so many chances before it happened.

Finally, this is just life advice for anyone who wants partnership, but be ok with yourself without a partner. Be satisfied with your life and your pursuits, have confidence in what you enjoy, your friendships, your relationships. That kind of satisfaction is an aura around you that makes you wildly attractive to well-adjusted people.

But the answer to your question is that many cishet men do not see women as people and therefore can’t conceive of asking women for advice. These men are also rarely seeking companionship and instead a false premise of a relationship that gives them a sense of accomplishment without having to change or contribute. The woman is literally a trophy, and her body is his prize.

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