Dear Amy,
I just finished reading your book Yes Please and I’m struggling with that. I wished that your wisdom and stories were endless so that I would never have to stop reading them. I rarely buy books anymore (supporting your idea that robots are going to take over the world and kill us…right?) but when I saw yours on the shelf at Target I had to buy it and own it and keep it forever. I knew it would be a great read but I never knew how much it would impact me.
Ever since I made the decision to start watching Parks and Rec, I’ve loved you. Your character on the show reminds me a lot of myself. I started to watch your skits from SNL online and read about you and other things you’ve done and accomplished. I just plain liked you…especially for a reason you mentioned in the book. “...
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Dear Amandla,
I just want to thank you on behalf of myself and many other black women. We are so happy to see you flourish in the midst of backlash and perpetually-plugged ears, tone-deaf apologists and people who refuse to get past their insistence on making white young women forever the victim. We know your comments regarding Ms. Jenner’s hairstyle were not just about the braids. They were about us being visible in a society that constantly borrows inspiration from us without acknowledging our ability to be beautiful before they wear our culture as a costume for Instagram likes.
Black women are always told to hush. We’re accused of over-reacting, blowing things out of proportion, being angry, over-sensitive and the like. Your ability to express your concerns regarding our...
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I take constructive criticism well.Its the vanguard for my daily growth but I don’t let it control me or get stuck with me.It cements my iron clad conviction in God and No man.
I wanna thank my Fans,the true believers for being the vehicle God uses to convey me to the doorstep of my vision over the years.You guys are the true visionaries. The custodian of my Journey,the other side of the divide,however are the proponents of the term know a as #PD# the pull Down syndrome aka beef aka Haters..There’s nothing constructive here just pure Poison.And it kills me to even dignify their Bs,Note I stand to say I don’t GIVE a hoot what u say,how you say it or where you say it.
As long as a dim don’t go off my money..Am already in a high place than You and only there can I look down at ur...
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When you tired of the f***ing devil ruining your life and you hear God speak for the first time. No one knows what I deal with on a day today. The average man wouldn’t hesitate to blow his f****ing brains out but that’s the cowards way out.
People say “be a man.” Yeah, that’s right but it doesn’t take away any pain you really go through, I just want to stay out of the way and do music. Most importantly [be a] great father. I don’t have any more patience for anything that will cause me to self-destruct!!
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This morning I woke up with Whitney on my mind. I couldn’t help but think about all that she must have dreamed for her child. I know this was not her dream… And as difficult as this time is for the people that love both Whitney and Krissi, what makes it more egregious is the blatant disrespect, lies, and ignorance that are rapidly printed in this awful time. For some reason, it has become human nature in our society to look for, seek out, and celebrate darkness, glory in tragedy, and enjoy reading and reporting it.
It makes me sad to know that everybody wants to be the first to report something awful. So much so, that they find it OK to speak death onto those who are still alive.
May I ask you all to please show some decency and respect? Not only to Krissi’s family, but also to the...
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Slavery was wrong. Racism was wrong. I'll give y'all that. I hate that my ancestors owned slaves, but what can I do about it? The Civil War was NOT all about slavery. Neither is the Confederate Battle Flag.
It is not a national flag, it was a flag carried by ground troops, many of whom had nothing to do with the institution of slavery.
It simply represents thousands of Southern men who died defending their right to self-government.
It represents
history,
heritage,
liberty,
democracy,
self-government.
All we want is a symbol to call our own and represent the unique culture and heritage of our home.
We are open to suggestions for a new flag to represent the South! Please do not hate us because of what our ancestors did....
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Dear Kareena,
It is with great hope that we are writing this open letter to you today. Most of us have been well- wishers since Refugee released. Although it was your very first performance, you proved to be a powerhouse of talent with an extremely promising future in the industry. You proved us and critics right, with choosing content-backed films such as Omkara, Chameli, Jab We Met, Heroine, and Talaash where you demonstrated substantial performances. You did more than justice to roles that had you dig deep into emotions, and you always projected every sentiment with sheer brilliancy.
There have been some disappointments, and although all successful careers come with hits and flops, your well-wishers have never associated poor box office numbers with poor performances. To cite an...
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Dear Lynn Shepherd,
J.K. Rowling is a horrible human being. She is rich and selfish, and wrote a series of overrated pieces of garbage that she clearly ripped off of other writers. She struts around London, Paris, all over the world, thinking that she is better than all of us who are struggling in this down economy. She doesn’t deserve her success, as it is so clearly on the backs of so many millions of people who deserve it so much more than her.
By the way, just kidding.
But since you wrote this, I know it in my bones that you believe much of it. To sum up what you wrote, J.K. Rowling should stop writing because by continuing to do so, she is pushing out other writers who don’t have her success. By your own admission, you have not read any of the Harry Potter books and you...
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Dear Russell,
Having watched your recent BBC documentary End the Drugs War, we felt that it was necessary to address some of the points and messages contained within the programme.
While you make some very good points which we would agree with, there are other areas of the programme which can be potentially damaging to the drug policy reform movement, as well as to the people who use drugs you feature in your programme.
While we agree that the War on Drugs needs to end, and that criminalising drug users is counterproductive, even harmful to drug users and wider society, we feel that you give a very narrow view of drug dependency based on your own individual experience, and haven't fully addressed or portrayed the complexity of drug use and the many factors which contribute to,...
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Doom looks pretty sweet—certainly technically very impressive—but it's still not quite what I'm after from a new Doom. It's getting closer, much closer, but it's not quite there yet.
Here's things I'm still after:
1. Enemy bodies that lie around permanently after you kill them. Not sure if you really had that properly.
1.5. Why go so far with the gibbing and the breaking of enemies into multiple parts? It just looks fake and very forced, like ragdoll physics, and it just looks amateur and slightly silly in 2015. Blow enemies into bits when you fire a rocket into them and let the chainsaw but them into pieces, sure, but unless the player shoots them point blank with a shotgun or whatever then it would be far more satisfying if they simply showed really cool impact animations,...
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