What about geishas?

There's this whole controversy about Karlie Kloss wearing a Native American headdress during the Victoria Secret 2012 Fashion Show.

...

Again? Really?

Does anyone else find it interesting that there are always cries of RACISMSTEREOTYPEPREJUDICE whenever something even vaguely ethnic is portrayed in the media that has to do with African Americans and Native Americans, but rarely when it has to do with Latin Americans or Asian Americans?

Why is that?

I understand that, in this case, VS is sexually objectifying a culture, but they've done that with parts of Asian cultures in the past and there was no uproar.

What we have before us, fellow citizens, are three possible options as we move towards the future.

1. African & Native Americans need to stop being overly sensitive.

2. Latin & Asian Americans need to start being overly sensitive.

3. Media needs to quit walking into these situations without thinking.

I mean, really. You'd think people would learn from previous mistakes.

If you know others are going to react like this, since they have before, why would you try it again?

It's like walking into a wall over and over again and expecting a different result.

No.

To Those Who Have Served...

To those who have or are serving our country overseas or at home...

we thank you.

Happy Veterans' Day.

Three. Weeks.

I just got my ballot today.

If I just got my ballot today, think of how many hundreds of people just got their ballot today.

Think of how many people weren't able to vote in this election.

Do I think that our votes could have changed the result?

We'll never know, will we.

Alameda County, just so you know, I am highly disappointed in you.

And pretty annoyed.

The first presidential election I can officially vote in and I'm denied that civic responsibility because someone in your administration office can't figure out how to mail some very important envelopes on time?

Let's just put it this way.

My roommate and I both sent for our absentee ballots two Thursdays before the election.

That's TWO WEEKS. TEN BUSINESS DAYS.

Santa Clara County got her absentee ballot into her hands by the following Tuesday.

Two. Business. Days.

You. You, Alameda County, took three weeks to get me mine.

Three weeks.

That's beyond ridiculous.

And you want to know what the best part is?

I was beating myself up about possibly having lost my ballot because I didn't check the junk mail pile in our apartment's lobby.

Turns out, my ballot wasn't in my junk mail pile.

It was in yours.

Great to know my vote matters to you.

I'll keep that in mind when it comes to the next election.