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Kara Brown
karabrown
Senior Writer, Jezebel

Greg, I love your work. I don’t always agree with all of it, but I’m also pretty sure as a thirty-eight year-old white guy, I can’t possibly understand all the angles from which your viewpoint is informed, so in general I try to just read with an open mind. Your work is always intriguing and thought-provoking without Read more

That’s such a ridiculous thing. You think he is good enough for you. That doesn’t mean the black community see him as good. Read more

I would like to add to this... I’ve been reading Kara’s work for awhile now but not commenting so I’m sure this will end up grey... anyhow- Read more

You said exactly what I feel. I love her voice and learn so much from her words. Read more

What a drag it must be to be Jennifer Aniston’s friend. You pretty much have to go to her house every time she invites you over just in case this time it really is her secret wedding. Read more

Jewish people who are surrounded by other Jewish people grow up saying Jew-fro. Our parents say it and our friends say it and our rabbis say it. I was often complimented on my “Jew-fro”, and I was very proud to have one. I never spared a thought to how offensive a term it was until I heard my Jewish friend explain my Read more

“Why is it okay for black people to have afros but not white people? Why is there BET but WET would be considered racist? Why is there black history month but no white history month? Why can they say the N-word but we can’t?” Read more

To be perfectly frank, this has spiraled completely out of control. I’m afraid I’ve done everything I can and if Kara can’t fix it, it’s the Thunderdome for the both of them. Read more

I’ll just have you know that my Fridays at work are spent hitting refresh until Shade Court gets posted. Read more

Kara, first of all, his quote was a stupid mille-feuille. Or maybe an idiot crepe cake. Or a jackass napoleon. Whatever, I want some dessert right about now. Read more

This post was everything. It’s like you reached into my brain, grabbed all my thoughts, organized them into words instead of the grunts and sighs I was expressing, and placed them neatly on the internet to be read. I thank you. We all thank you. Read more

Someone had to say it, and I’m glad it was you. Read more