“Confirm” is not the same as “approve.” Asking a source if you heard or understood them correctly avoids the problem of having to run this kind of correction:

How about a statue of Rebecca Crumpler, who became the first black female doctor in the United States in 1864, devoted a large part of her practice to caring for former slaves and indigent children, and published a treatise on maternal health in 1883?

Jeez, has it only been a year? This dystopian fantasy future feels like it’s been going on forever.

I teach journalism and it is absolutely normal to ask a source to confirm a quote — in fact, it’s recommended for rookies. What we don’t do is let sources preview or edit our stories.

White woman here reminding you to check your privilege.

I do not normally support the death penalty, but am feeling pretty OK with it in this case.

I am surprised that white people cousin culture doesn’t extend up to Pittsburg, because it is definitely in effect two hours south of you. My dad and his family helped raise one of his cousins, and my dad and his brother spent extended time at a different cousins’ houses, usually after having shot or blown up…

The domestic angle appears to have been dropped by the cops; none of the victims were her boyfriend. She was a YouTuber who was angry the company had restricted the audience of some of her videos.

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These aren’t cops, though.

Maybe get a different pseud, then?

“With great power comes great mental illness.”

Yeah, it felt pretty authentic to me. She had a lot more than just Kilgrave to come to grips with in S1; it’s unrealistic for people to think that should have been her happy ending.

Thanks! And apparently I sarcasm-quoted too soon, as Gov. Scott just proposed to take the school capital projects budget and to rededicate it to turning schools into medium security prisons.

I teach, and I have heard people use Philando Castile as a response to the “proposal” to arm the teachers. (I’m using quotes because no way will this get funded.) I’ve also heard people arguing that airport-style security measures and armed faculty would be dangerous for students of color.

A summary is not an explanation? I know I’m going all English teacher on your ass, but if I asked you to write an essay “explaining” a movie, this would get a D.

As far as I can tell, Blade never didn’t have a groundswell of support? Everyone has always loved it for the campy action flick it is (see also: Fast and Furious).

See the movie, ffs.

The trailer made me kind of anxious. I want this to be really good and the trailer was like... “Here’s a cool new show on the Disney Channel!”