That sounds horrifying. 

OMG, I had the exact same experience.  Like I heard about the show and I was expecting it to demonstrate that he was wrongfully convicted and instead I finished convinced that no one else could have done this. 

I’ve been rereading the books with my daughter, and I agree with you. It’s clear that Laura agrees with her father’s more humane view of Native Americans, rather than her mother’s harsh hatred. But Pa also assumes that he can just take their land so obviously he is still racist in the way that virtually all white…

This is so well-stated.  Rare to see nuanced and eloquent opinions on the internet these days.

Misogyny is at the core of these white supremacist movements and always has been. 

I’ve never gotten sick either.  I always get beans but I never get meat.  I don’t usually get lettuce either, so maybe that’s it. 

Thanks. I do agree about Kate Hudson. I don’t know if she is actually delusional enough to think she has to lose 25lbs off an already thin frame to be healthy or it’s just marketing nonsense. I agree with you on how mothers are sold a martyr complex and it’s really unfair. I’m just feeling really frustrated and sad abo…

I didn’t mention my mother’s weight at all. I don’t care about her weight, and yes it pisses me off that society makes it all about weight because it makes people feel like why bother trying to eat better or exercise if you’re not going to be thin. I was just trying to point out that one’s health does affect their…

I checked out the instagram post.  She’s less toned and skinny than she normally is, but is still thinner than most people and appears to be at a healthy weight. 

I mean, I get your point, but also my mother is diabetic and it breaks my fucking heart that she is apparently going to eat/not exercise herself into an early grave.

I’m around the same age, I always thought “granny panties” were just briefs or high cuts, and it was my sister’s generation (10 years younger) that labeled anything that covered your ass at all as a granny panty. I have always worn cotton bikinis. Used to wear Victoria’s Secret basically because of marketing but now I…

Yep. Adore her but she should have retired in Obama’s 2nd term. Although given McConnell’s ruthlessness, maybe he would have just held that seat open too. Sigh.

There are currently 3 women representing Texas in the House of Representatives: Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Kay Granger. All were first elected over 20 years ago, so I guess that is what she meant. But it is a bit misleading.

I saw this straw on FB, it’s metal with a silicone tip, folds up tiny in a case that can go on your key ring. I don’t use straws in general but this seems like a good solution for those that do. 

I find this is argument often used as a way to scare women into changing their names for the sake of the children. I gave the kids my name since I am in charge of most of the kids’ stuff and my name is easier to spell and also fuck the patriarchy. But it has literally caused not one single issue ever that my husband…

So much this. It’s really really frustrating everything this topic comes up, it’s a slew of rationalizations and never any introspection on why it’s only women who have these rationalizations every.single.time.

I remember when this came out and it was presented as the “safer” alternative to tubal litigation. I was skeptical. Hahaha. Glad we opted for vasectomy. Sterilization is so much less risky for the male. Men just need to stop being babies about it.

I just read Little House on the Prairie with my 7 year old, and had the same thoughts. I did some googling and discovered The Birchbark House series by Louise Erdrich, which is about her Native American ancestors during the 1840s in what is now Minnesota. We haven’t started it yet, but it has great reviews and I’m…

What’s bad about it is when women are constantly expected to put being sexxxxy above their own comfort. I don’t blame women for their choices but their choices are never made in a vacuum.

I find him so irritating but I keep watching the show. I have never forgiven him for how childish and controlling he was about Rebecca wanting to restart her singing career and how she basically gave up and went back to being a domestic servant and it was never mentioned again.