I firmly believe that just because you’re dealing with something difficult doesn’t mean you get to be an asshole. And for your sister to want to make your wedding about her is an asshole move, whether she means it to be or not. Only you and she know that.

Don’t underestimate the power of encouragement. Also, even if your rep votes the way you want, you can encourage her to get more involved on certain issues. Telling her what’s most important to you can help her prioritize her energy and her staff’s energy.

That’s actually super rare though. Like you know it’s not the virus itself, but could you be allergic to one of the ingredients in the vaccine? Does the mist have the same effect?

Hey, I didn’t realize that was the problem with anti-bacterials! Of course it makes sense now in a “fucking duh” kind of way, but I’m one of those sheeple who trusts science and the CDC, so I never did look into that too hard.

Well, not quite. It’s not possible for a flu shot to give you the flu virus, but it can very well cause mild flu-like symptoms - even the article above states that. Which, if it were happening to me, I would say I was “sick” even though it’s not technically true.

I love Veep, but it's definitely relentlessly terrible in that they are horrible people. Silicon Valley is much easier to watch. It's kind of like 30 Rock vs Parks and Rec only Silicon Valley isn't quite as essentially warm as P&R

I know some people have found that an album on flikr just for family has been good for baby photos, if you’re still looking for a place to host those photos!

I do/did recently, actually. My little brother.

Sure, but the point is that it doesn’t matter that YOU think it’s normal. If HE thinks it’s embarrassing, don’t post it.

Are they proud of her? Do they love her? It sounds to me like they’re exerting control over her and this isn’t about pride or love. Plus if she’s 18, and they’re doing this, they’re posting 18-year-old pictures just to harass her at this point. They aren’t current.

Well, sure yeah everything embarrasses them. But they have a right to be that way. I think this is a way that we teach teenagers their feelings don’t matter - you only feel embarrassed because you’re a teenager and therefore it’s not valid.

I think about this too, even as an avid Clinton fan (who also acknowledges her many shortcomings before anyone jumps). I think if we separate this conversation from the particular stakes of this election, it’s interesting.

Kinja is being fucking weird BUT ALSO remember the time he flat-out denied that food has any cultural significance so it's okay to make fun of entire cuisines and palates? Because if there's anything Jamaica Kincaid is about, it's divorcing cultural symbols from their context and meaning. I mean, that's really her…

Indeed we can! Idk if you were ever a member of the various sub blogs he was part of (i don’t recognize your name but then I have a shit memory) but he never rose above the level of comment writing. And then he got paid to be a “food writer” who knew nothing about food.

Oh I'm sure that would have had her in STITCHES.

He’s the fucking author of Kitchenette....

Okay well, CA Pinkham is a well-documented racist and misogynist. He would say awful things to women who commented on his stories, bully people who disagreed with him, follow them to other subblogs to berate them.

Yes I understand but do you not see the differences between Shade Court and Kitchenette? And between shade and telling people to fuck rakes?

Sorry, have you read Jamaica Kincaid? She’s basically the opposite of Kitchenette.

Glad you said something because I am pretty sure Jamaica Kincaid is 100% NOT HERE FOR racist asshats, never-ending run on sentences with way too many made-up swears, telling women to fuck themselves with rakes, or the open classism and elitism that lay just under the surface of every kitchenette article.