I’m sorry these women died, but the Little Sisters and their SCOTUS case just yanked mandated contraceptive coverage from the ACA for religious employers. Catholic medical services & hospitals—sometimes the only option available—can restrict options for female patients regardless of the patient’s faith and wishes and…

Nah, therapy just helps you figure out better ways of handling how you react to who you love/hate.

It’s so fucking satisfying to hear her calling out the hypocrisy and non-evidential citing of wives and daughters in these kinds of statements. 

Ah, and also in late August, my hero returns. I’m curious where the next season will go. As happy as I am to see it back, I also thought it ended on a pretty much perfect note.

It’s depressing, but not surprising. Our society doesn’t fund schools, doesn’t support families or workers, sends thoughts and prayers after shootings. Why would a public health emergency be any different? I used to be a high school teacher and as much as I miss it, I am so very glad I’m no longer in the classroom.

I feel so bad for the parents and teachers of the really little kids (and kids with learning differences and/or those learning English). I was a high school English teacher, so moving online wouldn’t have been too big of an issue for me. But I don’t even know how you’d go about doing effective distance ed for the…

Medical workers are like anyone else: some are great and some are assholes who got into the wrong profession.

There is almost no celebration of stocky, fit women or girl athletes in media. Serena Williams is the closest I can think of (she’s not short enough to be stocky, but she’s solid), and look how much shit she gets about her body type (on top of being a dark skinned Black woman).

brb, gotta go stream “Waterfalls” 200k times so it can dethrone “The Piña Colada Song” because this injustice cannot stand.

Yes, re: PM Dawn and it makes me glad I have the original CDs. A travesty.

I love your complaint about my rudeness is like ten times more rude than my original response and includes wishing death on me (granted, it’s a it’s an old internet comment classic), but anyhow, where your search failed was that you just put her name in. She’s famous, she’s active, there are going to be a lot of…

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/rosario-dawson-transgender-lawsuit-assault (Duck Duck Go is free!)

I live in MA and someone’s wifi network in range is named “Bailey4Senate” so clearly this nefarious plan has been put into motion.

Also: a 26-year-old man dating a 17-year-old speaks to need for control.

If Colin Jost and Scarlett Johanson (however you spell it) quietly dissipated into the ether, I would not notice but would feel mysteriously ever so slightly more satisfied with our reality.

I mostly hate the “celebrity interviews people” genre of podcast, but I decided I enjoy his because he does so very little of the talking and is genuinely interested in what his subject has to say and enjoys talking to them. So fucking rare. (ETA: I hate pretty much all celebrity podcasts)

Also: What Moffat did to Peter Capaldi, who should have had a brilliant run. Mark my word: Capaldi will be the better-costumed Colin Baker of the second run of Who: enjoy a far stronger run in the audio dramas.

Because sadly, being rich and connected does not necessarily mean you are savvy. You do have to wonder if his lawyers thought they could actually win the case, though. (I know nothing about how firms at any level of practice decide which cases they’ll take.)

I feel like custom property upgrades are often not unlike custom car upgrades (thank you, Jalopnik commentariat): unless someone knows exactly what they’re doing, they’re never worth nearly as much as the people doing them think they are, and often decrease value (see also my otherwise lovely parents’ kitchen remodel…

Knives Out is the closest thing I can think of, and not just because it’s a murder mystery with a large cast of possible murders but because everything’s got layers (characters, dialogue, costumes, set dressing) and it’s just a fun movie.