I would argue that young women vote Republican because they know their financial futures are tied up with white supremacy. Also, their fathers voted Republican and their fathers privilege allowed them access to privilege themselves. Republicanism assures that they as white women will not have to compete equally with…

NPR has consistently excellent reporting and is still free. That’s where I direct people. But it is long form reporting which can be daunting in our day and age for people who have short attention spans.

Kids, I’m sticking my white lady head out of my bubble for one moment to ask that you at least consider what Ashley is saying (cute pigtails!).

Oh, no question. Which is extra weird because it’s not like only single women need birth control; most married women do too. So outside the relatively small minority of people who sincerely oppose contraception, these evangelical women would benefit from sex ed and birth control as much as anybody. But the conceit in…

A long-ass time ago, I stumbled upon a long series of accounts from planned parenthood staff (and unfortunately, I don’t have the link anymore), and a common anecdote was the daughter of picketers... or sometimes the picketers themselves coming in for an abortion, and then going right back to the picket line. I recall…

Did I miss read or did the wife say she would rather he harass moody than the her.....wtf also he’s a clear stalker and this is the only way he can go about it because regardless of how small he’s still a recognizable celeb and stalking is all bout power. So he’s getting his fix. A year from now he’ll be on to some…

I went back and listened to Quality for the first time in a long time recently...I hate that this story was the impetus, but whatever, Talib had been one of my favorite rappers forever and whatever brought him to my mind was gonna make me want to listen to it...and holy shit, this is what I thought was brilliant and…

Sooo many conscious rappers are just misogynistic hoteps (and weirdly but I guess also not surprisingly, also anti-Semites) in disguise. The charade never lasts long for them.

I really used to like this dude as a rapper, but I just can’t with the whiny, misogynistic, incel, hotep bullshit anymore. And its also telling that not a single male rapper told him to have a stadium full of seats, buckle up, and put on his helmet, because he really needs to.

Whewwww. This was a necessary and throroughly researched discussion, and I am glad Kweli will find out that the Hoteps who “support” him are not gonna drop coins on him to spout his vitriol. I am glad that Twitter grew some cojones, but minus 25 points for Slytherin for taking so damn long to ban Kweli, and minus…

Well, of course Ellen was nice to you, Katy Perry, for you are ALSO rich and famous.  She doesn’t give two nutty turds about the poors and/or unknowns, especially if they work for her, because she thinks she owns them.

Saw this for the first time in early-1998, on the tail-end of my eighth grade year. A particularly devil-may-care substitute teacher showed it to my class (I’m pretty Mr. Zuck was not asked to sub at my middle school again lol).

My then-boyfriend, now-husband made me watch it in college and the movie made me feel sick. It kind of makes me feel sick to think about it now almost twenty years later - I can still clearly see that scene after the main kid has sex with a super young teen at the beginning and asks his friend to smell his fingers…

I watched this as a teenager who was also growing up in New York City at the time, and I remember being terribly confused because my life involved zero sex or violence or drugs and I wondered if I was doing it wrong.

It’s funny how people who use the term “feminazi” are often fine with ACTUAL Nazis.

Seconded all the way. I have no love for HRC, but this is gross.

When both (or more) sides engage with honesty, knowing that their position or preference is human and by definition faulty and want to negotiate a solution - and realize that solution is, more than any scientific theory, temporary - “conversations” are very important.

Indeed, I learned from Fairbanks and a lesser extent Laci Green, to beware the person who forces their way to the front by being the loudest looking for attention and validation.

I guess thats because the ‘conversation’ generated by the HCIC isn’t really a conversation. Cotton writing some racist screed in the opinion section of the NYT isn’t generating conversation. Its shouting an opinion. And the people that react to it are also just shouting their opinion. A conversation requires people to…

Having a conversation implies that there are parties who need to understand the situation and learn more. Facebook is notorious for making such claims but...