Let’s talk right now about the fact that this looks like it’s heading for a grand jury and there has already been some implication that the DA, Elton Mathis, has some history of being called a racist. Is this going to be Darren Wilson all over again?

And let’s talk about a time-honed strategy being used by the arresting officer: see a “suspicious” driver, speed up behind them, wait until they move out of your way, pull them over either because (1) they made a minor traffic violation while attempting to get out of your way or (2) because they were so eager to get…

Where the fuck are all you free speech mouth breathing motherfuckers? Free speech is not the right to be a snide little shit on the internet without people calling you on it. Free speech is the right to criticize the state, and by association anyone acting on behalf of the state, like an on-duty motherfucking police…

I can’t tell from your tone what you actually believe about rape and serial rapists, so my apologies if you already know this & agree, but maybe it’ll be useful for other people reading the thread who aren’t aware of the stats. The most thorough report I’ve read is from 2002, but there’s no reason to assume the…

I know this follows closely on the heels of the Supreme Court decision, but it seems like it’s also a reaction to Obama’s Hobby Lobby loophole. If a fundamentalist Christian boss doesn’t want his employees taking birth control, under current law he has to submit an exemption and the healthcare department will provide…

Yes to all this. And I particularly like to have an audience who (1) will validate my feelings of rage when they are valid, commiserate with me, and then gently nudge me in the direction of other thoughts until I calm down, and (2) will acknowledge my feelings of rage when they are invalid, tell me they think I might…

I think you articulated it well. But I would counterpoint with this: white American appropriation of black American art is not new, nor is white appropriation limited to art (e.g. marijuana legalization movements by predominantly white hipsters), or to appropriation from black culture (e.g. war bonnets in fashion…

Absolutely agree that this is a useful piece of evidence in talking about gender bias, but for those interested, the study was performed in 2012, so it’s not super-new news.

First of all, thank you for this post because I got a TON of good recommendations out of it too. ;)

As Stacy London taught me, things don’t have to “match,” they just have to “go.”

Thanks for the reply and the info!

By the end of that quote, this is how I was picturing her:

Arizona here. I’ll see your marriage clerks and raise you SB-1070 (“papers please”), your Mitch McConnell and raise you a Jan Brewer, and your Rand Paul and raise you a John McCain.

Do you have a source for that? I only know him as the benevolent spiritual guy; I’ve never heard this side of the story.

Yeah, there was a guy in my (American, black-majority) high school who fit this description; a lot of the kids were black, but he was several degrees darker than anyone else. Earned him the nickname Midnight. And yeah, it wasn’t always said as a compliment. :/

Serious question: Why were there a bunch of women in LBDs holding the awards? We can't get some male eye candy for the FWWC?

I think it would be completely reasonable for a photographer to say, “I can’t legally refuse you business because of your sexual orientation, but I have to tell you that my religious beliefs make me uncomfortable with the idea of participating in a same-sex marriage ceremony. I will do the job if you want to hire me…

My best friend says his first inkling was at age 4, and his first sexual feeling for another boy was age 8. My guess is that today’s children have much more language at their disposal to talk about sexuality than we did at their age; I didn’t really know homosexuality was an option until I was in my teens, but today’s…

Omg I love this. This is the kind of hugging commitment I need in my life. Thank you, benevolent internet stranger!

I don’t know what I expected to happen at the end, but somehow the fall caught me off guard. I loled. Thank you for exactly what I needed!