I can’t deal. This is too much. Shut up and take my money for sure! (Yes I’m 35 and I was the target demographic for this movie. I saw it so many times in the theatre in the 90s and sobbed every time).

I know next to nothing about Hamilton, but I adore Lin-Manuel. I was introduced to him through one of my favorite podcasts, and now I follow him on twitter, and he’s just such a nice guy so far as I can tell. I’m not surprised he’s doing this, and I hope it goes well and helps bring attention and funding where it is…

I volunteer for a women’s shelter and I’m constantly trying to let people know how much of a problem violence against women continues to be. I live in a pretty affluent town and a lot of people aren’t aware that it happens “in a place like this.” And some people just choose not to see it. I love that these women are…

Last time I checked, machismo was a problem fucking everywhere, whether displayed openly or more slyly.

Machismo is a major problem in all Latin America.

Why do you doubt her? She’s 17, not 7. I was a freshman in college at 17 and wrote very well. Don’t sell her short because she is young and not American.

This happened in Montreal? Well, then the problem is obvious: he wasn’t singing it in French.

I get why people need to view things this way, it helps them cope with their own or their loved ones breakups, but the reality is if two people were together for 22 years it was because they were aiming for a lifetime. No rational human being wants to start afresh after 22 years unless the relationship is…

Congratulations* on their long relationship!

SO YOU’RE SAYING I HAVE A CHANCE NOW

Mine is an eerily correct mix of 80's college radio staples and deep cuts with a smattering of top 40. Weird.

I believe I read an article that said HIV rates are growing in poorer, rural populations, especially in the south. So what Medusa said: people who are struggling financially and/or don’t have health insurance are less likely to get tested, and even if they are diagnosed they may not be able to afford treatment, and…

I would guess a big chunk of that hinges on appropriate insurance coverage, or access to insurance at all.

No

A multitude of reasons, treatment is still expensive and there is a lot of stigma surrounding the disease still. More people need to get regularly tested so they know their status as well.

If you don’t know what you are talking about, why are you speaking?

When you start to think of the things that hold up a society, its never ending. The nursing home has no help. What will happen to the elderly? What about hospitals? People who need surgeries, people who are having a baby right now, babies in the NICU, etc. What about mental hospitals? Are those patients getting the…

Do we think the teacher is just really stupid and thought it might be an interesting thought exercise to show how people justify objectively terrible behavior, or do we think this person was trying to actually indoctrinate students in racist hatred?

Shit like this shows that upper class whites can be racist as hell too. I know we on the left want to pretend it’s all the confederate flag waving, uneducated yokels that are racists, but it’s middle class and rich folks too. It’s classist to assume racism is a poor man’s game.

I spent so much time proving to my boyfriend that Mexico (and specifically Mexico City) was a safe place to visit. I finally won him over and when we got there, he was like “I don’t know why people are so scared of this place.” There are a number of cities in the US that people go to without blinking that are…