You realize you’re on Jezebel, no? I’ll just let the crowd explain why giving unsolicited neck rubs in a formal work environment is not innocent...

Most of the time*

Heh. Yep, I got the same email. When I got it I thought: a list of all the TV shows he went on to lie about TrumpCare? Seriously?

“...He’s sent out two emails so far (one per week), and so if the trend holds, I assume we’ll keep getting them...”

We are a fucking embarrassing country sometimes.

Now that President Obama has moved on, it’s actually nice to see the new leader of the free world sitting in the Oval Office, and also Donald Trump.

What more can Frau Merkel be asked to endure from Republican presidents?

And lo and behold, the Deep South has 1, 2 & 3. Guess as long as you have a bible and fried foods you are good to go. What a fucking travesty this is.

That map shows that no state can go without federal funds. North Dakota was in the midst of the oil boomlet when this map was made. California alone gets a quarter of its budget from the feds. I can’t see any governor, not even your Sam Brownbacks who love ideology more than their own states, letting this shit slide.

The Forward did a rundown of the devastation to cultural institutions, including...

A lot like when people argue (less so these days) that homosexuality is not a “choice—” as if whether or not people choose their sexuality is what makes it okay/not-okay.

It stands for Trans-exclusionary radical feminism. But I prefer to substitute “radical” for “reactionary” because there’s nothing “radical” about being exclusive.

The 20 minutes of explanation served a purpose. Knocking down every rationale they’ve given for not releasing them matters. As does explaining why any tax returns from Trump are important to the public interest, because that helps short circuit the ‘zomg illegal leakz’ arguments that are inevitable.

Far more interesting would be to whom the Trump business is in debt, yes? Also overseas contracts. Are these not available to shareholders? Are there public shareholders?

I’m trying to imagine what my spouse and I would need to do to make $418K a year. Even if it was in 2005 dollars, that would be an entirely different existence.

Hey, TERFs in the thread, I have a question. Isn’t it weird that you constantly find yourself allying with sexist/racist/homophobic bigots? Isn’t it weird that your solutions to get the “trans” out of them sounds suspiciously similar to homophobes’ arguments? And doesn’t it seem implicitly weird that you’re doing…

Thank you. Some sanity, finally. An entire comment thread was basically a commenter arguing “Because trans women don’t have all the same experiences as me, they’re not women”. Ever heard of Intersectionality?

Cis privilege is what your doing now, your ability to not have people question who you are, dehumanize you or treat you as if you don’t exist. As well as all the other stats (murder, domestic violence)that are higher among trans people. Puberty can be worse for trans people as they get characteristics they don’t want,…

The place where your argument falls apart is that we haven’t created a society based on there being “pregnant” and “non-pregnant” people in a way that shapes those people’s day to day lives.

Absolutely. I just think we should all keep in mind that Adichie isn’t from here and her statement is valid with the framework of transactivists in other countries. It’s something to be mindful off. However, as I say this I’m not aware if Adichie’s culture is one in which trans people are fully recognized as the one I…