You probably ended up lousy AND with a case of the measles.

I stake my claim that Biden is running a campaign from 1998 and that the moment he opens his mouth during an actual debate with candidates, his support with slowly crumble.

When I moderate panels, my standard spiel before opening for Q&A is “Questions should be two sentences or less and end with a question mark.” It usually works. More or less. 

In my imaginary fantasy Q&A, I repeatedly tell non-question askers, two-part question askers, and stupid question askers to sit the fuck down, then pull a Graham Norton style lever that sends them hurtling out of the aisle.

I was once at an author talk and a woman did this and she went on for a solid five minutes. It was pure “look at me, I am so erudite.” People were outwardly huffing and rolling their eyes (the woman on one side of me rolled her entire head). And after she was finished the author was like “ ... That’s fine. Next…

I’ve never understood how people don’t get that.

Oh, absolutely.

I guess I mean she should have had more sessions with the therapist rather than chase after the priest.

How we used to do road trips?

Is it me or does Kenneth Branagh look like old James McAvoy in this movie. 

I bet there was a lot more proto-feminism than the history books, all written by men, recorded.

“...a bit of horny texting.”

He’s not pursuing a relationship. The fact that it’s nonconsentual is what he finds so appealing. A lot of harassers get off on the fact that their behavior is unwanted, that it degrades, scares and humiliates the woman.  He’s a sexual predator not a flirt.

It also appears to encourage people to question the accusers and their personal lives to determine if they are “perfect victims”; and if not, then they don’t have the right to accuse him.  Classic victim blaming imo.

Fun fact:  research has demonstrated that the more out-of-pocket expenses you impose on insured people, the more they act like UNINSURED people.  They just keep putting off their healthcare needs until they become really expensive and difficult to deal with.  The whole fucking concept of “skin in the game” is a scam.

I actually added a lesson last year to the composition and rhetoric class that I teach on the world “believe.” I did it for just this very reason. We talk about how the sentences “I don’t believe in vaccines” and “I don’t believe in Santa Claus” or “I don’t believe in eating meat on Fridays” are fundamentally…

“He’s sorry this time, your honor.  Srsly.”

I am fast coming to the conclusion that it’s not just that women are disregarded and disrespected, I think we are actively hated and this reveals itself through the legal system over and over. 

I can’t even read this article. Nothing will surprise me. The total disregard for women's suffering is nothing new, sadly. I’ve been consumed by true crime podcasts lately, because my job allows me to listen to things while I carry out menial tasks. My overarching takeaway is that people ignore their gut far to often,…

Garlic in the vagina is a bad idea for a number of reasons. It might even inspire your partner to come to bed with a cruet of olive oil and a bit if Parmigiano Reggiano in an attempt to make some sort of weird pudenda aglio e olio and we can’t have that.