i have a friend whose job it is to teach various armies around the world the rules of the Geneva Convention.
"so do they basically just ignore them after he teaches them?" i asked his wife.
she sighed. "Yup," she said, "but we have to try."
So no, I don't think it's incorrect.

THAT would be fantastic. I'd love to see him just come in and…verbally beat them down.

Piscatella seemed right on to me. Surely there are millions of people who believes prison should be as miserable as possible, on the theory that it is prison and so inmates have been stripped of their rights.
Also, if this shit all goes on (and I'm sure it does) in the US can you imagine what the fuck is being done in…

i was messaging with a friend who had already watched while i watched. i had heard that someone died in this episode. i said, "it's suzanne, right? it's got to be suzanne. they are setting her up to be killed by a guard.." i went on about this for a bit and then suddenly there was the devastating image of Poussey and…

delusions are in no way a part of BPD, and self-destructive behavior is a requirement for the diagnosis.

During an assassination scare he once convincingly played Barack Obama.
Now, it was in blackface, so that's not OK.

not that under ;)

"you're a straight white man, you don't get to be the victim, sweetie" is, straight up, my favorite line on OITNB's entire run and I'd go so far as to argue it's the basic thesis of the show.

yeah talk therapy isn't likely to do a whole lot for that. on the other hand the prison psych system is clearly a gigantic clusterfuck that may well do more harm than good—in fact it seems pretty clear that it does—so…no good options.
(SO FUCKING INFURIUATING)

PSA: ECT is actually not at all like it used to be and was when Lolly first experienced it. Not at all saying she SHOULD have it—we don't have anywhere near the information we would need to make such a call, and I'm guessing as a group we aren't exactly qualified to do so even if we did have all the info—but I just…

well. this makes me sad.

could one just drop in this season (four I guess) and read recaps of S3?

He and Seamus really had something special.

equal pay from the GOP is pretty laughable.

soooo i go to the same beach as Leoni (SORRY) and i heard her chatting about how if this doesn't take off THAT IS IT she is DONE she is NEVER DOING PILOT SEASON AGAIN. and her voice is so goddamn compelling.

LIVE EVERY WEEK LIKE IT'S SHARK WEEK.

let us know when you have an actual teenager.

I don't see any reason why she can't have a relationship with Quinn and with her sister (and agree about the casting!) but she loves Stef and Lena, they love her, and she has Judeicorn there.

i have no mixed feelings. who WOULDN'T want to be adopted by Stef and Lena???

as a gymnastics freak, i miss it a lot, even though it had no connection to the actual reality of the actual sport.