Actually Planned Parenthood is a Bush family tradition–they’re not evangelicals, they’re from a pragmatic old WASP establishment that thought one of the best ways to help people lift themselves out of poverty was family planning. Grandpa George’s nickname in Congress used to be “Rubbers” b/c of the family support. …

I am pretty sure in his heart W. was pro choice as well, and pretty liberal on pretty much every other issue outside of fiscal. That just wouldn’t work for him politically. I am not saying that makes him any better. I just don’t think he sat at the dinner table preaching against a woman’s right to choose.

Because most socialist policies are deeply unpopular and would result in massive electoral losses?

Consider the possibility that these beautiful women are also assholes

Honestly, when I read that, I was like, “Holy shit, give this guy a cookie for being self-aware!” All the dudes I’ve known who are like that think that they are perfectly great and normal people and it’s the women around them who are irrational and unreasonable. I have much less of a problem with people being immature…

lol I’m glad you had this breakthrough!

John Mellencamp sounds exactly like every person I’ve ever dated. And also like my dad. 🤔

“Trans” is usually the arrival point-so, as a trans woman, I was assigned male at birth but identified as a woman and took corrective measures so that others also view me that way. Generally, I don’t use “trans” or its counterpart, “cis”, since in most cases there’s no point in distinguishing between myself or any…

Nah man, kerp trying to understand it. Sometimes you’ll run up against something you don’t agree with or “get,” but the upshot is that you don’t have to “get” something to recognize its existence.

still scratching my head at how people can identify as a different gender but can not identify as a different race.

I’m pretty sure it leads to Chris Hansen visiting you.

Yeah, I don’t see how else they could have handled it. I mean, I wanted Moonlight to win, but the La La Land people made the kind of movie they want to make and did a good job of it by all accounts, and I’m not going to wish ill on them just because it’s not my cup of tea. I’m sure they’re mostly nice people who…

“Moonlight: Best Picture,” spat Horowitz.

I hate to star you (no offense) but this whole definition change is aggravating. That is not what these words mean!!

But what about the intersectionality?

Racial prejudice is in part biologically informed, in that humans developed prejudice as an instinct to protect themselves against a perceived Other that might harm them. Black people can feel prejudice against white people. But racism is something inherently tied to power hierarchies and is institutional as well as…

Seriously! I can’t believe how callous some people are being about her becoming homeless. That’s ridiculously fucked up.

The level of unthinking schadenfreude in this post and in the comments is frankly making me uncomfortable.

I take no joy in this. Despise the woman but I do feel for her children who never asked for this.