Veronica Mars, maybe? I mentioned it as well upthread.

How do you feel about Veronica Mars? It outright depicted class and racial struggle between the white and latino communities in southern California, but given the main black character was a high school basketball star and the main latino character was the head of the local motorcycle gang...like, even if they were…

Well, my dad works in education, so he spends a lot of time worrying about how to hold a rural school district together, and talking to people about politics in ways that directly impact the community. He couldn’t do the work he does if he just resented and disdained the people he represents. Definitely he’s a good…

Sometimes they do, even if I don’t really agree with their conclusions. I grew up in a really conservative community, so I’ve seen a lot of very generous, warm, community-minded people turn around and vote Republican. I think that they honestly have a hard time generalizing their generosity beyond the circle that is…

To be fair, I am far more likely to sleep with someone who thinks I should receive equal pay for equal work, that I should be able to make decisions about my body (particularly in the aftermath of sex), and who won’t snottily call me a slut after I’ve fucked them.

I grew up in a really rural area, and have relatives and acquaintances who are actually a wee bit bootstrappy. These are guys who really do feed their families on game and fish, work blue-collar jobs either in manufacturing or construction, and for the most part, never really encounter African Americans. They *might*…

Well, I don’t know, I think in some ways it’s nice to be reminded that there are people close to you who believe this shit. Like, it’s easier for me not to just vilify conservative voters when I know that, like my relatives, it’s not that they are actually cruel people. They’ve just been fed some really stupid ideas…

That’s sad and hilarious, given that you’d think diffusing that sort of power to the states would be the sort of small-government move conservatives would appreciate. *sigh*

The Great British Bake Off also gave us this gem, for which I am eternally grateful.

“A lot of people are losing their s–t over this bird.”

Thanks! I love the Reaction Husky of Approval. :D Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, too!

Somehow wound up hosting Orphan Thanksgiving in Soviet Canuckistan, despite the fact that I am inches away from finishing my thesis and stressed to the gills. Doing most of the prep tonight—dry-brining a couple small turkey breasts and thighs, making a pumpkin pie, throwing together some cranberry sauce, making mashed…

I mean, yeah, it’s not a dangerous hike, it’s just relentlessly steep, and crowded on weekends. Nowadays I usually just recommend people go up to Lynn Valley or Deep Cove, although I don’t regret going up with my folks for the views (not including Matt Damon).

Ha! I have a Matt Damon story that *begins* in a Starbucks.

It’s not super uncommon to see actors around Vancouver (BC), thanks to the whole Hollywood North thing. I guess he and his family were up here while he was filming Elysium, and just happened to decide to do the Grouse Grind the same day as my brother and I (he…

Came here to say exactly that.

Too bad you don’t get to satisfy your bloodlust, your sense of “I’ll show you, you little twerp,” your twisted sense of justice, that way. It’s a school, not a gulag camp.

My first boyfriend and I spent about a year hooking up before we attempted intercourse. We were both youngish, I wasn’t on the pill at the time, and we both wanted to avoid relying on only one form of contraceptive. I think ultimately it made intercourse better, because we’d been having the kind of sex where you learn…