In junior high, I wore my older brother’s PE shirt to school and a teacher objected to the b-boy in crosshairs logo bc of the crosshairs/gun imagery. I was given a choice of turning the shirt inside out or having a parent pick me up at school. My parents were both teachers, so one of them having to leave school to…

I so don’t watch sports but through Twitter, I found out that she has a new show and now I just found out from you that it’s The Equalizer?! Shut up and take my money, CBS!

I hope that Deb changes her views on the Black & Indigenous (Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole) descendants of the Freedmen. In 2019, she co-sponsored a bill denying their tribal citizenship. I learned of this in June when organizations were issuing statements in support of BLM, when I co-authored one from…

At 3:21, that teddy bear-looking dog’s toe beans are literally in the shape of a teddy bear.

I absolutely love when orange tabbies are in croissant form!

Starred for “Sure, I’m a sensitive guy.”

Building good credit is, unfortunately, essential in a capitalist economy, not just for oneself but also for one’s future long-term partner.

Wasn’t it called Morganville in those days?

I hope Adriene Mishler does a Megan Thee Stallion “pussy to the floor” vid next.

Her hairline, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s super-taut rictus grin, and now the bustiers that Cardi B and Megan The Stallion (the Thee just annoys me) wear in the WAP thumbnail. These are all things that stress me out.

Mmmmm, “Think About You” made me feel so good. I was cooking breakfast to Laura Mvula this morning, then later on, I watched the WAP video. Sliding into Tiana Major9's music was what I needed to re-set out of ratchedness (not that there’s anything wrong with ratchedness). The warmth of her voice, and the storytelling…

The video is completely ruined by the Jenner in it. It’s like taking a freshly baked cinnamon roll out of the oven, gooey and hot. You are tearing up that decadent cinnamon roll, then your next bite is a perfect cube of a boiled new potato that is trying to blend in with the cinnamon roll.

Are you a fan of The Phantom Tollbooth?

My freshman year in college, I wrote a paper on the Animal Liberation Front, and I desperately wanted to find a way to become part of an ALF cell that broke into research labs to rescue animals. As I was researching LD50 and how rabbits are used to test cosmetics, I realized how much of my outlook on eating meat and…

My son is going into 7th grade, and I still read to him every night. During quarantine, I also read to him throughout the day in short snatches like after a meal. Just this morning, we finished a 5th grade favorite of his-Castle in the Attic, which is about a kid who is gifted a magic castle by his housekeeper. I…

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Ask A Manager (thank you to the Jez commenter who tipped me off about this beautiful, stupendously useful, and affirming website) has some great blogs about how companies that throw around “we’re a family” are quite often the toxic workplaces of our nightmares.

Have you paid a visit to the Ask A Manager website? It will have some good coping tips for you. The most outrageous thing I ever read there was the manager who had his/her employees tape their mouths shut if they said something in a meeting he/she did not like. 

I would.

As long as we’re all dogpiling on Kevin, I would also like him to stop appropriating Indigenous cultures. His 1-year old’s birthday party was a cowboys and “Indians” theme, with cowboy hats and “Indian” blankets for the guests, and a teepee cake.