The NYC ballots thing is killing me. It’s just such a trust buster and total fodder for the right on how this whole mail-in ballot thing is hosed (it’s not, at least not from the election fraud perspective, works great here in Washington). Seeing that proliferate last night on twitter just had/has my stomach in knots.

it’s never a surprise to me that these guys *think* these things. it does however shock me that PR people let him say these things in a national newspaper.

ok, ok... it’s a bop though

I wish this type of writing included things like, I’ve been eating ma po tofu so often that I had two Amazon Fresh deliveries this week instead of just one. Of course, no matter what I order, I always tip at least 25%. -or- Along with my bread baking on Sunday, I also made my weekly donation to the local food bank.

I’m Team Mariah, but I’m Real is a great song and I’m glad it exists.

OMG Tracy I am also a Rock fan and scholar and this nails it. I do think you should watch Ballers though, it is a case study in how a suit should fit a big tall guy properly.

My dad, who has hardly read anything my whole life, pre-ordered the book by Mary Trump and read it cover to cover. My dad is smart and I love him and I’m impressed by how much he’s allowed himself to learn and grow on topics of race and misogyny since we have so many opportunities to talk about shit like that all the…

This was so delightful to watch and be on twitter for, I didn’t realize how much I needed something to collectively be excited about. A beacon in a sea of shit this week.

I’ve been feeling this during the pandemic, too. Both 1) I can’t believe I did that to myself in my twenties, poor girl and 2) old habits slipping in. I’ve been WFH and schooling from home since 3/5. I barely move from my desk some days and so my appetite is low and it’s easier to tolerate or even appreciate the…

The whole thing is so fucking sad and just a wretched indictment of society, both the immediate aftermath and that years later we collectively could not help and protect her instead of the rapist. Even with all the perceived visibility around sexual assault and rape in the last few years (#metoo, Nassar doc, Audre and…

wouldn’t it have been a billion times easier to just NOT SUE for libel and move on with your day? All of this laundry aired for the chance to get an apology from the Sun?

Update!

This is the second thing I’ve read this week about people hating on Maren Morris (for being a mom, and for having boobs) and I do not get the hate! Maren Morris is in the Highwomen and if she’s good enough for Brandi Carlile and Amanda Shires, then she’s got to be a pretty cool chick.

“English-adjacent Scottish noises” and “inexplicably shouty” are perfect descriptors and this was delightful to read!

Small typo in Penn Badgley’s name has me saying “more like Penn Badley, amirite” to myself and chuckling. Quarantine broke my brain.

Listening to his rant is cathartic. I love that he spent all that time on hold practicing - his execution was flawless.

This guy is a fucking hero in how he acted last night and how he continues to comport himself. Living just outside downtown Seattle, I’d like to *think* I’d be this quick to do the right thing and move the kids inside, and maybe I would (maybe I will still have to make that choice in coming days/weeks/months), but it…

I startled my three year old cackling at this: “Fox News host Dana Perino, who will be referred to as Karen for brevity and accuracy, was doing her smug white woman thing that all of the Fox News hosts (including the men) do.”

THAT is how you write a headline and article. On CNN this would be “Former DWTS star Julianne Hough healed her endometriosis with this self-care regimen” or some other dumb shit.

These Imbalancing Act posts are sustaining me. I see myself in both the bad parts and the good parts and it helps to know that other people (more eloquent than me) are struggling and surviving too.