The problem is, crime. And well, criminals. Neither are going to cease to exist. I have no illusions that justice is a hand that’s evenly dealt; it’s definitely not. I also have no illusions that all people commit crimes for the same reasons. Some people do it to feed their families, some people do it for easy money,…

There is no chance he actually knew. Would you know a random city council member in your town? I sure as shit wouldn’t, and there are only 3 here.

I mean, I hate that we even need to have a conversation about why people would want to post videos of cops online. But that’s pretty brilliant (or was for a short time anyway).

Our dear friends, Pakistan, everyone. The place that harbored Osama bin Laden, knew about it, then got pissed at the US for going into their country and killing him while under their protection. 

If you like wearing scarves around your head, that’s great and fine and good. But when you refer to it as a hijab and niqab, those are specifically religious garments whose purpose is, objectively, patriarchal.

What if their actual goal isn’t solidarity but attaining unassailable moral superiority over as many people as possible?

The radical thing would also be to embrace people being free to reject them without being fucking murdered.  Unreal ...

Wasn’t this dude some kind of supposed “foreign policy expert” and big Russia hawk a few years ago? Like, didn’t he get semi-famous screeching about “Russia-gate” nonsense on Twitter and MSNBC?

this was totally true for the longest of time but the lemon market has crept into any and all markets. prestige brands and brands thought of as durable now sell the crappiest made items that fall apart so quick. they know they have you over a barrel.  people still buy for the brand recognition and accept the fact…

There are two sides to every story. I call bullcrap on this story. Folks, always want to make these incidents about race.

The two are so different in magnitude the comparison is insane. The Taliban will kill women for the crime of getting raped. If thinking that is bad is “colonialism” or being a “White savoir,” so be it. 

Crabs in a bucket. 

I can’t speak for the US on mom n’ pop stores vs “Pound Stores” (yes they are called that) which operate on identical principles here, but in the Pound Stores absolutely do set up in areas which had good “corner stores” as we call them, which often had more genuine bargains/honest pricing, and sometimes do end up…

Feminism in academia does not reflect feminism in the real world????

The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Fuck you Kinja. So if someone replies to your post but they are in the greys, it seems like there is literally NO way to view or reply to that comment? I know the notification links have BEEN broken, but I get a notification that a greyed commenter replied to me, I can read half their comment in my notifications, but…

‘Their demographic tends to be the underserved’ is kind of an odd criticism. I mean, snap your fingers and have them disappear...are the people who previously bought stuff from these stores now better off?

Who are we to judge which marginalized groups are and are not worthy of working with? Seems to me like you want to throw out the baby with the bathwater? An argument could be made that “western feminism” (including feminism practiced by black Americans) does not represent “Muslim” or “LGBTQ” feminism and therefore…

So the scam is that they’re generating a positive gross margin? And I think everybody, even less educated folks, knows that you generally get a better deal if you buy a bigger-volume product. If lower-income people are unable to afford larger-volume products, that’s not really these stores’ faults, more the nature of c…

So has progressive thought now moved past intersectionality? It seems like while the focus was once on building bridges between marginalized groups it now seems like the focus is moving towards proving that your specific identity is MORE marginalized than the other marginalized groups. Expect a book opposing this one…