Jesus fucking christ, there is no escape from skeevy men.

It’s worth noting that Native American and Indigenous women suffer the highest rate of being victims of sexual assault of any demographic. Also worth noting that there are thousands of missing Native and Indigenous women in North America, and nothing is being done to find them. I know many of you are lamenting the…

I wanted to make a few points about Sridevi’s passing, which is devastating. Cinema has been the number one form of entertainment, and for most people, the only form of entertainment, in India since the genre was invented up until around 2000; after that, more people had televisions in the home, access to video games,…

Not to mention carry/storage obligations. If you want guns safely stored in classrooms, you need at minimum some kind of gun safe—a locked desk drawer won’t cut it. Ideally a trigger lock as well, but now you’re really cutting down on how quickly teachers can react in an emergency. That’s a lot of extra cost for each…

The “#UsToo: Left Out by the Left”

I’ve had issues with my iPad and kinja. I figured a workaround finally.

White Canadians poured money into a gofundme for Colten Boushie’s killer. They are probably getting ready to do the same for this one. White Canadians are just as racist as white Americans. Maybe this can be the beginning of ending pretense there is no racism in Canada, and actually working to eliminate racism.

Can we stop making shit up? The big difference between the two trials is that there wasn’t anywhere near sufficient evidence to convict the accused for Tina Fontaine’s murder. There was more than enough evidence to convict Gerald Stanley of manslaughter in Colton Boushie’s death, but a jury chose to ignore it and…

BREAKING NEWS: Old White Man, Well Known Misogynist, Is Sad That No One Cares About What He Thinks, Writes Another Play No One Asked For, Angrily Lectures Others On His Own Relevance

They are not NEARLY as bad as Dick Button and Peggy Fleming, who made me want to throw something at the TV to shut them up. I used to wish there was some way to shut up the commentary and still hear the music.

I disagree! I think Johnny and Tara are great. They do a good job explaining the byzantine scoring system and are willing to be critical in a way that most sports commentators just aren’t. I’ve never really given a shit about the figure skating but I watched a lot of it this year because of them.

Neverending chatter? They are basically silent during the performances.

I was hoping to hear from Dvora on what she thought of Zagitova’s win over Medvedeva. I understand that Zagitova’s program was more technically difficult by a small margin, but Medvedeva’s artistry blew Zagitova’s out of the water. It was like the difference between watching a windup doll skate and watching an actual…

Yes, let’s put barely teenage girls under the tutelage of a Svengali-like coach. I can see no downside here.

I would say that US Figure Skating needs to overhaul and centralize its figure skating program like USAG did for gymnastics, but we all saw what happens when a US federation centralizes its structure to develop better athletes like USAG did. Medals are won, but the humanity is lost.

See Rippon.

Agree with the artistry lacking, but ice skating seems to be all about jumping and it’s a damn shame.

Zagitova was technically perfect but I found the whole thing so robotic. Medvedeva should have been the champion but based on the current scoring system I can’t say she was robbed. Even though I want to

The artistry definitely was not there for Zagitova. Her music was very well chosen...the kind that was perfect for jumping and doesn’t have much feeling to it. That said, I suppose she out-skated Medvedeva fair and square, and I was firmly Team Medvedeva. Not quite as upsetting as the Lipinski/Kwan showdown—at least M…

When Dylann Roof shot up that church in Charleston, SC, his actions caused a cascading effect that led to the removal of Confederate war monuments, flags, and streets and buildings being renamed.

My point to these students is this: don’t give up, you never know what the tipping point will be.