No again, you are equating ISIS with Islam, which it is not related to. It is a perversion and extremist reinterpretation of a religion. It is not the religion itself. So the more accurate version of your above statement would be “Elizabeth Moss is as culpable for the activities of Organized Scientology as, say, Kenan…

This won’t get out of the greys, but whatever. Here’s the thing that drives me BONKERS about this kind of nonsense: Atwood’s answer is a willful misrepresentation of what Feminism is and what it’s goals are while echoing cheap diversion tactics that have been used to undercut Feminism for decades. As an intelligent…

See, that sounds a lot like: “If you can’t accept this crazy cult that only is counted as a religion for tax purposes and locks dissenters in the basement then you also can’t accept this religion that, while some people might misinterpret/prevent it for the negative, is in reality supportive of creative and individual…

re: above - “Through an obscure and rarely invoked Massachusetts legal principle called abatement ab initio, because Hernandez had not exhausted all his appeals on his murder conviction, that conviction is essentially now voided. The practical effect of this is that evidence from Hernandez’s criminal trial cannot be…

Why not keep the statement? While North Korea actually starting some shit is highly unlikely I’d rather acknowledge the fear that a lot of folks are grappling with then pretending everything is fine.* I’m not suggesting we cower or freak out - I think we should fight for decency and democracy regardless of impending…

I very calmly and with much forethought wrote to my parents last weekend telling that that should North Korea bomb the west coast that they did a good job and I’ve had a happy life. I’m not depressed, I don’t consider myself alarmist, and I don’t feel defeated. So it was sobering to sit down and think, “in the event…

I know that this is such an absolutely minuscule thing but it made me furious to see her strike a pose at the African American Museum when Trump spoke there. Again, it’s tiny, but she walks in, stops, pivots, and kicks out her leg ala Angelina Jolie at the Oscars. For fucks sake Ivanka! You’re at a museum about the…

Uhh.... I’ve read the Shining like, um, ten times. Or so. It’s a great plane read!

I do wonder if it’s a better use of time to just forget trying to convince folks and instead, as you say, really dive in deep with voter registration. Maybe when those folks dug in on ignorant, fateful, fearful, or uninformed opinions see the tide shifting they’ll shift with it. Maybe that’s the only way to get them.

I gotta ask: how? I know one white woman who voted for Trump and while I have lost all respect for her as a human being I do still attempt to patiently talk with her about her concerns, her interpretation of the facts, and what motivated her choice. I try and get her to think critically (or think at all) about her…

And 2 million eligible black voters didn’t vote at all, an 11% drop from 2012. I do not bring this up to lay blame: my point is you can spin the numbers to drive home any point you want. Yes, I agree white women have traditionally not embraced minority women/communities in their feminist causes. Yes, I agree white…

So I’m calling bullshit on Trump’s tweet sounding reasonable and respectful. He never says anything about himself and his own actions to honor the day; he’s merely dictating how others should act today. Like an non-apology apology his MLK tweet might sound reasonable but is fundamentally hollow and shitty.

Totally agree on this. The endgame isn’t love; the endgame is action emboldened by love.

I believe this may be the link you are looking for? http://www.theworldisaterribleplace.com/ohcrap/ 

Didn’t Jumanji teach them anything?! If a board game gets tossed it’s clearly because it’s EVIL.

Once, when I was in high school, a bunch of girlfriends and I decided to play Ouija during a sleepover. My friends were an odd mix - social outcasts who banded together over being the weirdos. So we had the stoner punk girl, the nice and quiet religious girl, the slacker girl, the goth girl, the two twins whose mom…