Ugh to clarify, I resent being used as a weapon against all marginalized people. My post can come across as erasing the trans experience, and I apologize for that; I was thinking specifically about this case targeting a WOC.

I have never seen “protect women” used in a way that doesn’t defend bigotry of some kind. I resent being used as a weapon against POC, especially against WOC.

Sure. But “right to work” has nothing to do with how/when a person can be fired.

I’m out. It’s not funny anymore.

I’m never talking to you again.

This comment makes no sense at all.

I was working in Russia in the 1990s and the company I worked for bought me one round-trip ticket back to the states every year. Living in Russia during that time was kind of hard, so every day for like two weeks leading up to my Saturday flight I checked my ticket, reviewed my flight plan and confirmed with my ride…

“Chief Etheridge told News Channel 9 that the officers used the ‘least force necessary’ to control the situation” .... which...wasn’t a situation until the cops were called and made it one.

Don’t touch them unless you’re going to hoist them.

Goddammit yes “defense attorney” is what I meant. This fucking day.

A friend of mine has PTSD from the trial of the man who raped her. Not from the rape itself, but from how the prosecutor treated her during the trial.

Right to work /= at-will employment. The former is usually enshrined in state law and makes it so people aren’t required to pay dues for protections collectively bargained by a union; at-will employment is the federal understanding of employment law that you can be fired for any reason outside of certain protected…

(French Bulldog & Great Dane)

When people wonder why no one reports on men like Nassar, it’s because men like Strampel get to watch the videos of assaults. Abuse in institutions is institutionalized.

These videos are outstanding tutorials in using explicit Russian slang in real-life situations.

Watching the tournament, I was struck by the apparent move toward 1991 soccer haircuts. The No. 1 flow made it all better, though — when I saw it in real time, I said, “THAT ONE MAKES THE REEL.”

I miss being able to saunter up to a bar and have someone recognize me as a grownup and prove it by handing me a glass of brown liquid, no chaser.

Came here to further my education but standing up to say get that Lisa Stansfield ripoff behind me. #oldandmad

Whenever I hear that sound I expect him to expel the disc he just herniated right out of his mouth.

At that size, looks like a Holþór to me.