And the other people had been living their lives for years with loves, relationships, connections, hopes, and dreams—and all that was taken from them. So that’s less tragic than a kid?

I really, really, REALLY hate it when the media does this bullshit—”including X amount of children”. It’s insulting to the other people who died—”Sorry you’re dead, but it’s not as tragic as it would be if you were a kid.”

I worked in Baghdad (development aid worker) for a few years, and these sorts of bombings with high death tolls were relatively commonplace. By the time I left, they were increasingly rare, and I truly believe as I boarded my last flight out of Iraq that things were on the upswing. My then-boyfriend (now husband) and…

I think not knowing their names and stories is part of a larger issue. I remember after Paris reading the stories about so many of those who died - now after Orlando celebrities are reading out everyone’s name, videos are shown on various news outlets, interviews with family members. It makes it more real and personal…

I have wished more than once that victims of these sorts of attacks in Muslim-majority countries would get the same coverage that we give to victims of domestic terror attacks. Show us their pictures. Tell us their names and their stories. Let us cry over these murdered children the way we cried over the murdered…

Sadly these jackasses have appointed themselves arbiters of who is or is not a good Muslim. So they’ve basically declared every Muslim who doesn’t buy their murderous bullshit to be ‘as bad’ as any old western infidel, and worthy of death. Oh and if they accidentally murder someone innocent allah will fix it all in…

Murdering families that are breaking their Ramadan fast doesn't sound very Islamic.

RIP Anonymous Iraqi children, women, men. I’m sorry we, as bystanders, are not able to know your names and stories. I’m thinking of yous here in the western world. I cannot imagine living in a place where this is a real, constant fear. RIP.

Oswalt is one of my favourite comedians, he seems like such a genuinely nice and funny person in real life, and I think that’s clearly proved in the sincere outpouring of love on Twitter right now. Hearing the way he talks about his wife and daughter in his stand-up made this gut wrenching for me to read. That poor,…

I feel so bad for Patten Oswalt. Death is hard especially when it blindsides you.