“you’re probably NOT going to be sexually assaulted” When I used public transportation where I live in NY state (not NY mind you) I was assaulted probably once every nine months. Every woman I know who uses public transportation has been assaulted or harassed using it. Which isn’t the real problem. The real problem is…

Police just don’t want to deal with stalking. Especially cyberstalking. Because they don’t understand it. I know someone who was discouraged, by the police, from pursuing a complaint with a threat that they would charge her with “filing a false report.” This really fucks with victims’ heads because when you’re being…

I live in NY state. My apartment’s rent is being increased by 11% at the end of my lease. Last year I was in a different apartment that had it’s rent increased by 18%. I honestly don’t know how I would survive if I had to live where I live now for the rest of my life. People who have no options to move will see their…

I feel like you’ve never actually lived in LA. LA is not what you see in the movies. For one, LA is 50% Hispanic, so if you happen to be hispanic or speak Spanish, LA is way better than NYC or SF. Two, the LA arts scene is way more accessible to middle class people than in NYC.

“she’s going to be okay for the most part” Again. This statement reveals that you absolutely do not know what show you are watching. Lillian will not be ok. People like Lillian do not turn out ok. They don’t die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren. The most likely scenario for Lillian? She dies of hypothermia on…

Because when you’re poor you end up spending money up front just to have the chance to work your minimum wage job. Asshole.

In San Francisco you can easily pay more for “public transportation” than you do for your car in LA though. Having a car, if you live somewhere that is made for people who have cars, is actually not that expensive. Especially if you have an affordable, reliable car that you bought outright, or mostly paid for up…

This is so true. My family is from LA. And as someone who has lived in the Bay Area and now also New York I long for an LA cost of living.

Truthers indulge in the Magellan fallacy: They basically believe that the fact that society recognizes them as “heretics” indicates they are right. This is a fallacy that we reinforce culturally all the time with underdog stories. They also get positive psychological reinforcement for engaging in these mental…

Tituss Burgess is similar to Jane Krakowski in that they both have an incredible ability to project joy and sadness.

Your attitude towards Lillian is why I have trouble seeing eye to eye with people who believe this show represents any sort of “privileged” perspective. You see Lillian as “the one white woman in the neighborhood”? Really? Lillian is one of the most marginal characters I have ever seen on TV. She is a slumlord, in a…

That is not an honest description of the “geisha” episode. I agree that it was beyond the pale. But there was nothing unintentional or unaware about it. Tina Fey has only disdain for identity politics, and she sticks the knife where it hurts.