“I don’t see personal stories that necessarily resonate with me, because they’re not my stories,”said Pratt, “I think there’s room for me to tell mine, and probably an audience that would be hungry for them. The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood.”

“The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood.”

Ivanka Trump is going to Germany to discuss women’s economic empowerment

I think the problem is more that they take the ancient insane fables of random desert goat-herders literally.

A good review of history shows that religion follows culture, not the other way around—acting as a sort of “confirmation bias” for existing beliefs or prejudices—so I think there’s a larger, more troublesome question to ask:

I skipped pity and went straight to loathing. They’re too fucking proud of their ignorance for me to feel pity.

He keeps saying he “doesn’t telegraph [his] moves” but...he does. Constantly.

“How’d Trump enjoy himself? Politico shared a clip of Mr. President signing a fan’s hat, then appearing to throw it randomly into the crowd while the fan yells “No!””

What are we supposed to wait for? Literal internment camps and shit? We waited, he got into office, he started doing terrible shit. It’s not like he is acting like Mr. Rogers and we are just being salty because the Republicans won.

Start building your support network. Family, friends—anybody you can trust. Tell them exactly what’s going on and that you need their support to maintain your mental integrity.

This is going to go all woo, but please understand that I take a Jungian approach to myths and folklore — so the underlying concept is that she’s dealing with something in herself that has a reflection in myths and stories that can help her deal with it.

Last week a wrote a post about being a stay at home mom of a 4 yr old and 2 yr old, newly pregnant with an unwanted would-be 3rd child. I said I was nervous and feeling emotional about the abortion I had scheduled. I want to thank you all for the support and sharing. I had the abortion yesterday. It was fine. I felt…

Well, good news. Evidently Kim Jong Un couldn’t get his tae po dong missile up today. We can all sleep a little easier.

I have two life updates for you:

+1. I turn off NPR whenever he starts talking. I prefer to read my daily dose of stupidity. Most preferably with a heavy dose of Jez snark to make the medicine go down.

You know, even if there wasn’t a comparable way for white students to get help, I wouldn’t care. This “the individual is the only thing that matters, groups don’t exist” is all very well in theory but it isn’t borne out by reality, and systemic factors mean that on average minority students at Stanford may well be…

Also, dating another person isn’t about “having” who you want, it’s about spending time with someone and building a relationship that satisfies you both.

It’s funny to me how much Trump fans want to make this into a clear-cut case of Trump being the ultimate hero. Never mind that even according to the most conservative estimates of civilians killed during the Iraq War directly by US forces, the US caused several 9/11's worth of Iraqi civilians (including children) per…

WHY DO JOURNALISTS CONTINUE TO BAIL HIM OUT? I understand that this was on Faux News, so it makes sense that they would do it, but why do other reporters and correspondents correct these nut jobs’ mistakes? When Scary Spice or one of the Antique Albino Throwback Crew misspeaks themselves, why do journalists correct…