I remember weeping to my dad when the first Gulf War began (I was 10 or 11) because I thought war was something that only happened in the past, and after the Vietnam War Americans realized war was a bad idea. Ahahahaha, silly naive little Ginger.

Ha, I will forever think of the Puritans as “bucklehats” when I get to that portion of the syllabus, thank you.

Oy, I love a good historical drama so I tried to watch Salem, but at least the first few eps were such total trash. And I say this as someone who sat through a season and then some of Reign.

YES. We see the exact same “logic” coming from the fact averse on both the right and the left (I’m looking at you, anti-vaxxers, trying to drag us back to the 17th century!) Goody Benjamin walked by my cow, the next day my cow died, ergo Goody Benjamin is a witch!

So glad Carroll mentions the debates about Tituba’s race. And yes, the collective memory so often touts the Puritans as champions of freedom of religion. Fuck no! Like the evangelicals today who decry “sharia law” while demanding that everyone study the bible in school and say “Merry Christmas” the Puritans didn’t…

I’m well-acquainted with what has been happening in Aleppo and Syria. My concern about MSM coverage is that I think the average American has less than no clue about what is happening there.

BREAKING: Footage of Donald J. Trump Jr at his first meeting with Zinke:

Holy. Shit. Those are some fucking instincts.

I’m so broken I just found myself thinking “silver lining, now maybe MSM will talk more about Aleppo?”

I like how the film industry blames crowd source reviewing, not their shitty product. You better believe I take reviews into account when debating if I’m going to spend an absurd amount of money to see a movie in the theatre. Otherwise I’ll just wait them out, and see it when it hits Netflix or HBOGo, etc., if I see…

No outrage here, but I did just add that bra to my registry.

Basically, we pregos have like twice the amount of blood in us and the heart has to work harder to pump it all. I was dizzy a lot in my first trimester when I went to stand up, and it means I run at a snail’s pace now. But the added blood flow makes for awesome orgasms, so there’s that!

“Could do without the snark, tho.”

Right, cause I remember learning in history class about efforts to disenfranchise white men since the nation’s founding. Oh wait, nope, that was black people who have historically been denied the right to vote through extralegal and legal means that continue to this day. Is that the diference? No, that can’t possibly…

SO true. I always tell my students to pay attention to uses of “us” “them” “we” “they” etc. in texts they read, and I remind them ad nauseum not to use “we” or “us” etc. in their own writing because it leads to assumptions and generalizations.

Last night I saw pro-Trump commenters on Twitter asking how it was “racist” for Trump to applaud black people not voting. Several of those commenters cited articles from sites like Slate that tackled the topic of why the black turnout was so low, because they cannot see a difference between asking WHY the black voter…

Meanwhile, Arkansas court will make it impossible for same-sex parents to be on a child’s birth certificate. It must be cool moving towards the future and progress, I wonder what that’s like? (rolls eyes till they fall back into the sockets and plunge down into my chest cavity).

And dudes will be telling feminists “AND she has a pussy! What more do you bitches want?”

Hahaha remember when people on the left AND right said Hillary would be wrong for President because it would be too much of a dynasty problem? AHAHAHAHA

Truth. Our cat is SUCH a daddy’s girl. When she deigns to show me affection I am her captive. She can stick her tail in my face and sit on my chest while I’m trying to grade and I just let her because I’m so grateful that’s she’s cuddling with ME for a change.