i see quite the opposite. so often men who commit horrible crimes are automatically assumed to be “mentally ill” — ESPECIALLY when those men are white. same with white women. you and i could both come up with examples, i’m sure.

Why is it ridiculous or ludicrous? Because she’s a woman?

When Sansa was all, “Jon, I want you to help me, but if you won’t then I will do it myself”, I pumped my fist in the air and yelled FUCK YES.

Also, if you want to cry again, think about this.

Yes, shipping her and Tormund so hard that I can’t believe I ever wanted her to be with Jaimie.

RE: Tormund and Brienne

CRIED CRIED CRIED when Jon and Sansa ran to each other. It was so satisfying and bittersweet.

Have you ever wished you could give Vincent Gallo a blow job? Of course you haven’t.

An autistic kid can be awesome or be an asshole or both, just like regular kids. But a dead kid is a dead kid. Source: proud mom of a mostly awesome autistic kid.

This. My father (from whom I am estranged) is an anti-vaxxer because he says he poured over all of the (bogus) “science” of it. He’s very well-read on pure bullshit.

I guess you didn’t hear about the parents in Albert whose kid died because they didn’t believe/trust modern medicine. He had bacterial meningitis and could have been treated and most likely cured.

Skloot had a hard time writing Deborah. She was unsophisticated in ways that made Skloot - a (relatively) wealthy, well-educated, White woman - uncomfortably aware of her own privilege and the fact that her sophistication on particular matters comes directly from that privilege that she has access to, and Deborah was…

It'll be cool to see Oprah act again after all this time. Especially in a role as juicy and historic as this. I haven't read the book yet but Lacks reputation certainly precedes her. I know Lady O did some VO work in Princess and The Frog, had small roles here and there, and was even rumored to play Amanda Waller in…

Hey, here on the southwest coast, weather is awesommmmmmme! just can’t afford to live here if I want to start a family :p

We literally did not have winter this year in Alberta. It was only below -20 for a grand total of 6 or so days, and it barely snowed at all. At the time it was extremely unnerving, I kept waiting for the shit to hit the fan and for an epic blizzard to arrive, but it never did.

Actually, global climate change has made this last winter positively balmy for most of it!

I don’t think midwives are permitted to prescribe and administer medication. But I know that in Canada, accredited midwives are required to have emergency meds (i.e. for bleeding, oxygen, and such) on hand.

Proper training and regulation! Yay! Integration into the regular medical community! Woot!

The part of the story that matters is that a child is dead by violence and her siblings witnessed it. Victims matter more than perpetrators, especially when they were powerless to change the outcome. Her name is Tahirah; his name should be forgotten.

When you take out your loaded gun with the fucking safety off and wave it around in a roomful of children, then any shooting that results is intentional.