Oh Margaret Atwood, you goddamn genius who foretold this...

Think of it this way...this is an unusual story, people were punished for harming this girl, and the general consensus of people reading about it is one of disgust. That was not always the case. That is not the case in some parts of the world right now. Things are getting better, but slowly.

Totally. I’m fairly confident that if you went to Labrie before his trial and asked him if he thought rape was wrong, he would have said it was. I’m also fairly confident that Labrie had no idea that his actions could be considered rape and that he was shocked and bewildered by the fact that he was on trial. He…

“If you’re pro-choice, now is not the time to be quiet.”

“He pushed the repeal of DADT through (thanks Clintons!)“

Not to detract from your general point, but this is a really bad understanding of the nature of presidencies. In 1992 Bill Clinton directly campaigned on totally ending the ban on gays in the military, along with a universal health care plan. When universal…

Honestly. Is this what Republicans think will happen? Silly me, of course not. They think motherhood is a woman’s greatest calling and always, always a blessing.

Matt Czurchy is definitely on the GG reunion mini-series? Hurrah!

I don’t think she’s entirely wrong about the post- Sandy Hook gun regulation push being driven by fear. All of the focus and hype has been on mass shootings, which are awful and terrible and disgusting, but aren’t a significant threat to anybody’s life expectancy. They are, however, super scary to think about. You…

As someone who did once have an intruder break into my home - while I was there and asleep - I can tell you from experience that there’s probably only a small chance a gun would really help you in that scenario. The criminal has all the advantage there - they know they’re breaking into your house way before you do,…

The GOP is intentionally monolithic. Have you not seen things like RINO? Or the monolithic votes in Congress? Just having a handful of women and minorities is not diversity. Carting them out for high profile events is not diverse. Having a party platform that advocates removal of women’s reproductive rights, ending…

I think you’ll find that there is no color in this man.

they are 100% adorable and terrifying. THEY ARE SO FUCKING STRONG. I went to this exact place in Bali and the ladies that work there put a banana on my head and like 3 of them jumped on top of me and then everyone laughed as I freaked out. This is that moment.

But, as my extremely pro-life sister in law just found out, she is not immune to things like tubal pregnancies. Funny how all that righteous pro-life spewing goes right out the window when it’s your* own life in danger.

In my brain Chewie is pissed at her. Her son, who is all force crazy (because of her lineage) just murdered his best friend/hetero life mate.

As the mother of 2 boys, I’m becoming very aware of the weird way we teach them things. At my son’s playgroup a dad got super angry at his son when he got into a tussle with a little girl over a toy. He was yelling “you never hit a girl” at his kid. And I was just thinking “Dude, why not teach him not to hit ANYONE.”

It’s easy to say religion as already stated but I think that only is half the problem. The other half? Money. Making it and keeping it.

1) Women have ALWAYS been key to economic growth in this country-and they have always been treated badly, due to the fact that so many women are in lower paying positions, and there is still an concept of women being ‘servants’ in any position. This is tied to the racism and sexism that is part and parcel of American…

You’re right things suck. Here is what is keeping me going. Today, one of my students told me my reading class was his favorite class and he was learning a lot about reading. He didn’t like reading before. I can look at my other students and I see them making progress and growing. They have good days and bad days but…

Until he hopped on the Crazy Train with “Shoot ‘em from a helicopter” Palin, McCain was like a Goldwater Republican with a bunch of foreign policy experience. I miss him, too.