That was my read as well, having seen the movie a few times. The first time, it fakes you out with the music and your expectations: you think Kylo Ren is torn up between the Light and the Dark, when in reality, he’s torn up *over what he knows he must do* to fully join the Dark Side. As fans of the other movies, we…

When I was sixteen, my whole family got together at our house for Thanksgiving. This is a big extended family, all of whom are complete drunks. I was in my hippie phase and used to like to make people sit around and listen to me play the guitar and sing Dar Williams songs (sorry, guys). After a particularly…

My brother in law once smugly explained to me that single cell organisms evolving into modern man was as statistically likely as a hurricane going through a junk yard and randomly assembling a fighter jet. Clearly the only logical explanation was that we were created by God in his image.

You see, young Elvis was a tricky little brat. In Kindergarten, I was riding home with my dad, brother and brother’s classmate. My brother’s classmate was going to be doing a Thanksgiving play, and I decided that I wanted to be in one too! The catch was, it was Tuesday evening, and tomorrow was the day of said play I…

Anyone have more baby/kids’ book recommendations? I’m really picky about selecting well rounded, smart books for my niblings, and I’m always looking for suggestions.

I’m done. Jezebel used to be interesting. I remember when they had articles that were DIY, talked about women’s issues, had “crushes” for both straight and gay gals, and had 0 mentions of Kardashians. Making it a gossip and celebrity news place? Fuck no, I’m out.

Trans people don’t *feel* like our real gender, we really are our real gender. We aren’t pretending to be women/men/nonbinary, we just stop pretending to be cis. Many trans people could never pass as cis in our assigned gender and we can experience discrimination evn as kids before we know about trans or are out. It's…

I just spent a glorious hour reading the terrifying stories someone linked to on reddit about all the creepy shit a Search and Rescue officer supposedly encountered during his career. And I suddenly remembered something that used to scare the piddle out of me. And I’m gonna talk about it here because it stands a…

Did she mess up or did she realize that she has shit to get done and can’t be bed-ridden for two days after every time she has sex?

They didn’t follow the jury instructions, and when that happens the judge can nullify their decision. My ex admitted on the stand to doing it, as well as in an earlier hearing for a restraining order. The audio from that was brought into evidence in the actual trial. Twice they were told or shown that he admitted…

Everyone has a story, darling. My meditation teacher used to say: your broken arm doesn’t heal my broken heart. That is your broken arm may, in actual reality, be worse but my broken heart still hurts.

I wrote this great M/M romance novel about two star-crossed lovers from families that hate each other for seemingly no reason at all, Romeo and Julian.

I think it’s also worth looking at whether or not your SO attempts to make time to hang out with your friends, or at the very least, is open to you blocking out time to hang out with them. I don’t think it matters as much that everyone loves each other so much as it does that everyone respects that YOU love your…

Is Glenn Dead? Is Rick Dead? Will Rick chop off his hand? Tune in next week for a 90 min Morgan flashback and none of these answers

So very true. It really is why listening to all the voices anywhere is a bad idea. People are dumb and people in large groups are even dumber. It’s also why I should not be concerned with what is going to happen tomorrow at work. I have no fucking idea what is going to happen. None of us ever do. We all need to just…

In a previous life, I worked next to a woman that had to occasionally medicaid for hospital services. She would have me look over stuff before she submitted it because one wrong code would kick the entire thing back and delay payment more. So I don’t understand this whole thing. You can bill stuff all day long, but…

Exactly. I give $100 to Planned Parenthood every time I drive by protestors in front of a woman’s health clinic near me. I have two teenaged daughters and we smile and wave, letting them know that their efforts are helping PP.

A handy cut-out-and-keep guide for where everyone is when the start of season 6 rolls around
- Jon Snow - dead. Don’t give me any of that “OR IS HE?” nonsense, the actor has had a haircut
- Stannis Baratheon - looks pretty dead. Last seen about to taste the end of Oathkeeper with no rescue in sight
- Arya Stark - has…

"Generic fantasy" cover art is plain and unimaginative. It's bad enough when it's on a mediocre book; when it's on a great book, it's a crime.