No. Nope nope nope. Never once was her mutilation called into question. Her immigration forms were based on her lie about coming directly from Somalia, which she freely admits she was low-key advised to do as her *real* reason to flee is not politically recognized. She *was* fleeing her marriage and talking the word…
The tweet in question. Whatever you feel about Ayaan, her anger and her activism comes from a place of genuine suffering. And given the fact that she DID suffer from FGM, saying “she doesn’t deserve to be a woman” is gross and indefensible. Because it’s something that someone almost literally tried to inflict upon…
This is BRILLIANT tactic that you and this guy love to use.
Can’t they hack... like a really terrible financial institution? Like the Department of Education?
If you imagine a very undercooked potato, you’re 92% there.
Today I Didn’t Learn: who Clay Travis is.
And once again io9 joins the show in ignoring that Barry was actually restoring the original timeline...BUT I NEVER WILL!
Sad!
What if she set fire to your house after drinking all of your rubber cement?
I agree, that it was well acted and on the surface he made a good argument but we really got:
This was the episode Dany lost me for good. I get that she’s being set up for some growth (she won’t remain the entitled brat forever), but I can’t stand her manifest destiny crap. The way she said “...and BEND THE KNEE” was just about enough.
Followed by the most disturbing segue ever.
SAMWELL TARLY MD
Heavy stuff.
Oh boy, a show about American slavery! From the people who brought you this!
I know we are not the first group of people to take a hurtful and negative word and make it our own, and through that ownership find solidarity and strength. But I would caution you to remember the origins of that word, the original meaning and intent behind it, and to have some empathy and sensitivity towards those…