I said it before on another thread about Tiger King that people who are interested in a more balanced take on this whole thing should listen to the Over My Dead Body podcast series. Not only do they offer some different information on Carole and Don, but they also reveal a lot more of the horrific abuse of animals by…

I made this exact comparison to a friend. She’s not a charismatic narcissist like Joe and Doc, and she bred big cats in the beginning of her career, so she isn’t “pure” enough for people. It’s literally Hillary vs Trump in crazy tiger people form.

I have no idea whether this lady killed her husband or not, but there is NO STANDARD OF GRIEF. No one has to act a certain way after their spouse dies, and no one in that state owes it to anyone to put on a show to prove they are or are not sad.

oh noz she isn't acting like a proper widow

I don’t remember the TRO making it into the show at all, though. The stuff you’re referring to is coming from other sources (the podcast, news articles about the show). The fact of the matter is that the show kinda glossed over a lot of the Carole Baskin husband stuff but one of the main takeaways has still…

To me, the most startling thing I read was when people who watched the show were surveyd, Carole Baskin was viewed most unfavorably by a wide margin. Cult Leader Doc Antle and Scam Master Jeff Lowe received much better grades than she did. The second most unfavorable character? Her husband Howard.

She’s getting character assassinated like Hillary Clinton. She even has the same calm slightly aloof tone of responding to accusations, and I think that rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Like, she’s literally the least worst tiger keeper on the show, but seems to be getting the most hate. Jeff Lowe is literally the…

One thing that’s become clear in the last few years is that the vast majority of Americans have strong carceral tendencies when it suits them. Both the left and the right think they own “innocent until proven guilty” but everyone is ready to lock somebody up (or hand down heavy social penalties) without anything…

You know who’s REALLY empowering women?

Sorry to be the person who criticises the headline, but I did read the article first, and then I went away for an hour and came back after thinking about it, so I feel okay about criticising the headline.

Never forget MizJenkins’s struggles with white feminist bloggers on this very site:

I chose keto because I had somehow made it this far without knowing what White Claw even is (had to google to answer the question) but I’m fucking sick of everyone and their mother being on the keto diet. I can’t wait until everyone’s kidneys start shutting down and they finally shut up about how life changing it is.

ugh, the keto diet. tell me again why bananas are bad for me and pepperoni is fine

I’m sorry but this is bullshit. I’m not a Klobuchar supporter. She needs to withdraw from the race. But what she said was ABSOLUTELY TRUE. Is it now that saying something that is truthful is picked apart and judged “shallow” because the person who said it doesn’t pass the leftist purity test? That’s just stupid.…

I mean, the food bank donation is cool and all, but the best possible way to resolve a dispute over a 99-pack would obviously be to take one down and pass it around.

How do you write this blog without the rest of his quote? I mean, he literally says we should push for something greater, he’s just asking those with privilege to consider what they are asking those without privilege to risk in that push.

“Narwhal the Magic Furry Unicorn Puppy wasn’t made that way for a reason—the congenital defect, as the same story notes, was likely the result of man-made toxins either in the environment or ingested by Narwhal the Unicorn Puppy’s mother.”

except it doesn’t say that, like, anywhere in the story alluded to. i know…

I assume it’s not what you intended, but this take strikes me as ableist. You know who usually finds comfort and inspiration from a dog who is different? Children who are different. I don’t see why we want to shit on that.

I think it’s fair to feel hurt, but completely bizarre that a woman with a large public platform chose to respond to a quote from a student at a small college in South Dakota. How fragile is your ego?

Is literary criticism not allowed anymore?