It’s wild. I have really no idea anything about you, but from reading weeks of your “we wanna but can’t but maybe we’ll get there” posts on going to Panama, I’m eagerly awaiting you telling us of your arrival there. I have no stake in it, but know that I’m cheering for you to make it. It’s like a drama I need to watch…

I was sure Rowan was going. I think it was the constructing rather than molding that killed Mak in the end. It will be a miracle if Rowan survives next week at this point.

Those Stray Observations answers the question of if Kate reads the comments.  If by chance she does this week, they have practice kitchens inside the bubble.  Was definitely surprised that Mak was eliminated instead of Rowan, even if I get their reasoning.  I just have a hard time believing Rowan will ever execute…

This is kind of missing the point. The evangelical refrain is “I’m not perfect, just forgiven”. This is the ultimate logical conclusion of the Reformation: the Protestant argument that one’s good works are irrelevant to salvation, only faith matters. The evangelicals are surprisingly tolerant of ethical faults by one…

you aren’t married yet, I’d keep it that way

As I said above, my own personal experience has made the idea that you ditch or accept people entirely based on their politics a pretty silly idea. That’s the sort of privilege afforded to people where people who share your politics are relatively abundant.

My therapist told me when I started seeing her that a lot of problems in relationships can be overcome, but differences in values are so fundamental that it’s not something you can just get over. It always breaks the relationship in the end. 

Sweetheart, I mean this in the kindest way possible: why are you marrying this person?

I think you already know what to do. You just need help figuring out how to do it.

Sounds like your fiancé doesn’t need to be your fiancé anymore. 

You should be referring to her as your ex-fiance. Help yourself.

Where do you live? Is it somewhere actually important? Also, have you considered calling off the wedding? If the answer to the first two questions is “somewhere unlikely to decide the fate of the election, so no not important” just give yourself the permission to stop trying to convince him to change his vote. It’s…

Maybe it’s time to reevaluate whether or not you want him as a fiance? It’s drastic, I know, but it sounds like he’s fallen down the QAnon hole (with the Biden is a pedophile thing) and I’m not sure that’s the kind of person you would want in your life. This isn’t something that I’m saying to you lightly, but I follow…

What the brand is NOT saying is that every version of their polos were standard desired uniform for the white racialist movement in England starting back in the 70s. Fred Perry polos were on every racist skinhead and, by the 80s, had emigrated to the U.S. and our white racist skinheads.  

Wouldn't it make more sense to donate all proceeds from the sales of these shirts to an organization that uplifts and fights on behalf of BIPOC? That way every time a neckbearded incel buys one they are thanked for supporting BLM or the ACLU or something? They'd find a new uniform right quick, and the shirts can start…

While that’s probably true and RGB’s seat is gone....ain’t no reason to let it go easy. Fight these fascist assholes with every procedural maneuver and arcane rule you can dig up. If nothing else, think of it as a way of firing up the base to make the final push. The fascists are using every slimy tactic to suppress…

Yup.  I think I was a sophomore or junior in high school, and there was a rumor going around, I was butt fucking people in the gym shower.  Excuse me?  I was a virgin and was under the impression, most boys thought I was too weird to even date.  I have no idea how that rumor started.  I was simply that quiet, weird…

7th grade was my very worst year in school, for so many reasons. Pen15 has managed to capture a lot of those awful feelings in this bottle of a show, and I am HERE for it. I was so impressed and charmed by the first season. Season 2 (this first half, anyway) feels different but in a good way. More difficult stuff to…