Things that have been said to me as a brown woman MD:

White skin suffices.

First they came for the clowns, and I didn’t speak up, because I’m a mime, and mimes don’t break character for no fucking krazy klownz.

Plus who’s going to speak up for a mime when they don’t speak up for anyone else?

Actually first they came for the mimes but everyone was pretty okay with that.

I long for the days when clowns didn’t bother anyone until 26 bodies were found in a crawlspace.

They came first for the clowns, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a clown...

I’m all for gun control, but in this time of national crisis, I make an exception.

So what is he for?

Anybody else finding themselves sighing frequently, not enjoying things, like ice cream, as much, constantly feeling on the verge of unexpected violent tears? Anyone else get queasy when they turn on the news, cynical when they open their Facebook and wary when strangers start talking in a doctor’s waiting room that…

Right?! I have a PhD in holding back snarky comments about how SOME people lack a basic grasp of the English language and grammar but have 25,000 letters behind their name (I say silently in my mind with a malevolent smile).

I never thought that Cosmo would be more willing to ask substantive questions than the New York Times, and yet here we are.

ive had a weird week but my reaction to everything in this article is existential grief and confusion.

THE BODY DOUBLE DOESN’T EVEN LOOK LIKE HER GUYS I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE WHEN IS NOVEMBER SO I CAN VOTE AND THE CRETINS CAN GO SCURRY BACK INTO THEIR SWAMP HOMES

This is so very true. I’m a reporter and went to one of these “Women for Trump” things, and it was very low-budget and slapdash. There seemed to have been little pre-planning and organization, and no one was obviously in charge. There were very few “fans” to greet these women, and as they walked around, almost no one…

If Sam Donaldson were still on the beat, Trump would have been a stain on some soundstage floor months ago.

This is an important point that people keep losing sight of. Trump is not legitimately running for president. This “campaign” is an infomercial for the 2017 launch of the Trump/Ailes/Breitbart right-wing media empire.

Man, it’s a shocker she doesn’t really like spending a lot of time on media Q&A sessions when this is the treatment she gets...I agree, it’s absolutely inexcusable on Lauer’s part.

Hey, looks like you have a similar Facebook feed to me.

Another thing that helped was transitioning Barrowman from playing Doctor-lite to a conflicted law enforcement officer. Sure, he still had that immortal plot over his head, but seeing him go from a horny Doctor analogue to a morally questionable special agent really went a long way.