That worked out super well for the Entente in Germany post-WWI.

... which is exactly the point. she didn’t fit into the mold of prim and proper princess in the figure skating world. she was a good athlete, so who gives a fuck?

It was such a fascinating trainwreck with nobody to root for. Nancy Kerrigan was (is) such a whiny, entitled snot. Tonya Harding rose above poverty to fuck it all up. America: The Story.

The Houston hating Dallas (rightfully, as Houston is the superior city for a few reasons but Dallas gets more attention) stuff cracks me up.

I live right outside of Lexington. Nobody here gives a shit about Tennessee at any time.

The further away from DFW you get, the better Texas gets.

Yeah, I went to Oklahoma, and the only thing I remember about student government was Matt Bruenig trolling some guy in the UOSA. Extremely forgettable, and certainly nothing I’d care to seek out or give a shit about long after I graduated.

“stop being paranoid” as you generalize the entire city of Chicago.

my mom would regularly say “busti-caca” whenever I wore something she thought was too revealing, haha. I think J-Lo nailed it and I’m so glad Selena is still so loved and respected all these years later.

I was a seventh grader in Houston when she died, and my entire biology class was in tears. I was a white kid but had just seen her at the Rodeo (which is a big fucking deal, if you know Houston at all) and my mom and brother were fluent in Spanish & were teaching me. We had Tejano going in our house constantly and I…

I wish the good parts of Kentucky (the triangle, basically) could secede from the rest of this bullshit, but then I remember there are good people all over the state who are hurt/impacted by Bevin being horrible and god dammit why couldn’t people just go vote.

I’m sad that the job is in Wisconsin and I wouldn’t be able to move there!

Passing the Pleasant Company catalog around during recess was such a huge deal in elementary school. Everything used to be so well-made and beautiful, and now my niece’s dolls are just plastic Mattel junk that totally isn’t worth the price. I always feel so old when I say things like that, but it’s true.

I don’t care if it makes me a pedant, this mass confusion of sex vs gender is infuriating. A doctor cannot tell you the gender of your child.

A car is not a luxury in many places. I’ll use my hometown of Houston as an example. There is NO public transportation in the overcrowded suburbs, and a shitty bus system/joke of a “light rail” that goes maybe five miles from downtown to still downtown. So if you want to get to work, you’re driving.

I just auto-respond now with “abortion is a legal procedure which should be safe, accessible, and affordable to women who need it. banning abortion won’t stop it from happening, so why not educate everyone about reproductive health and their choices without being so ashamed of humans being sexual beings?”

I’m an hour outside of Louisville (and about 15 minutes west of Lex) and this is so well put. It’s a great city.

Thank you for this, from Woodford County. We try, dammit. And my god is Bevin even smarmier than McConnell.

Corporal punishment is still a thing in Texas schools

aside from her boobs, where are these curves you’re talking about?