Not to mention Michael Stipe and REM

And young. 

Not to mention THINNESS. The crazy beautiful MPDG girl is always thin. 

Naomi Wolf wrote about a similar dynamic in Promiscuities, about growing up in 1970s San Francisco. Her family was super “hip” and modern and such, but her brother was allowed an amount of freedom that today would probably garner the attention of CPS, while she and her friends, all daughters of “liberal” parents, were…

We’re a white family that had plenty of money (my parents acted like we didn’t) and this was a white community in a mostly white Midwestern state.

I would love to read an article or something you write about this experience. I find myself knee-jerk disagreeing with that last sentiment, but as a black woman (assuming you’re not black, but open to being told otherwise, of course) the circumstance are different. I find that white people expect me to be aggressive,…

Wurtzel’s New York life, at the end, wasn’t as glamorous

Not a good one.

That’s fascinating - what’s the “resolution” to that story? I mean, obviously there’s no true resolution seeing as you’re still alive, but how did that behavior play out for you long-term?

There’s a reason the roles aren’t reversed. If the movie were called crazy/poor person, the plot would fall apart and the happy ending would most likely feel too far-fetched even for Hollywood.

As a Gen Xer from a super sexist household, these books appealed to me for all the wrong reasons. When my sister and I were “well-behaved” and did what our parents wanted, we didn’t really get any other attention. Our submissiveness was our value.

It’s difficult to know how to approach this kind of narrative. It’s always been “problematic” from a social standpoint (privilege, whiteness, prettiness) and nonetheless true. Maybe it’s a reminder that most forms of public expression are for purposes of entertainment - no matter how perverse - and some realities are…

America is racist too and we somehow got my black brother, Barack Obama, elected.  In due time a woman can get there.

That’s it in a nutshell.  If Bernie wins the nomination; we will have a far left progressive; if he wins the presidency; we will have a strong advocate for progressive values.  But damn are his supporters just awful human beings (I recognize that not all of his supporters are like this, just the ones who suck all the…

Do you know how you know it’s more of a cult than a movement? When his supporters refuse to acknowledge that he is capable of saying or doing something wrong, ever.

I believe Warren that he said it. I also have a hard time getting pissed about it when sexism is a known hurdle that she has to pass. I’ve even seen pro-Warren people say a white man is going to garner more votes than Warren just on white male privilege alone.

Sexism is going to be a factor. I believe it is a factor…

It’s entirely unfortunate, because I’ve seen this outcome in the tea leaves for some time now. Here’s the cold truth, as I see it.

Also those millions of primary voters who colluded with the DNC by voting for the candidate who received substantially more votes than Sanders

So many Sanders supporters have been absolutely on their bullshit today, it’s been incredible to watch.

Unless you think Warren is lying, I’m not sure what the relevance Bernie’s recruiting Warren in 2016 is. I’m also not sure what relevance the rest of the post has. It is possible to not like Warren’s (or Clinton’s or Obama’s) foreign policy and still think what Bernie said to her is bullshit.