That's awesome! I wrote for Nashville City Paper in college, they were a fun bunch. A good friend writes for the Tennesseean, and it does not seem as awesome. I mean, it's Gannett.

Good lord, it's the satin and the lighting.

I wonder who the other musicians are. The comment section says Black Keys.

Haha, it happens. It's like how I can never, ever spell "initiate" on the first try. I always miss a "t" or an "i" even though I know what it's supposed to be.

I hate myself for doing this, but it's HIPAA. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

I'm not sold on that theory 100% (though I have no doubt that's at least part of the motivation), only because she's such a weak writer. She seems like she's using every "smart" word she can think of (read: look up) to strengthen her argument.

OH MY GOD IT DOES START OUT WITH A "Since the beginning of time/Throughout history" LINE!

C0uldn't agree more, on all points.

Thesauruses are on the internet now!

- 5 points for unnecessary adverbs!

The argument is incoherent, and the first person point of view is ... muddy at best. I'm assuming Feminspire's budget doesn't include editors. Or, hell, writers.

Hahaha, jinx. Except I went with 9th grade, because I was perhaps a little slow :)

That reads like one of my 9th grade essays, from back when I was super pumped to use the word "exemplify" over and over again. The prose is terrible, and the ... "analysis" behind it is much worse.

THIS. Oh my god, I get so sick of people being like, "Well it's OK because they're just economically conservative." I think, on a large, LARGE, scale, economically conservative is more harmful in the end. At the least, it's not "better" than being socially conservative.

It's like if Jean Ralphio and his sister ran a campaign for Councilman Dexhart.

This is soooort of beside the point, but why do people always say "regime" when "regimen" is so much more clear. I know that regime can mean regimen, but why leave the possibility of confusion? Just say regimen.

I really love an egg mayonnaise sandwich, and this news does not deter me one bit. I go nuts on those things when I'm in the UK.

My cat fucking loves cheese and anything cheese-adjacent. I need to start eating my string cheese in a bunker, because he can smell that shit from anywhere. I have also decided that I need to get my little buddy boy a monkey. Actually, I have a tiny spare monkey that I won in game. BOOM.

That does seem to be the trend.

Probably, but certainly not necessarily. I grew up in a religious household. Not fervently religious, by any means, but we went to church, my parents made me go to youth group, etc. And goodness knows I tried. I tried and tried to believe, and I just couldn't. Again, it's like Lindy says, god was never a real thing…