I totally understand what your saying, but there is an undercurrent of hope in the show that keeps the darkness from feeling overwhelming. If you ever wanted to check it out....it really is quite good.

You should ask your LGBT friends about how “the US is less religious now than it’s been pretty much ever.”

Well of course she doesn’t. You essentially told her she was being hysterical, and dismissed her point of view entirely. And yes, it can always happen here. The U.S. being less religious than its ever been means nothing, especially when you have people in power who want to cram their religion down our throats, and…

And after that you screamed, ‘BUT YOU MOTHERFUCKERS STILL VOTED FOR TRUMP!! YOU CAN’T STAND MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN BUT YOUR A-OK WITH DOMESTIC POLICY THAT RENDERS THEM BREEDER CATTLE, HUH?! FUCK ALL YOU HYPOCRITICAL SHITWEASELS!!!!!’ Right?

I “broke up” with a dude friend of 20 years over this exact conversation, except it was about final season Joan in Mad Men.

couldn’t stand to watch HMT because he didn’t like seeing the mistreatment of women.

Just like men were shocked about the pussy grabbing but still voted for Trump because saying I don’t like the pussy grabbing was enough of an action.

I have a friend who was born without a hand. A guy broke up with her because “watching her struggle” with one hand was too hard for him. Poor pookie.

Several men have commented that they don’t have an interest in watching it because “it seems really feminist.” NO SHIT! And that why you should watch it and then come at me with your “this couldn’t really happen” bs so I can take you down.

My dad and I have been arguing over email because he just doesnt think it’s realistic at all. I have decided to do the mature thing and give him the silent treatment half our of spite and half out of self-care.

Oh god this kind of statement bothers me sooo much. They always say shit like that while doing absolutely nothing to change things, even in their own lives.

More than one man has commented to me that he couldn’t stand to watch HMT because he didn’t like seeing the mistreatment of women. Huh!

Burning a book I wrote is something my sister would do. No wait. Tearing up a journal I wrote is something she did do, after she read it out loud and mocked it, especially the parts about where I was bullied.

I’m forty, and I just re-read it very recently.

Amy was The Worst and I am still not over Laurie marrying her.

YES. HARD YES.

Completely. Like, “you’re dead to me” level of unforgivable. Like, “I see you at family gatherings and I look right through you and don’t even acknowledge that you exist” unforgivable.

Does everyone think Amy is utterly unforgivable for burning Jo’s book, or does she just seem that way to me because I’m a big sister and have written book manuscripts?