They’re all variations on the vacuous, bland, pretty-ish girl who might have won a sash in a rural county fair beauty pageant and who went to college to be in a sorority, meet hot guys, ... oh, and earn a communications degree! *giggle and head tilt* I grew up in a household where this look was prized, which meant…

Yes... and it’s worth noting in the report how Russia was eager to exploit any faction that they thought would stir more discord — lending support to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, for example. Expect more of that in the next few years, check sources of news and tools that seem helpful and “good” to the…

Like many have said, I’m concerned about his supporters lingering after the election to harass us more than I’m concerned about the police... but then again, I’m a middle-aged nearly-translucent white woman, so I’m rarely concerned about the police and I don’t know how valid my level of worry is to someone who dares…

A bit off topic, but: I saw John Oliver perform live on New Year’s Eve in Detroit and damned if I didn’t get foggy with emotion just seeing him walk on stage. The mix of actual tears and laughter came later as he talked about his love for this weird country and its eccentric people. I think that’s what sets aside…

Calls and letters are always at least somewhat useful (staff keep tallies to report on issues/positions that citizens contact the office about). Make sure you identify yourself as a member of that person’s constituency — state/district.

I grew up in Western New York and after this came out, FB exploded with commentary from my extended family and childhood friends. A large chunk were approving of him for “daring to speak out”. They consider this grotesque behavior a push against political correctness, and that’s a good part of what they cheered in…

YESSSSSS. That tiny-dicked hatemonger is getting airtime all across the spectrum, including so many brainy/liberal podcasts and shows. What, do they think they’re being edgy by giving him more of a platform? By giving him more media credits to add to his list of appearances, making him seem more legit? By giving him…

Yes.

Mel Brooks was such a visionary.

The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us - immigrants of all statuses, Muslims and those of diverse religious faiths, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, survivors of sexual assault - and our communities are…

Carrie Fisher and Helen Mirren have been my dream fairy godmothers for a long time. The sort who would show up — if only in my imagination — when I needed encouragement and remind me to hold my head high and tell the haters to go fuck themselves.

This year, many of the people I looked to for inspiration — real and fictional — have been women of color. I’m deeply grateful to the real women in that list and the writers/actors who made the fictional ones come alive. We live in an time where racists and sexists are emboldened and white supremacists are coming out…

Oh dammit. Now my Bowie tears are back.

Never said it wasn’t a great partnership! :)

Annual conversation in our house:

Fuck them all.

Well of course! “It’s just a battle flag, the history of my people, and shouldn’t that culture be respected too? Liberals make everything about race but the only real racism now is against whites! I mean, nobody gave me nothing. If I was black I could have gone to college for free/got my cell phone free/got a free…

Cracked me up, partially because in some gaming circles, addressing people as “fam” is now the equivalent of calling them “fuckwit asshat losers”.

He’s getting a lot more coverage than you might think, nonetheless. Listening to podcasts yesterday, I kept coming across interviews with him, on shows with topics from politics to US history to language. Those interviews not only spread his name and message, but they give him practice.

What’s killing me is how they seem to define “elites”. It’s not the family rich, the nouveau riche, the bankers, industrialists, world travelers, or people who live on the coasts, because they’ve been cheering them as Friends/Nominees of Trump. Sure, they respond to rhetoric that equates elitism with wealth, but in…