WTF?! That was nuts. And I thought the South American Mennonite community group of men who gassed and raped women in their community was going to be low read of this month.

That jawline? That break in his voice when singing “Edelweiss”?? That broad-shouldered ripping up a Nazi flag??? *swoon* Solid movie crush choice. 

“Weirdly”?? No, my friend. Plummer was sexy as fuck in this movie.

Hold up, I’d be proud to vote for President/VP Abrams.

The pervasiveness of the flag imagery, the militarization of all security forces, the overt hardening of political positions (before leaving, I don’t think I’d ever been yelled at by family or strangers by saying something like, “I really hope they can keep the civilian causalities low” or “I hope the Red Cross can…

I lived outside of the United States for about a decade after 9/11. When I came back, I was dumbfounded by the changes. Watching this movie helped me understand some of what happened.

Fucking hell. I mean, I speak Spanish, I can take a few. Who’s with me? (Not you, pedos, stay out of this.)

I lived in NYC during 9/11, saw the second plane hit and everybody around me was pretty messed up for awhile. Then we were told, “Let’s go get these guys, they’ve got yellow cake, Colin Powell says so!” And a lot of us, including my more-authority-trusting-early-20s-self, we’re like, wuh? Well, ok. I’ve regretted it…

I in no way think it’s malicious, but the ignorance is staggering. By the time the students come to us, we’ve got to have what I call “the crushing dreams and saving lives” conversations.

A thousand times this. I can’t remember the percentage, but I read an article (Chronicle of Higher Ed maybe?) I remember it was some crazy high number (like 90+%) of published papers came from like seven schools. Marketplace of ideas my ass.

Yeah, every time I see a middle age white dude with “Innovation” in his title, I know I’ve got trouble to manage.

The amount of money being spent on edutech these days cannot be understated. I get all kinds of pitches for nonsense that says it will “disrupt” education. As soon as a salesperson tells me their whatever dumb thing was “created by a couple of professionals in Silicon Valley, who saw a better way . . .” my edutech…

I’m at a big state school and seeing the parade of disappointed PhD’s cycle back into my office at Career Services is so depressing. They get sold a bill of goods by people (most often Boomers) who have done really well with the current system. I’m sure they mean well when they are encouraging bright young people to…

I would LOVE to see how Desus & Mero are going to host this thing. C’mon, somebody secretly record the open dialogue at least!

What’s so sad to me is how often these skeevy underbelly systems are part of big higher ed institutions that are supposed to give access to more (and usually underrepresnted) people to an education. I work at a majority minority university and it’s so gross to see the overwhelmingly white and male leadership. The…

Have you ever listened to the podcast The Dollop? They did an episode on Blackwater that will chill you to the bone. These folks are psychopaths.

Streep’s Emmy consideration tape should be nothing but a GIF of her bringing a cross to her chin after tailoring 

I suppose consistency helps with planning. Lately in Georgia, we’ve been getting our hopes up (maybe THIS year we’ll go purple!!), only to be crushed by the racist rednecks every damn time.

Oh, I think we’re gonna find out Krishna is in love with Petra and it’s all a front to take down the ex husband. (Beautifully written post it notes reminding me to do stuff is exactly how my perfect partner would express their love.)

“ . . . You have to accept a brilliant, sensitive man can be driven to a passionate reaction. *pause* Have you ever looked into aloe for under the eyes? I hear that helps . . .” I was ambivalent about a season 2 of BLL, but watching Streep ride roughshod over every evil yet passive aggressive line? I. Am. In.