I used to work in this jail. It is extremely unlikely she was shackled. Not excusing what happened by any means, but it’s horrible enough without tossing around extreme speculation without any evidence.
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I am in the verrrrry cautiously optimistic camp. Don’t get me wrong, I love Gloria Johnson and I HATE Marsha. My husband, a lifelong Tennessean, does not have much hope. He has seen the state go from a moderate state where things were pretty evenly split between Dems and Republicans, to the hellhole it is now…
Matt Damon’s google alerts going off and then wondering what the fuck he did to get pulled into this.
My dog (who is an angelbaby, do not read any of the following information as regret) was listed as a cockapoo. The rescue acknowledged this was a guess. We hoped she wouldn’t shed a bunch if she was a poodle mix.
He’s 36.
Came here to say this. All these republicans complaining about how a senile old man just outsmarted them. Like... maybe you should think about that?
My wedding dress experience was... unusual, and rather tragic. I feel weird talking about it. After trying on a few dresses at David’s Bridal to see what I liked on me, my aunt was going to make my dress for me. She died suddenly a few days before the pattern arrived, and I ended up ordering a dress online two months…
My husband and I visited Cornwall a few years back, and spent a really lovely afternoon stomping around moors and fields looking for some old ruins. Our Airbnb host assured us this was totally acceptable, and I’m familiar with the concept of “walker’s rights” in the UK— but coming from Tennessee, we joked that doing…
I would love for this story to gain as much national traction as the expulsion. Or if not more national attention, a TBI or FBI investigation. I doubt it will, but man do I want some karma coming to Sexton.
Former Nashville resident here! Moved away in 2021 but it’s still the home of my heart (and also the home of my voter registration, since I moved overseas). I do worry Memphis isn’t quite at the “zero fucks” place yet, though— I don’t know as much about Memphis politics since I don’t/haven’t lived there, but it sounds…
It’s truly harrowing. Jones and Pearson are truly powerful presences— and one democratic lawmaker spoke out in defense of Jones pointing that out. That Republicans are just scared of them and what they represent. I truly think the Republicans were just looking for any excuse to try to get rid of them, and jumped at…
i always appreciate a “this person is nice in the wild” story.
I think her mom is good. But yeah, everyone else sounds pretty awful.
I live in Europe now (previously from the south) and I was walking in a park recently and saw a statue of a very voluptuous nude woman. My husband and I joked that if this were back in the south, they’d have a conniption and replace it with Robert E. Lee.
Shout out to musical goddess Allison Russell, who got the ball rolling in organizing this concert and getting so many amazing artists on board.
It’s a both/and. Awareness matters- there is still very much a stigma in a lot of places and a lot of people. We need to continue to raise awareness and reduce stigma, AND recognize that stigma/lack of awareness isn’t the only thing keeping people from accessing help. I am a therapist, and I can’t therapy a client out…
The conversations he and Bill Lee must be having...
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I always tear up watching Tom Hanks’ speech for Philadelphia.
Also just want to add that the Tennessee Republicans butchered Nashville when they redrew congressional district lines. Really awful gerrymandering. So While Nashville had been represented by a Democrat (Jim Cooper) for over 20 years, now Nashville is divided into 3 separate districts that are all Republican. It’s the…
Ogles has also been saying he’s a Vanderbilt alum, when he got a non-degree certificate from them, that he’s a international sex crimes expert and helped rescue trafficking victims, etc. etc. A few suggested hashtags were going around and my favorite was “Fauxgles.”