Just echoing you in soliditary—my progressive inlaws live in MSP, but we drive out to St. Cloud and further to see their relatives during the holidays. The anti-immigrant, anti-gay, etc. sentiments are almost universal. It seems Minnesota Nice translates into a shoulder-shrugging kind of condemnation: “I’m not saying…

My mind is blown that an editor (probably multiple) approved that characterization. What the f*ck. Pure Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany’s bullshit, but with an added dehumanizing foot fetish. Not really all that surprised that Gabaldon wrote it because she kind of seems like a jerk, but I mean... she taught…

BRIO! Holy shit, what a throwback. The only thing I remember was fashion advice about how to layer t-shirts under tank tops (because God forbid teen boys be tempted to lust after your slutty slutty shoulders). I also vividly remember FotF pamphlets from 2000-2010 ALL claiming that Roe v. Wade was going to be turned…

Ah yes, Anthropologie Bane. So hot right now.

Yep! It’s becoming clear that almost everyone else sucks. Having not read the novels, I can’t tell if the actress playing Elizabeth is wooden, or if the character (and as an extension, her ‘tragic romance’ with Poldark) is supposed to be this unsympathetic. It’s the opposite of Claire and Frank in the TV version of…

I moved apartments today while struggling with strep throat. While I was starfished on my floor between furniture loads, I thought about how lucky I am to be on good insurance with the ability to access antibiotics for cheap. Just reason 1 million why we need universal healthcare to cover those who would/will be…

High school dress codes are incredibly sexist and are skewed to targeting girls. No questions there.

Dude, western CT simply blows my mind. My partner works for a boarding school near there and between the shit he gets from preppy kids from Greenwhich and the Trump yard signs, it feels like we may as well be much further south.

This is so effing true, but apparently that won’t even deflate their pointy white hoods.

THIS IS AWESOME! Made my day, thank you.

Am I a bad daughter if I don’t send a card? Mom voted for Trumpster Fire and has yet to admit he’s done anything even slightly objectionable. I’ve bought the card but she just sent another email explaining why Trump is God’s plan, and I feel like throwing up.

It would be great if there was a bunch of ideologically pure groups that met the same purpose as the BSA, but at the time there were not. It isn’t my “view” that my brother’s Boy Scout membership was a good choice, it’s his own objective opinion... based on friends he made, experiences he had, and opportunities he…

That’s why I specified ‘troop level’ and mentioned that mileage will vary by troop. I’m not saying the BSA has the right rhetoric or is the right choice, but in some cases (like my brother’s) BSA was a positive decision. Similar organizations don’t yet offer the same resources and opportunities.

Twin brother is/was a Boy Scout and is an atheist/gay. I know that their handbook supports belief in Abrahamic religions and promotes faith as key to becoming an Ideal Male Citizen, but on the troop level religion was rarely discussed and homophobia wasn’t ever tolerated. The troop leaders themselves may have been…

I hope you don’t get crucified, for one. There were a lot of imperfections in the Clinton administration, but the phrase “safe, legal, and rare” was excellent. My mom is militantly anti-abortion (it’s her only voting priority, she’s very religious, and she used to help run a crisis pregnancy center of sorts), and our…

I had sports practice right before prom and at 6 AM the morning after prom. My boyfriend was convinced he was going to swipe his Vcard on prom night (I didn’t learn this until later). So when we went back to his house to change for an after party, I took off my dress, he tried to pull some seductive moves and... I…

YAS! My partner and I have always had “light” convos about what our wedding will be like, but all the sudden I’m on 100 effing wedding blogs, browsing BHLDN, and crying at strangers’ overdone wedding videos. What am I becoming...

I used it as an opportunity to tell her I was sexually assaulted by she someone she knew, and asked her if she wanted to defend him too.

His fees DEFINITELY were paid. I brought this up with a friend whose siblings attend St. Paul’s, assuming she’d be sympathetic with a 15 year old rape victim... but nope, she proudly said her family and many other families paid for Labrie’s fees and ostracized Chessy.

Boston march! The event planners weren’t able to plan for the extra 50K+ people that turned out, so that meant an extra two hours before marching started... but it was so beautiful! The sun came out after Elizabeth Warren, Marty Walsh, and Maura Healey spoke, and Savannah Fox Tree (a First Nations woman) sang an…