To the extent that the party is defined by its nominee, there is an upside to a Trump ticket. Down ballot fallout may mean that douchecanoes like this lose their jobs. Christie’s going to term out of the governorship anyway, but hopefully his Trump support sinks his political futures.

I had a younger cousin who had trouble with pronouncing my name, so I was “Jeffiner” for a while. It gives me warm fuzzy feelings to think about that, which I have to cling to now since aforementioned cousin is now a rabid Trump supporter.

I’m a Jennifer born in the late 70's to a mother who SWORE she didn’t know anyone else who was naming their daughter Jennifer.

It takes some pretty vigorous mental contortions for me to understand how law enforcement officers (many of which may also be part of groups who are subject to hate crimes) are under-served and under-protected as a group. Y’know, with all the force of law, and the body armor, and the guns, and the impunity....

I think Christie is angling for Attorney General. He’s too much like Trump to be a wise choice for VP, but then Trump would run with himself if possible. Either way, I’m hoping that this sad-puppy-Trump alliance gets Christie kicked out of Trenton next year.

Gah. Yes. Too mouthy? Not feminine enough. Too quiet? Not leader-y enough. “Cheery silence” was my least favorite part (which is akin to saying “the smelliest dung nugget in the pile”) of the helpful mansplaining-somehow-coming-from-a-woman suggestions. Please, Allen, you need to google the term DOUBLE BIND. If you do…

The cop on the motorcycle had to get affenpinscher by the collar to pick her up.

I pick this one.

OMG you guys. I was totes planning to do a #nofilter Instagram post with this really sassy rant on how Photoshop enables misogynist, heteronormative beauty standards, but then I realized that this B had an even better super mega awesome idea for how to USE Photoshop FOR the struggle and now I am totally one-upped! She…

For real. I’m amazed at the mental gymnastics needed by the GOP when having a conversation about “the illegals taking all the good jobs” (quoting my crazy Tea Party mom here) but avoiding a real conversation about living wage. I mean, the contortions are some Cirque du Soleil shit.

My main concern with “Netflix and chill” is the order. Maybe I’m just too fervent of a Dan Savage “Fuck First” devotee, but I’d much rather get invited to “chill and Netflix” in which chill means sex and Netflix means actually Netflix.

Passion plays and chill.

Before Thanksgiving dinner, and so therefore before any sort of food could ruin clean shirts, we asked my technologically-challenged MIL to take some casual pictures of us in the hopes of getting one usable shot for this year’s card. Forty-seven pictures taken, zero usable. Younger kid squinting. Shadow of MIL holding…

Any time her sister gets anything, ranging from a compliment from an adult to a yogurt, my 5 year old whines “BUT WHAT ABOUT MEEEEEEE?!”

I had the same question. He seems like the kind of guy who would just claim it. (And then get a vanity license plate, a tattoo, and an airbrushed T-shirt that he himself would wear.)

Wow. I had no idea about his deep-abiding resentment towards windmills. Can someone more gifted than I am with The Photoshop whip up some kind of Donald Trump Quixote situation?

Soooo... hi. I was not online for a while because I was busy spending time with my WIFE (hope that allows me to have an opinion in your estimation) and kids (those buggers take up a fuckton of time and energy). I was also unavailable because I have been elbows-deep in a research project that has me reading countless…

hear hear.

Well, it’s what tends to happen when groups look at power/recognition/acceptance as a zero-sum game in which one community’s advancement can only come at the expense of another’s.

EDIT- I meant FtM, not MtF above- I was referring to the “border wars” between butch lesbians and FtM transgender folks.