No room in this inn, bitches!

He meant to say “without lube”. Don’t let the storm get in you without lube. Chafing’s a bitch.

If only they saw it as punishment (consequences, really) for our ill use of the earth and its resources, and not like, deciding gender roles are bullshit.

FACTS. I have a lot of issues with the church of my upbringing, but you could guaran-goddamn-tee that if shit hit the fan, the people I saw in the pews on Sunday showed up. Someone needed a ride to dialysis appointments? My mom was giving them a ride. My mom needed someone to watch us while she went to her second job?…

That frankly feels a little unfair to Kim.

I’m SO excited for this—I’ve been listening to Lore for ages now and am a huge fan of the podcast. I bought a ticket for his live show in my city, and I’m absolutely going to watch this (though I’m still more excited for season 2 of Stranger Things).

Man, imagine if someone tried to have Appomattox Day, where we burned Confederate generals in effigy.

I’m sorry—that sounds rough. It’s hard to feel like there are certain parts of your own identity that you almost don’t have a right to claim, because as a light-skinned person you have benefits your kin do not. In my case, I’m white (German, mostly), Black, and Mi’kmaq, but I have fairly European…

They also talked about it on an episode of Another Round, specifically focusing on its occurrence in Black family lore.

We will ring the Missy Elliot statue with statues of boys. All type of boys. African, Jamaican, Chinese boys. It will be glorious.

Thank you for saying it. I loved a lot of his work when I was a teenager, but I look back on a lot of it, and...it hasn’t really aged well.

I could live with being a feminist and an asshole. Hell, I’m an asshole far more often than I wish I was. I do not countenance, however, someone claiming to be a feminist when they are a gaslighting, manipulative sleazebag who abuses their authority and uses their spouse as a shield to lower the defenses of vulnerable…

It wasn’t that good! Don’t get me wrong—space Western, and Gina Fucking Torres, and a leaf on the wind. I love all of that. But I’m sick to death of fucking superpowered waifs, and Mal Reynolds wasn’t worthy of scrubbing Inara’s toilets. Large chunks of the show were either boring or just gross.

Oh, I just realized this wasn’t clear—it’s the podcast that’s on tour, not the doll! But I’m in DC, and Aaron Mahnke is doing a reading/episode thing at the 6th and I synagogue November 1.

I first learned about him on the Lore podcast and holy fuck is that doll creepy. (Side note: they’re doing a live tour this fall and I’ve already bought a ticket for when he’s in my city! Can’t wait to skip class and get thoroughly creeped out)

Congratulations! I hope everything goes smoothly for you, and that the sickness goes down soon.

Woohoo! That’s amazing!

Thanks for taking my question! So, to answer: 1) Right now, I cleanse with Neutrogena Oil Free Acne Wash and moisturize with their oil-free moisturizer. Once a week, I use the Queen Helene Mint Julep Face Mask OR one of my Tonymoly ones. 2) If I could change anything about my skin, I’d want it to be smoother—I…

Yay, crushes! Even when they suck, it is kind of delightful. I don’t think you have to go for it if you don’t want to (and god knows work adds a level of complexity) but let yourself enjoy the feeling while it lasts. And yes, weight can matter—but there’s no reason not to let yourself live as you wish now. The life…

Oh, this is wise. One thing I try to remember is something Gretchen Rubin said: “Happiness doesn’t always make me feel happy”. I have to do the boring, unsexy work of taking care of myself, like I would a small child. Have I eaten real food? Gotten some fresh air? Rested? Sometimes, I need to kick my own ass and…