I’ve only ever gotten a single speeding ticket in my life. The week before I was pulled over I was coming out of my gym late at night and this cop comes up to me in uniform and tells me how he sees me every night and I look so good and fit, and would I like to go out with him. I told him I was married and his…

Thank you so much for writing this. I know the first things the police unions are going to say about defunding is “who will protect your women?”

“Cops don’t care about violence towards women” because many cops commit acts of violence towards women.  Hitting women is normalized behavior in their view.

this has been a super triggering week for me, encountering “but what about rape?” as a counter to defunding, over and over and over again. My rapist is a police officer in my city, and I have barely talked about it before this week, but now I’ve been sharing it every fucking time this bullshit take comes up.

We only matter when we’re dead. It’s that simple.

I don’t see much of a distinction. Columbus was looking to enrich himself and his family through tyranny and the subjection of a whole group of people. Not a significantly different motive than those Southern generals. Sure his reaching the Western Hemisphere and establishing permanent trade is historically…

The problem with that is most history has been made by repugnant figures 

Grad said there was no way she could take it with student loans and housing. Oh but you know who did? A wealthy white person whose parents paid her rent, groceries, clothing, and health care costs.

I know it’s fun to shit on Twilight. And we all love Anna Kendrick (for some reason). But...does she have any idea how many people’s entire career is doing stuff like this regularly?

Former staffer too - solidarity - and I was so mad at the sexism inherent in staff clothing. Not to mention the grossness of men calling the interns “skinterns.” I fully admit I was spoiled by my parents because they floated me a lot of clothing money, but I’m sure I still wasn’t always what work wanted me to wear.…

Yeah the cape thing was not okay at all.

“So, which is it? An unsettled and abusive childhood or an idyllic childhood?”

I’m also a Hill staffer and am right with you. Plus, the dress code thing was so subjective, in several offices I worked in, it just became an area where the office manager could bring down people she didn’t like while completely ignoring it for others. Also, the men in my office were never called out for being under…

I’m a former Hill staffer, and this article is making me EXPLODE over the dress code bullshit.

I think it’s not so much that Bravo suddenly wants be “on the right side of history”; I think it’s more “avoiding the other side of a lawsuit”. If they were so concerned about history they wouldn’t have a reputation for hiring racists and for portraying most women as shallow, thirsty climbers with unchecked…

That’s harsh. I love the HP books and movies. Not sure how you would define a “stan” but they are no worse than the Star Wars fandom. And generally far less racism and misogyny.

Is she trolling the paparazzi when she’s the one who calls them everyday?

Sorry but I loved those books, and I was already pretty old when they came out and I’d basically stalk my little brother until he was done reading so I could start.

I understand the sentiment (and think she’s a horrible, HORRIBLE person doing horrible things), but deliberately misgendering someone is super shitty no matter why.  We can be better than they are.