“If Cruz resigns”? Good one.

Ha! I knew he was going to say that he was just accompanying them on the flight down, What a jagoff. So, to sum up:

To be fair, I wish more members of our government would closely chaperone the assholes who run Wall Street.

how about not taking a trip with friends during a global pandemic...

That’s the thing that no one ever seems to think about. They don’t just hit you on the first date, and they don’t hit you as their first act of abuse. They lay the groundwork over months and years. By the time it gets physical, you have little self-worth left and you begin to believe that really is how they show love.…

The lead up to ‘those moments’ are actually more damaging long term, even if ‘those moments’ (physical abuse) doesn’t even happen.

Being a republican means never having to take responsibility for your own failures.

I think if more white people got locked up, change would be more imminent, but yeah, a) I’d rather fewer people got locked up period, b) the system isn’t designed to incarcerate white people at the same rate.

(But seriously....what would actually be effective punishment for a Trump or a Sorokin?)

I would argue that this message is probably best communicated by a person of color (and indeed it has been many, many times).

Has there ever been a slimier little slug than Lindsey Graham?

It is annoying that the media is reporting this as “Senate acquits Trump”. The Senate didn’t acquit Trump. 43 Republicans acquitted Trump. Republicans Block Conviction of Trump should be the headline.

I’m a ciswoman with a functioning uterus, but I’ve had a Mirena IUD in that uterus in one form or another for over 10 years. As such, I haven’t had a period in over a decade.

Christians aren’t actually followers of Jesus, but of Paul. It’s his theology that Evangelical Christianity, particularly apologetics, stems from. Paul was an elite that coopted a burgeoning new separatist religion in order to manipulate a previously tough-to-control ethnic group into a version of pacifist submission,…

Since Kinja has broken the link in my post, I should clarify that it should read, “I remember reading Buzzfeed’s extensive article about her (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/gwen-stefani-no-doubt-blake-shelton-the-voice), and being shocked that—as uncharitable as I had been over the years about…

Nonsense. I’m from the first generation of Glam-to-Punk rockers, and most of the women I still know from that era are still fierce, feisty, creative, politically active and progressive, interested in current music and arts, still have cool senses of style, even if we’ve had kids/grandkids and gone through other old…

You can take the girl out of Orange County, but you can’t take the Orange County out of the girl. 

I used to be a HUGE Gwenabee from the first album - I wrote for AOL newsletters and No Doubt was my first concert, and people in school called me No Doubt Boy - because I’d only wear ND shirts.

Then Rocksteady came out - in which they sold out their unique/co-opted ska sound for more mainstream likability- fine ok.…

We should’ve seen the writing on the wall when she paired with Rossdale. Bush was the quintessential Grunge knock-off band that smoothed the edges of the style, discarded the substance, and put a blank pretty boy at the front to maximize market potential.

I remember reading Buzzfeed’s extensive article about her, and being shocked that—as uncharitable as I had been over the years about her lack of substance—I had actually been giving her too much credit all along.