Really interesting story in the New Yorker recently about West Virginians being so rooted to the soil of their home state that many move back. And on how uniquely bonded West Virginians are to each other, like one big extended family. I felt like I understood the place so much better after having read it, even more so…

Likewise, be very careful about what you post online. I don’t think he can go after every Kinja commenter, but when it comes to planning action or referencing such plans, I urge everyone to take it offline

Absolutely! Why on earth wouldn’t you?

I tried not to, but yesterday, as I sat on the subway train, I started crying. One young woman handed me a tissue. Another who sat beside me patted me on my shoulder.

Oh they have money when it comes to oppressing the people they want to oppress. See: private prisons, the death penalty, Guantanamo

Also, please consider the absurdity of arguing identity politics on an anonymous online forum

Yes. You are being pedantic.

This isn’t a great time for pedantry

It’s okay, don’t go. You’re stessed. We all are. It’s completely understandable. I literally sneer at every white person I see, even though I’m in NYC so a fair number of them probably didn’t vote for Trump. But I don’t care. I have a lot of hate in my heart right now, and it’s going to take a long time for me to feel…

Wrong. Even if the statement was worded poorly (and yes, these types of #notallmen things can grow wearisome), it was stated in good faith, and at a time where there are many of us are struggling to deal with sadness, fear, and anxiety. Sometimes all we can manage is to reach out for each other and offer kindness and…

Fuck this, too

Fuck this

I’m inclined to agree, and I worry that lots of protesting and not a lot of organizing to effect real change could be happening.

For me, its an expression to the millions of young women, Muslims, immigrants, Mexican people, Black people, Native Americans, Jewish people, disabled people, that we will not allow for this, that will we resist, that we will come together as a force that cannot be ignored or brushed aside. It’s imperative that we…

I think it was an offshoot of “cool girl” syndrome, whereby women who have the option to do so (being young and white) align themselves with those in power by distinguishing themselves as “one of the guys/not like THOSE women.”

Fair point

A woman asked me that this morning. I just stared at her for a solid 60 seconds

Yeah, I mean, I stopped at 2 because honestly, tears and scotch make typing and cogent sentence formation rather difficult

Nah

Must be nice when the least of your worries is intolerance. Try not only not getting a steady paycheck for yourself, but having a steady paycheck denied to your forebearers for generations, and fearing for your life daily, all because of the color of your skin. Try worrying that, at any moment, your right to decide…