Hooray! You can tell her that there are strangers out there on the internet rooting for her. :P

Hey, nobody’s able to think of the right thing to say in the moment every time. The fact that you’re still thinking about it shows that you’re working hard to be the best supporter you can for those kids, and having someone like that in their lives is crucial. <3

Love this. And you’re right. I had no idea how to react to what I was hearing. The only thing I could think to do was stop the conversations and carry on with business as usual. Definitely missed a teaching/learning moment there.

Next time, my advice would be to stop beating around the bush and tell them straight-up how very Not Cool it is to use self-harm scars as a badge of honor. As a matter of fact, I’d even go ahead and admit that you weren’t sure how to react at first, but state that as much as you want to be understanding and…

The thing is, the parents know about it. I was met met with a lot of we know’s when I spoke to them. It’s sad.

I use that term for my son, occasionally, only because there’s no decent non-proper-noun term that I can think of to refer to your child without seeming a little cold.

Tiny? La La? What is this, Teletubbies?

I also read the book shortly after it came out and loved it. I was totally bewildered when I heard they were making it into a move. Had they even read the book? If they had, they would have known that the things that made the book impactful and important are things that just don’t transfer onto the screen. I’m really…

Nah in this case it actually helps. The fact that someone would be willing to do that even if its a act of macho bravery makes it more legit in the sense that this isnt just a crazy woman crying hysteria while the attendant was just “doing his job”. (huge run on sentence, i know)

People really do not need opioids unless they are receiving palliative care or have just had major surgery. We have become so afraid of feeling any kind of pain (that combined with drug companies pushing opioid use) in our society that we have created a nation of millions of addicts.

Love this idea. The moment I read the headline, a vivid image of Wayne Williams’ arrest photo popped into my mind. I was a teenager at the time, and the coverage was intense, but distant. When I later learned of the scope of the crimes, I realized how little the media cared about this situation, beyond the initial…

There is a decent chance she fully intends to grill Putin... right up until she remembers how he assassinates journalists.

She reminds me of the kirsten dunst character from fargo season 2. Looks normal, even kinda acts normal, but beneath the exterior something is fundamentally flawed in the software.

Yeah this is what I was thinking. I was surprised when some people complained about her “disrespecting the office” when it really seemed like she was more “oh just some black people, I don’t have to act like a professional”.

It was not really about the fact that she is so comfortable in her position that she put her feet on the couch. It was that she did so with the heads of the HBCUs in the office. The likelihood she would have done so, with say, the Ivy presidents is pretty fucking low.

Okay, that picture of Jharrel Jerome legit made me tear up. I have such affection for all the folks involved in the making of this film.

It truly is amazing that this happened. I mean, yeah the *way* it happened was bonkers, but I can’t believe a movie like Moonlight actually won Best Picture.

To paraphrase (poorly):

If the folks at MSNBC didn’t just press him, and press him, and then ask him to leave if he didn’t answer, they need to stop calling themselves a news organization. My Dad was a reporter and news executive for 40 years, and these people know how to do this. It’s baked right in.

Yeah, she was shot in the head doing her job and still went back to it as soon as she had healed the bare minimum. But the people who want to protect against gun violence are the snowflakes, not the man who is unwilling to appear in public because he is scared.