I think anything that implies the election was lost bc of some perceived lack of focus, or infighting on the team, or any other inside-baseball look-backerey, without asking why the same standards didn’t apply to Trump (who had WAY more campaign infighting and upheaval) is just criticism for the sake of it. I mean,…

When you start making statements like “women who choose to have sex need to face the consequences” you really have a problem with her behavior, you’re not trying to save babies. Why? Because the “exceptions for rape” argument is essentially saying some babies deserve to live some don’t, depends on how slutty the…

Your argument only works in a vacuum where the burden isn’t mostly on the impregnated woman, like it is in real life. The male half of the accidental pregnancy can claim denial that it’s theirs, bounce, and start all over. The desire for sex without consequences should go both ways, but humans aren’t designed that…

Oh, plenty. Taking away women’s bodily autonomy to control them is but one example. Using other excuses (such as protecting unborn) that are inconsistent with the backing political movement’s behavior at every turn, such as opposing literally everything known to reduce the rates of what they claim to be fighting, is…

I know. How fucking dare the most qualified candidate run. And how fucking dare her colleagues think that now isn’t the best time to run. And how dare women get excited that this is first chance that they could actually have a president that is a woman after centuries of men, especially when countries that we see as…

I just don’t get people who don’t think abortion is a consequence. When those people spill milk on the floor, do they leave it til it molds? No, they clean it up. When they get diabetes, do they wait for gangrene to take their limbs? No, they take insulin. Abortion IS a consequence. Abortion is not fun. But it many…

before the primaries were over. they’ve been trashing her for decades.

You’re not getting it.

Under his eye, Ofgizmodo.

I noticed that as well, but as you said, Offred was never really portrayed as a feminist. It was pretty clear that politically conscious women didn’t make it through a lot of the purges. But the book was also pretty explicit as to her perspective and being a single voice with her own biases and blind spots, which…

The only people I know who think it is unrealistic are men.

Reading the book, I interpreted Offred’s definition of rape (and not-rape) more as a reflection of the culture she’s living in. Like... she doesn’t get to call what happens to her rape because it’s state-sponsored. It’s like her saying she used to have another name, but not telling the reader what it is (major…

Siena is popular but it’s not very good, which pretty much sums up Chafee in RI.

Ugh she came to my undergrad when I was there in the twilight of the bush era. her “cold open” before questions was some factfree diatribe about democrat spending. I gave more shits then and waited to ask how she jived that diatribe with all the money bush spent on the war in Iraq. She turned to the audience and said…

Society rewarded him for something that it shouldn’t reward him for: being big and being able to knock into other guys. Society fails the kid who lives in a shitty neighborhood who had the brains to be a scientist but not the books, teachers, or facilities to guide him there. Society failed the kids at Sandy Hook.…

In this case, it’s even worse. This doctor allegedly performed infibulations on these girls, removing their labia minora and closing the opening to the vagina.

Yes, but there’s a time and a place to talk about nonconsentual circumcision of the penis. Generally speaking, it’s not when talking about forced clitorectomies, since that’s a specific problem that has proven pernicious and needs to be stamped out.

But also condoms don’t feel as good and why don’t you trust me? I love you.

‘Failing media talks about pipeline spill but COMPLETELY IGNORES the time Hillary spilled a bottle of vegetable oil in 1997. Salad was ruined. Sad.’

The most Christian thing a Christian school can do is immediately dismantle its fraternity system and axe all its big money sports.