Me too. But I also yelled "SAY IT AGAIN. KEEP SAYING IT. FORCIBLE RAPE. KEEP SAYING IT."

Dear Capitol Hill,

It depends on where they are representing but for the most part I'd say your assessment is accurate. Outside of Seattle, WA tends to tip toward the more libertarian side of things...

Planned Parenthood Federation (the 501c(3), or non-profit) vs. Planned Parenthood Votes, the 527 PAC (I think it's a PAC...my tax classification could be wrong)!

I LOVE Ted :)

I have mixed feelings about the show in general (like from a style perspective as I think they often strip away people's signature, quirky styles in favor of a very generic formula) BUT I always appreciated that when the show has on a plus-sized woman they don't stick her in black or treat her body like a "problem"…

This.

What? No love for "Brick"?

Should probably be more like "Science Strongly Suggests that Thinness is Deadlier Than Obesity For Certain Individuals With Chronic Illnesses" but that was probably too long for Jez.

Yeah. I'm one of those size-activist Health at Every Size people and so this study supports a bias of mine, but the headline grated on me too...

Look at all those fucking old white dudes...

Because being anti-choice is an inherently hostile position toward women's bodies and an extreme anti-choice position necessarily attracts people who hold hostile views about women's sexuality and bodily autonomy.

Yeah - aishku gave a good summary. But my point is mainly, like, all the lefties who came out of the woodwork to talk about "legitimate rape" and "rape-rape" and shit around that case. Not necessarily even about the charges laid at Assange's feet (I am not judging him guilty or innocent - I want the courts to have the…

It's not just conservatives. Look at all the apologism from the left with the Assange charges...so depressing.

Word to this.

Yes I was gonna mention this - it was an amazing piece.

Hi. Are you me? But yeah, I thought they disliked each other too. Although there was that one time they went to the Golden Globes together and she wore that gold dress and they HELD HANDS and Fandom went insane. Also this from the same night:

WHAT? Mind is blown. I stopped watching after everyone went to college. MARRIED? Sigh.

This whole thing reminds me so much of the obesity epidemic panic.

This. We're (most of us) are of a formula-fed generation and we all turned out pretty ok. So. That's my plan as well.