A couple of friends of mine moved into a new house and had some new neighbors over for dinner. In the middle of dinner their big, friendly dog, a hunting breed, was let in from the yard to say hello to everyone. It stopped in the middle of the dining room and vomited up a very dead but undigested field mouse, almost…

I saw someone on Twitter put it like this: we shut off the water to fix a broken pipe, but now we are turning the water back on without bothering to actually fix the pipe.

Meanwhile, HR 1585 reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 that is needed to pass to re-appropriate funds for it, and was passed by The House in March 2019, is STILL sitting un-voted on in the Senate with a 3% chance of proceeding - much less getting to Trump’s desk for his signature too.

UGH - This is like the gazillionth thing filed this to “Things I had double check weren’t really an Onion headline” since this presidency began. I believe that Trump is far gone enough to not have any idea what is going on. I believe that Pence is oblivious enough to not know of the existence of Juneteenth. But the…

I love the detective work that went into this! Thank you! Also, I’d love to hear what Linda Stokes has to say— she’s gotta have some crazy stories!

“So, which is it? An unsettled and abusive childhood or an idyllic childhood?”

/hits Control + F and types “Putin”

I don’t disagree that class is an issue. I don’t disagree that there are no perfect victims. I don’t even disagree that she has lived a hard and sad life.

I’m also a Hill staffer and am right with you. Plus, the dress code thing was so subjective, in several offices I worked in, it just became an area where the office manager could bring down people she didn’t like while completely ignoring it for others. Also, the men in my office were never called out for being under…

I’m a former Hill staffer, and this article is making me EXPLODE over the dress code bullshit.

Huh, I’m not sure what to make of this. I really don’t know much about Reade’s background, but I was never under the impression she was poor/working class. My impression is that she seems to have come from a relatively middle to upper-middle class background, but abuse, money troubles, and grift can happen to anyone…

My one experience with Condé Nast was a weird one. I was brought in to interview for some entry level position and met with an editor (I don’t remember what division). After our meeting was done, I was told the publisher wanted to meet with me. I was sent into a big, fancy office where I was promptly told “Forget…

The BA videos have been one of the bright spots in these last few months, and anyone who’s watched more than a handful of episodes knows that Sohla and Gabby are goddamn treasures. That they weren’t getting compensated for their NUMEROUS appearances was ridiculous; that someone of Sohla’s background was making 50k in…

It’s amazingly simple to dismiss “Gender Critical” people. If they claim “sex essentialism” in that it’s your biological sex organs that makes you a woman you ask what about women who are infertile or were born without a womb.

Is it me or is Rowling using basically the same illogical argument the anti-gay marriage crew uses: essentially, that giving legitimacy to others somehow lessens your own? All those assholes in the CA Prop. 8 battle kept moaning that their marriages wouldn’t mean anything anymore if gay people could get married too.…

This is heartbreaking. Many years ago, I worked for TC under the original owner, Joyce Meskis. Coming from a smaller town, and a decidedly less diverse social sphere, working at the TC was eye-opening, to say the least. It was the first time I worked with women in hijab, people from the Deaf community, trans folx, and…

My cousin served in the Royal Navy with Andrew, so I can tell you with confidence that Andrew didn’t have a single friend while he was in. First off, he insisted that people call him “[Rank] Prince” not Windsor, just in case you forgot he was one. He had private quarters that were often better than the Commanding…

If she thinks TERF is offensive...