In most of the country, the answer to the title question would be "Purchase a firearm; learn how to use it." I'm not sure if that option's available to you, though.

We have a crumbling infrastructure rated, at best a D+. We have bridges and overpasses just dropping killing commuters and construction workers, and these fucking elected officials continue to waste our time and money challenging an issue that was determined 40 fucking years ago.

My infinite ammo Chicago typewriter begs to differ!

Feminism isn't monolithic. Not all types of feminism is rooted in capitalism. But yeah, some brands of feminism are like "Lean in" and unfortunately that's what gets the most mainstream attention and what causes a lot of people who don't identify as feminist to believe it's a movement for entitled upper class white…

"I'll be her friend." — B. Cosby

Almost every article by this author is gross trash.

Yes because approaching a topic with profound insensitivity and racism is so refreshing. Here I thought I'd have to stick to FOX news to get my daily dose.

Then that's great but I still find the article to be quite gross.

Please don't.

It reminds me of that SATC episode where Miranda's boss thinks she's gay (because she is single and has short hair?) and sets her up with a lesbian, and then is disappointed she's not because his wife would like to add a lesbian couple to their social circle.

Fucking exactly. Your social life isn't an after school special. You don't go out of your way to "cast" an Asian, a Latina, a black person, and a redhead.

I completely completely agree.

...OR she could choose her friends based on their personalities and not to fill some imaginary quota solely based on skin color.

Thank you for all of this. I am giving this article major side-eye.

Are you fucking kidding me with this shit? Is this how liberal white folks think? Gotta catch em all like races are Pokemon?

They want to defend Lena and the only way to do so is to omit.

Why are we acting like this is only about her touching her 1 year old sister's vagina when she was 7 and not also about emotionally coercing her sister into sleeping in her bed and then masturbating while she sleeps? And about paying her sister in candy to give her long kisses on the lips? And about paying her sister…

"vaguely traumatic"? The hell, Doug Barry?

I don't think this shows how he himself is unpleasant (though of course he really is quite the unpleasant person), but rather that he has internalized what was statutory rape.