I did not know who John Fetterman was before last week. I did not realize how much I needed him in my life. 

Emily, I am so sorry about what happened in graduate school. I was literally shaking with rage when I read about what happened when your short story won the prize from the visiting author. This was an excellent essay. Thanks for sharing it. 

Years ago, I was introduced to the term “trailer pants” by a weird-ass metalhead shut-in from PA. He described trailer pants as something in the ballpark of those cheap pajama pants you buy at Walmart and wear exclusively in the trailer you rent periodically for hunting trips when you don’t want to put your grubby ass…

Odds on the cameraman having a panel van?  100%.

Billable hours. They don’t have to win to get paid (well, they wouldn’t have to if their client was anyone but Trump).

Jesus Tapdancing Christ. I’m less concerned about whether or not these Karens are clapping on 1 & 3 or 2s and 4s - I’m horrified by the psychopath running the “crowd camera.”

2020 says, I ain’t over yet.

This was a pretty good dirtbag. That Hugh Grant interview was worth a watch. It’s pretty funny.

This whole sordid episode is yet another demonstration that the right now lives in a reality-free bubble of its own construction. All allegations that support their positions are to be accepted without any forensic analysis whatsoever, no matter how facially preposterous they are; all explanations that debunk these…

I keep coming back to stories like these (the contempt that Stephen Miller’s family has for him is delicious) because it’s very much “there but for the grace of God go I.” I was raised Republican and Christian, and got even more “Christian” in college (switched branches and became super zealous and self-righteous)...…

Religious leaders are all con-men/women. It is known. 

When I was single, any guy that said he was looking for a unicorn was a hard swipe left. Fuck those guys.

I’m in the same boat. Would LOVE to have my comment shoved in my face when Biden is sworn in.

I’m just sorry we can’t see his suffering right now. I don’t care if this sounds mean, I just really want to see him pacing and sweating and (hopefully) making his kids miserable. He said in a 1998 interview that getting revenge is one of his greatest pleasures in life; and then there was the other interview where he…

Haha RIGHT! Those overpaid teachers really are a drain on society 

Fuck off you sexist troll. This is such a ridiculous take. You do realize that Secret Service service already protects to all adult children of the president and vice president as they work outside the home yes? This is no different. Being the wife shouldn’t come with greater restrictions on movement or employment…

I won’t attempt to pass judgment on it as art as I’m not qualified to. As a lifelong feminist who has read A Vindication of the Rights of Women, I feel vaguely qualified to comment on it as a tribute to Wollstonecraft and her ideals: it sucks giant donkey balls.

And teach how many more young people to go out and teach others?  Consider it an investment.  In any case, wtf did Melania do that’s so much better to warrant the same security?

Especially that it's a job teaching English at a community college, which is just such a thankless task.

Even if teaching wasn’t done remotely nowadays, your remark is insipid and needlessly vitriolic.