Oh he was! But I was reading that his press secretary defending the action by saying that too many refugees would come over if they knew it was coming. He apparently thought it was better NOT to tell airlines, the TSA, foreign leaders, or any one else that this was happening to prevent the 0% chance that one refugee…

In the debates, he kept wildly claiming that we shouldn’t give warnings when we strike. I realized this is part of that mentality: he believes that government things should be done in secret so the “bad guys” wont’ know. He clearly understands policy and how it’s put in practice! No one knew this was coming, so now…

It’s also super progressive and witty as hell. The episode where they are in FL and a man is grossed out by two men kissing and Holt responds by saying “It’s 2016, this is on you” was everything.

Right, I said “if.” I also don’t really know the situation and didn’t speak from that position. It looks like “the internet” made up this position, and I actually pointed out flaws with this thought, so...

This 1000 times. It’s hard to leave. Abusers make it seem impossible. But it’s not (of course, there are awful, extreme cases) and so I run out of sympathy some times for my friends who will acknowledge that their boyfriends/husbands are awful to them but they go back or stay because of various reasons. And the idea…

I think, too, that the belief that abused people just can’t leave (and yes, I understand the terror involved: I grew up in a horribly emotionally and physically abusive household) gives people an excuse not to help. So many times growing up people would lamely say, “oh, you’ll get out one day” and offer no recourse,…

Not to mention it’s not peer-reviewed and was posted on a forum with other straight-to-online published, non-peer reviewed papers, so it’s not even academic. Getting real academic publications takes time, education, and thick skin. So fuck you, Kristin.

I’ve watched Inaugurations of the past presidents for the last 2.5 decades of my life pretty faithfully, even if I didn’t like the candidate *coughBushcough* because there is something noble about peaceful transitions. Not only am I avoiding this like the plague, but I’m actually afraid that something awful will…

Dude, just go the fuck away. You aren’t fighting the good fight. You aren’t some embattled conservative wiping the blood of “the left” off your brow. You are literally defending someone who makes a living out of being awful to other people, as his first amendment rights aren’t being infringed upon. Go back to your…

Doesn’t this have to do with the benefits of living in a California *city*? I lived in a blue state up until a few years ago, and I lived in a rural part. When I brought my husband to a restaurant near where I grew up, the stares were so uncomfortable that we eventually left (we’re an interracial couple). So any…

Oh man, the “just stay happy” thing is so weird to me. I have PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I ended up having to go through a rigorous PTSD plan with a therapist. It was the best thing I needed: to talk about what made me afraid and sad without the admonishment to “be happy.” Glad you got better and are in recovery!!…

That’s the truth!! I got married last year and can name like 2 flowers in my bouquet, despite everyone gushing that I would remember. I remember very few details, and the people who go on and on about so-called important shit literally never reference your wedding again.

I got married last year. I really feel you. My now hubby didn’t get any of these questions, while I was asked every other day what the wedding colors would be (I was literally finishing my PhD, and this was the only question I got). I hated planning, didn’t get into it nearly as hard as my friends did, and just kinda…

I live in NC and I’m not convinced that Cooper will just roll over. One of the reasons why I voted for him (besides him being a Democrat and being 100% better than McCrory right off the bat) is that he refused to represent NC in courts whenever there was a heinous law that NC wanted to uphold, even though he was the…

Well, this is a bit different. We had 9/11 during Bush’s first term, and presidents are rarely ousted during times of war (and he loved startin’ em!). Unless something like that happens, I see him having issues getting re-elected, especially as he lost the popular vote worse than any other candidate in history. Also,…

Wasn’t it Cosmopolitan that slammed Ivanka and was one of the few magazines willing to call out her claims? There are journalists willing to skewer these leaders, but it’s just not CNN, MSNBC, or Fox. Largely, because they merely put two talking heads against one another and rarely offer commentary. That’s a bad model…

Yeah, that seemed to be a flaw of causality there. I’m sure that high consumerism is defined mostly by having so many things you can’t possibly pay for them or defining yourself by your “things,” and that’s probably the product of already feeling like there’s a gaping hole inside of you, and not that you turned that…

I think that they do. The new pamphlets that Texas put out that have wrong information were maligned by doctors. But that’s just not the focus that the press uses, probably because most Americans believe they are smarter than their doctor.

Guys, we shouldn’t be worried. There are so many public funds and government generosity towards the disabled and single moms. They are awash in help, funding, and equal treatment. Right?

Honestly, what gave me some resolution is that most counties, whether they were Democrat or Republican, kept denying his claims of vote fraud and his desires for re-counts. So while this dragged on and hilariously added votes to Cooper, it showed me that cries of un-fairness are hopefully sounded by the few. Also,…