Man. Stories like this are why it always gets me when people say things like, "Society is going downhill! People are so TERRIBLE to each other nowadays! What happened to the good old days?" There were no "good old days." Not ever. People have always just been awful, and it was easier to hide it.

My gay agenda:

Sometimes I wish we weren't dependant on an old ass document created by people who owned human beings as property for our ethical decisions.

Sometimes I wish the Constitution were more black and white. Like, I wish it would flat out just say in plain English: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." Then we wouldn't have to deal with all this mess...

This is why, even though I work in political communications and my boss keeps trying to get me to consider speaking publicly on the issue I spearhead - I DON'T WANT TO. My mom would absolutely call in and 1) tell me to sit up straight so everyone can see my pretty face, 2) disagree with me on points of policy, and 3)…

Pfft. My furbabies are TOTALLY my babies, and I will never apologize for rescuing helpless creatures who already existed instead of opting to create a new human being. But if there's a heaven, damned straight pets are going there, so I do have to give him points for that one.

I am LOVING the worshipful tones used here to talk about African American frats and sororities, contrasted with the over the top diatribes describing ALL predominantly white frats and sororities as raping rape-enabling rapists of the rapist rape culture. Because we all know there are NEVER any sex offenses involving…

Meaningless comment: my screen was doing that thing where it partially scrolls and then freezes, so the headline for me was Alpha Kappa Alpha Revises Position On Letters, which I read as Reverses Position Of Letters, and thought....okay. I guess.

I will go. I will go and I will see it and I will cry and cry and cry.

Just popping over here for some much needed fluff because the MRA/FALSE RAPE ACCUSATIONS ARE WORSE THAN HITLER hoards are out in droves.

I didn't see her in High Society since I was younger than she was at that point. I will always have a special place in my heart, however, for Fritzi.

The more #CrimingWhileWhite stories you read, the more they start to sound like humblebrags than they do like addressing inequality.

describing Robin Thicke as "the human version of a white leather couch" just made my week. I like to think of him, along with Adam Levine and John Mayer, as part of this three-piece set: