I totally agree with you. I also think the idea that we need to now do on the left what the right did for 40 years neglects the fairly terrifying trajectory our country is on and assumes there will be an actual democracy to fight within. When Goldwater was warning about the religious right in the 60s, or some of these…

No. Just no.

I know, its that crazy making Democratic party externalization- blaming voters rather than reflecting on Hilary’s *many* unforced errors, that drives me up the wall. They can pretty much put up whoever they want and if there aren’t enough votes, we just need to vote harder.

And someone can also have both BPD and PTSD- they are pretty frequent concomitants as there is a) a huge link to earlier trauma and the ensuing difficulties with attachment that can manifest as BPD and b) folks with BPD are extremely vulnerable to being victimized, not just perpetrative. So this whole she has BPD…

I’ve been wondering about that too!

Man, if we’re not gonna cancel it all (which we should), cancelling the interest and just leaving everyone with the principal would be so much more helpful. I will spend the next 20 years of my life paying off the interest on my doctoral degree and not even touching what I originally took out. It is so Sisyphean and…

As another commenter mentioned, I think it’s the Gone Girl Cool Girl speech vibe. It’s incredible and brave that she spoke out in 2009. But the phrasing of the quote- and hey this could just be AV Club’s skewed excerpt of it- makes it kinda sound like she liked the band before it was cool. By 2009 a lot of brave…

So by this logic any woman who ever spoke out in Hollywood before MeToo was ahead of the MeToo movement? By 2009, she’s standing on a lot of shoulders that she’s also not acknowledging in her self importance. But maybe I’m just one of those feminists who don’t digest her well :P

So much this!

What totally scares me too is that cases are so dramatically under-reported now that we have at home tests and people have just stopped giving a shit. It is such a false sense of security as the data we’re seeing probably doesn’t even represent 30% of those testing positive. Ugh.

Aww man. Where Etsy’s gone is so sad. I see the same *definitely not handmade* sellers on there as Amazon :(

And Mother Teresa was also no Mother Teresa!

Look, I actually love astrology, but adding this to Jezebel is some doofy women’s magazine shit. Chani does it way better, no need for it here.

Know I brought this up on the other Euphoria thread, so I am evidently now that person, but surprised that this article on the potential toxicity of the set doesn’t bring up the whole Barbie Ferreira thing? Esp as the Daily Beast article also did when discussing the toxicity? The lack of Kat was so noticeable this…

Levinson is giving me major Pizzolatto vibes with this second season. First season was great if a little heavy handed and then, I donno if it’s because once they make it big no one at HBO wants to offend with editing and critical feedback, but this, like TD, managed to both lack coherence and be trite at the same…

Laurie...support network? Are we watching the same show? 

I agree. Was just pointing out that, as a culture, we tend to take male pain or loss of libido more seriously. Side effects such as depression or loss of sex drive are more easily dismissed for women than men for plethora of reasons which are all deeply ingrained in our society. I absolutely wouldn’t wish them on any…

It’s amazing, though, how side effects which I imagine are the same or equal in severity for female contraception aren’t even balked at.

Yeah, this is where it feels really complicated for me. I do think drug testing is important for appropriately assessing mom and baby’s health, contraindicated meds, etc.

The sad thing is that women have internalized this shit just as much, and especially white women, will spew, uphold, and protect this craziness. Think Amy Coney Barrett. Or the crotch lady Karamo in the other article here.