I agree that Biden does tend to rush his off-the-cuff answers - a bunch of answers occur to him and he tries to whip through them all, because he’s not sure which one will work best. What more polished politicians do is immediately think of how to pivot to a pre-prepared answer, and just deliver that answer, even if…

I’ve can’t tell you how many white people remain in ignorance simply because they are afraid of asking the questions that they want answers to, lest they be deemed a bigot.

Oh fuck off with this disingenuous take. The Jezesplinter universe has been shitting on all the candidates who are not Saint Bernard and particularly Kamala Harris. So don’t pretend you give a shit now that the white dudes win again. 

And yet if you asked white people to forgive the 9/11 hijackers, you'd get a much different response. I use that analogy as a litmus test.

I couldn't disagree more.  I know many academics and all of them are liberal/progressive; they definitely used that language when they were venting about students.  It was pervasive without regards to partisan loyalties.

could it BE any more smug?

I think they meant not a newcomer. 

Postponed reading this until I saw it.

When my daughter was in kindergarten, she would play with her Disney princess and prince dolls and make up these wonderful stories. She would mix and match pairings, and I remember one hilarious moment when she paired Jasmine with Flynn; I asked “what about Aladdin?” To which she replied, “well, he isn’t here.”

Eventually you’ll realize that Tilly is the best character on the show and on television.

“does it feel somewhat queerbaiting that the explicitly bisexual & codependent leads didn’t make their friendship romantic?”

Wouldn’t that just reinforce the stereotype that bi people can’t have platonic friendships? It’s pretty obvious that Abbi has never been attracted to Ilana in that way.

I think that, because her work is intensely vaginal, it makes you uncomfortable.

Why? As with black and brown juveniles around the country who are criminalized from pre-adolescence, 17 is plenty old to be treated like a “man,” in the U.S. court system, especially if the victims of such crimes are white (which, in this case, they were).

Hell, this topic exposes divisions among feminists in this comments section.

Now you’re getting it! Have a super day!

Having broken up with someone a few months ago who doesn’t evolve EVER in life - there is an acceptable pace and there are those who don’t learn and grow.  Those people deserve to die alone.  I have never met someone so stubborn, and so stuck in the past.  He was a huge disappointment to me as a person.  Toxic. 

So this raises an interesting question: Is Michelle Obama guilty of sexual harrassment or abuse of power? She and Barack first started dating when Barack was a summer associate under her. And like Monica, Barack began the pursuit.

“What really derails this episode, however, is that we’re never supposed to know exactly how we’re supposed to feel about what’s going on here.”

First things first... this post was absolutely not up at 9:30 pm or when the Modern Family post was put up. So nice job back-timing it to sneak in below the other ones.