Person 1: “We need a slogan that says that black people are human beings, and do not deserve to be shot dead if they were not presenting a clear and present danger to anyone.”

I’m sure he was disrespectful in some way. Everyone knows if you were disrespectful to an officer, they have the right to murder you (if you are also black).

Waiting for those assholes who were just sooo sure the cops were telling the truth, who claimed that OF COURSE these Black teenagers were drunk and breaking the law and tried to run the cops over. OF COURSE this cop wasn’t lying. If these kids weren’t doing anything wrong, they wouldn’t have been shot. Because the…

This should absolutely be the law for the military---and for everyone else. No one should their have “intimate” images shared without their knowledge and consent.

I am not Rory’s biggest fan, but on the subject of annoying precocious children, I really hope they just pretend that the disaster that was the entire April storyline never happened.

I’ve been trying to find a gif or a youtube clip of this but can’t. It’s the GG moment that is one of the few moments in fiction that still haunts me. (The other important one is that Jo and Laurie of Little Women don’t end up together). It’s the moment where Emily goes on a date, is radiant, confident, and happy—then…

I think one of my favorite Paris lines ever was about their friendship, “Rory’s my only friend. She stays in the room until I’m completely done saying something. I need that.”

I think the closer I get to Lorelai’s age, the more I identify with her. Even when she’s being a jerk, I’m just like, YOU TRY LEAVING HOME AT 16 TO RAISE A BABY ALONE AND SEE HOW WELL-ADJUSTED YOU ARE.

Actually, we need to separate “work-life balance” from parenthood, or motherhood, so that it applies to everyone. Nobody should be working 60 hours every week, regardless of parental status. We need to make it clear that parents aren’t asking for special treatment when they want to leave the office at 5. Everyone…

Yes, exactly. I know that I would be an absolutely horrific mother and have no business whatsoever raising a child. So abortion has always loomed large as a possibility, and while I would tell myself it would be a terrible, heart-wrenching choice, deep down I knew it wouldn’t be. It was quite literally the only…

My abortion was the easiest goddamn choice of my life. I’ve spent longer trying to decide between the fish or the chicken in a restaurant. I was 18 and absolutely, positively not going to give birth or be a mother.

I agree, the “hardest choice of all” is a harmful message to people for whom it is in fact not a hard choice at all, where someone knows they are making the right choice. It creates unnecessary shame.

I super appreciate her correction: there is no right or wrong way to feel about an abortion. I am extremely pro-choice, don’t regret my abortion, and am pretty sick of the “hardest choice of all” narrative. But in all this politicking women still need to be able to feel however they feel, and most importantly, know…

I’m borrowing it from someone else on Jez (wish I could find it), who said “I’m not pro-choice. I’m pro-abortion.” And I am, FOR ANY REASON. Because I do not (nor does ANYONE else) have the moral authority or right to condemn anyone for exercising autonomy over their own bodies.

Great post.

I'm always confused by people who misguidedly believe fatties haven't been perpetually shamed our whole lives already anyway? Like have they met children? When I was like 11 my best friends used to call me FOB (FAT OBESE BEAST). My BEST FRIENDS. And yet I did not magically become thin, and still haven't despite living…

Lindy’s response was the most beautiful thing I’ve read to an ugly thing in a long, long time.

The notion of acceptable fat (medical conditions) vs. bad fat (anything else) is so very, very Brass Eye:

I liked this one too

I think that this article takes the subject of depression and singlehood a bit too flippantly. Yes, being single can be a good choice for some. But I know a number of single people who would love to be with someone and can't get into that situation. I was like that myself before I met my husband. You can affirm…