There are terrible pictures of her, but she’s a perfectly above average looking young woman. Her choice of style and the way she poses for pics makes her look boring and vapid and ugly, but there is nothing particularly unattractive about her.

I don’t give a shit if Ivanka is first lady. Whatever, she’s probably better in that role than Melania.

I remember an interview with Barack where he talked about how his daughters have very strong opinions about natural hair and the cultural politics around black women’s fashion, etc. He said that he’d learned a lot from them. I’m sure none of this is new to Michelle, but I do wonder if now that she’s out of office, she…

What deportations of Indians?

Yup. Trump had quite a bit of support in some immigrant communities, despite the fact that many have undocumented family members and friends. It’s like his support among women. Sometimes these things make no sense. The problem is that the GOP and the media have created a narrative in which this irresponsible other are…

I think it’s possible to simultaneously feel empathy for these people’s suffering while recognizing that their foolish scapegoating and bigotry are to blame for the destruction of the country which will undoubtedly include consequences in their own lives. They are brainwashed. I blame them, I blame the Reps, I blame…

Seriously. The other bizarre thing about that interpretation is, let’s pretend there was a “slut shot”. Let’s pretend there was a shot you could give your kid that would make sex completely safe- protect them from any consequences of STDs or unwanted pregnancy. Who in their right fucking mind wouldn’t be all over that…

Get it, why not. But I wanted to point out that I had the test in my late 20s when I had an abnormal pap and it was positive. Then later in my mid 30s, I had the test again because of another abnormal pap and it was negative. This confused me so I asked for the DNA test which would apparently tell me if I had the…

I think there is a lot of misinformation out there. I’ve heard a lot of anecdotal accounts of people who are HPV+ finding that cancerous cells spread after pregnancy. I’ve asked my doc about this, and he says it’s no big deal. I’m also HPV positive. I’ve had abnormal cells show up in my paps three times. Every time,…

On the contrary. If this was an ad in the middle east (and maybe it wasn’t) I bet there were only POCs who came up with it. It’s the same with Fair and Lovely in India. It’s not a product marketed by white people.

The problem with this interpretation is that the ad is middle eastern and probably approved by a board of brown marketers. It’s the same in India where brown people promote skin lightening ads and light skin bias. Oppression is not just imposed by the privileged group.

Oh you are right. I missed that this was an ad run in the middle east. Yes, in India, skin bleachers are totally promoted and advertised in public and the idea that light skin is best is totally normal, widespread and accepted with little reflection in the mainstream. It’s shocking. Worth mentioning that this is not…

Exactly. I’m sure this was an unintentional mistake, but how can an entire marketing team miss it? Just goes to show how embedded some of these biases are.

I dunno. I’m no fun and one of the olds, but I think it’s a pretty good idea to teach your kids not to be consumers in the first place, that fashion is a trap, and that your identity has shit to do with what you wear. Wear shorts, jeans and a tshirt and shut up about it, kid.

Common ground... I can tell you because I’m currently talking to moderate republican politicians about it. Common ground is the compromise that we continue to fund low cost health care clinics though not the abortions they also provide, that we continue to allow private insurance to fund abortion and birth control if…

And Trump too.

Look there are a few demographics. Most people who voted Bernie in the primary ended up voting Hilary later. Some didn’t vote at all, and others voted for Stein. I agree that I’m angry with those who voted Stein and who abstained, but I’m more angry at the DNC than I am at disinterested voters who couldn’t bring…