The rent controlled apartments cost $2,000 a month! Ouch. The median household income is $80,090. I can’t imagine paying 2k in rent on $64k/yr.

People can make themselves believe in anything. 20 % of Americans believe that angels are real. Many Germans made themselves believe that their Jewish neighbors were “resettled” in Eastern Europe when the brownshirts came for them, nevermind that Germany was riddled with hundreds of concentration and labor camps.…

Shut up, you fucking idiot.

I’m a white lady and I get anxious every time a cop is driving behind me. I don’t know how POC handle it, because they are infinitely more likely to be harassed, abused, murdered, for doing nothing. It’s really scary out there :(

Just no. Yes, police is super violent in this country, and the country in general is a bit paranoid. But Black people suffer from systematic violence and oppression, and this is clear in the way they are policed. So none of that now.

I read Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me recently, and was struck by his purposeful use of the word body, over and over. To have your body taken away, to have black bodies stolen. That was a strong reminder that this is a violent physical thing that happens to real people, and not some abstract thing from…

I used to tell myself, “They just don’t know how bad it is. When people know, things will be different.” I can’t tell myself that lie anymore, and the truth that it reveals—that there is a substantial group of white people in this country that just don’t really care about black people—is heartbreaking. I’m so sorry…

yep...her too

I've never been more convinced of their beardiness.

You mean Kelly Preston?

+Katie Holmes

Couldn’t happen to a nicer beard....

That’s a huge generalization and oversimplification in the first place, but there’s a great book that addresses your point. It’s a really eye-opening read: Scarcity: why having too little means so much. It discusses decision-making (and other behaviors) when you have limited resources (both time and money). Side note:…

one of Scorsese’s women

I’m getting so tired of boner lens some guys get when they interview women they find attractive. It feels like they can see anything beyond their appearance.