The dirty secret is that a surplus of young males has happened over and over in history, and we never really noticed the ramifications before because so many of those young men became cannon fodder in wars. (Before you blame the Man, “wars” also covers self-started revolutions; young, unmarried men seems to be a…

Yeah this article got a head tilt from me. I know some payroll admins in a couple different OK districts, and it definitely DIDN’T seem like a victory to their teachers...

I tend to agree. The ways this bill hurts sex workers could be easily remedied if we instead focused on making sex work legal and safe, without sacrificing the way the bill tries to protect trafficking victims.

Are you dumb or just trolling? Trump says he “wants a fucking deal”, and then has rejected at least 3 bills with bipartisan support. His whole “shithole” comments came from a meeting *about a DACA deal.* Also pretty fucking weird that he “wants a deal” when he’s the one holding the hostage in the first place by…

>polling saying most Americans are in support of Dreamers

I am SOOOOOO anti-citizen on this, and am actually pleased by the number of Dems I see constantly popping up with “Hey remember this issue? Hey could you maybe care enough to, I dunno, put in a phone call once in a while?”

They decided to make a stand on that hill because they thought they had reinforcements; they believed those polls and the activists that insisted their constituents would show up to support them. It turns out the reinforcements weren’t there, and then they retreated down the hill instead of die there and lose the war.

Does it really matter if they could “easily” blame the GOP for it? They are easily blaming the GOP for putting Dreamers in this situation in the first place and it’s mattered fuck all with the American public. Hell, there’s been more ink spilled about how the DEMS have failed Dreamers (by not using their small…

*Because they thought the public would support them.*

Oh hey look, a disingenuous headline that doesn’t acknowledge there’s plenty of disagreement within the Democratic party about how to handle negotiations (“With that in mind, some of the letter’s signatories said the more realistic goal is not forcing action on DACA, but preventing Republicans from using the omnibus…

YEESSS. Also I really hated her selfish, awful friends; right after she gives them fantastic, expensive gifts, they play keep away with her phone while her known-hardass boss (the source of those expensive gifts!) is calling.

Granted it’s been years since I read the book, but I had such a strong sense of the anti-authoritarian vibe that the scene where Meg confronts IT always took place in a angular, gray, oppressive office building in my mind’s eye. Really wish they’d pushed the conform nature of Meg’s world/IT a bit more.

Everybody is always (rightly) complaining about lobbyists and special interests controlling Congress without acknowledging that having inexperienced politicians is a good part of WHY they can control the strings.* When you have elected officials who don’t understand laws, who haven’t worked in government before, who…

The funny thing is, the singles released so far are easily the weakest songs from the album. “Delicate” is fantastic, “Dress” is nice and sexy, “This is Why we Can’t Have Nice Things” is a bouncier, more fun version of LWYMMD, “Getaway Car” has a nice driving (har) rhythm, and “I Did Something Bad” is a much better…

Except insisting that people would give up and not vote for an opponent because “obviously” Candidate A is going to win ignores the psychology that people love an underdog, and potentially losing fires up a more passionate response.

And most babies just wore unisex white because they usually had clothes handed down from older siblings. Gender construct in children’s clothing didn’t happen until after toddler hood, and even then they weren’t usually dressed like miniature adults. Our ancestors weren’t chill about a lot of things, but levels of…

Our pups are clearly kindred spirits!

Swimming in mud and then rolling in sand is her top #1 activity for spring, summer and fall!

My mother also tried, and yet I didn’t succeed until I took a few Craftsy classes. Maybe our dear mothers just weren’t made for the teachin’.

My dog got voted Dog of the Month at her daycare in January. I was legit more proud than if I myself has won a beauty contest. (Seriously there’s no one can resist this cuteness):