I don’t disagree about the predatory student loans. My stance is probably that if we’re going to prioritize student debt forgiveness, the first people we should have in line are those from for-profit universities, people who came from a low income background (like a first generation student) and thus didn’t have…

True, which is why I liked Warren connecting household income with student debt forgiveness. A first generation or student of color should be given precedence over someone like me, even if on paper we are carrying the same student loan burden. I’m not discriminated against for housing; my school district didn’t have…

I am in that cohort. I graduated in 2007-2008 with a 25k student debt, and then went back to school in a desperate attempt to raise my skills and added on another 10k debt. I for real entered the job market in 2010, when recovery was still sluggish. So, I super get it.

But only 36% of Americans have a college degree,…

So I’ve been a bit peeved that *so much* focus among “progressives” has been on free college. Yes, student debt is stifling (ask me about my remaining 27k balance) and yes, it’s an issue that touches young voters.... but college is still a privilege that largely benefits the white middle/upper class. While it’s a…

Would it make you feel better if you knew that there was resistance to being vaccinated against small pox, even right to the turn of the 20th century? I’m just finishing “Pox: An American History”, and the author detailed how people would lie, hide sick family members, insist it was their *right* to not be vaccinated,…

“House “leadership” just cannot get it into their heads that the American People want Trump impeached.”

But do they? Sure, plenty of Americans do.... and plenty of others are perfectly fine with the Trump administration, and will defend it to their dying breath. Trump’s approval ratings aren’t even hitting the below…

Right. This is a super nothing story; seems to be floating around just to make Meghan look bad. 

Diana had a few pieces, but they were on loan from the Queen, and reverted back to her at the end of the loan. She also had jewelry of her own that she kept in the divorce, and was given to her sons after her death. Kate has been seen wearing a few jewelry pieces Diana wore (like the Lover’s Knot Tiara), but they were…

Also the material we’re using. As a culture, we have leaned hard into knits for everyday wear. And don’t get me wrong, I freaking love my stretchy knits; I live in long-sleeved T-shirts. But trying to add structure to a knit is not happening*, and structure like additional seams and darts are where you can make all…

Yes, this exactly. I am a pretty standard size*, and I have to make SO many adjustments because my shoulders are kinda slopped, and darts are usually too high, and my chest and back aren’t equally broad, etc. It’s amazing how diverse bodies can be, and fitting is as much an art as a science. I absolutely hate how hard…

This has always been my gripe with Project Runway; these are designers, not technicians. In the majority of the fashion industry, designers are there to conceptualize a concept, and then they hand it off to someone who does the actual pattern drafting, fitting, and construction. And even then, the patterns rarely take…

If the designers were given just blind, basic measurements with no time with the models, I could *almost* see them complaining. You take two women, both with a 33" waist, and one may be more “oval” waisted (they are broader front/back) and one may be more “circle” waisted (evenly proportioned all around.) But they…

It’s not only infuriating from a moral standpoint, it’s also completely off from a design standpoint. Rule of thumb is, your prints should be proportional to the body being dressed; if you’ve got a very slim, small model, you shouldn’t be going big, big prints. Ergo, if you’re dressing a curvier woman, you actually go…

That’s.... my point. This lady isn’t trans, and hasn’t participated in the community, yet is being given a leading voice in the name of “opportunity diversity” and “just asking questions.” If you place someone in the position of a nuanced discussion who isn’t even involved in the community being discussed in the first…

I share your exact same confusion about why this is even a thing. Even locker rooms have either their own attached bathrooms, with stalls, or a private changing room. It’s not that hard, folks. 

“I dislike when the ability to discuss issues gets eradicated in response to that.”
I think the tell for me is who is leading/participating in those discussions. I am not trans, but hang out in trans spaces where nuances and difficult discussions about these topics get discussed, so it’s not as if it’s not happening.…

My fiancee did something similar; he had a rough idea of what I liked (claddagh, hate diamonds), designed it in plastic first, and then we went to a jeweler with the design and picked out everything together. The whole thing really solidified us as a couple; working together on an expensive purchase, him taking my…

Honestly I feel very guilty about this topic. I always swore up and down I didn’t want an expensive ring, maybe not even a ring at all (I wear earrings but not rings typically.) I got engaged to my dude in December, and he was *adamant* about me having a ring. He knew I hated diamonds (for ethical reasons and also I…

Hmm that’s an excellent point. Maybe America has managed to survive its revolution points (Civil War included) because it had that rare leader with skill who didn’t want more power; principled men who were also *just* practical enough to not let their idealism run away with them. I mean, what are the odds that we…

I might have gotten it totally wrong, as I can’t find any solid citations right now; my memory is that he would be putting down the podcast to pursue other projects. Guess we’ll find out soon-ish, as the Russian revolution season is starting up in May.