Yeah, that scene where she left her house to throngs of screaming fans behind barricades... it took me a minute to process that was her HOME. I thought she was leaving a hotel in a big city after a show or something. It really makes me sad. BUT the thing that picked me up is showing how talented of a musician…

One of my in-laws is a professional cheer/dancer for a Major Bball team...they do not get paid at all for posing/photos on their “down” time. They also get paid shit for the gig overall.

I watched the Swift documentary on Friday night and all I can say is Good For Her. I loved how the film unfolded and we could see how the need to please people became her persona, which she was simultaneously praised and vilified for. [Spoilerish]: Even the scene with her parents (mostly dad) telling her to keep her…

I’m trying to imagine what she does all day for this allegedly full-time job. I can’t picture her doing much more than having fancy lunches with people with lots of money and going and making these dumb speeches. Even intelligent conservative-minded folks have to hear her talk and be like, “wha tha faaaaa?”

As someone in abortion care work, this is so amazing and promising. It feels good to have a victory to celebrate amidst all of the terrible news that seems to bombard us by the minute for the past 3 years.

I also teach college students. I feel like vaping went from 0 to 10000 last academic year (2018-19) when that batch of freshmen showed up to campus. Suddenly everyone was vaping. What sucks for us is our campus does not have a smoke-free policy for cigarettes outdoors (we are years behind the norm), so it has been…

Creepy semi-name-droppy comment coming, but.... I went to school with one of the stars mentioned in this article and I am SO FORKING HAPPY to see them flourishing and finding success. Watching someone be authentically themselves back in the day even when the world wasn’t ready, and then to look up and they’re on TV…

I teach reproductive health courses to college students. I often open the semester with this video of a young couple trying to price out their upcoming child’s birth, after having them guess how much childbirth costs. We then talk about privilege from many angles, including having the time and wherewithal to spend…

Northern Ireland decriminalized abortion last month and will be providing them by mid-2020. Yes, citizens have experienced hardship and it’s high time they have access to needed services. ALL of Northern Ireland has 1.8 million people. In comparison, Chicago, ONE city in the U.S., has 2.7 million people.

All of the…

PS: For those who actually want to donate directly to an independent clinic, find one near you here.

Emily, thank you for your take on this, it is refreshing. I have worked in abortion care for almost 20 years and the NYT piece reads like underground anti-abortion trolling. The authors are overly-engaged in the comments section, agreeing with everyone who is criticizing the pro-choice/left movement. I also know…

Who is the “we”? Is it the lady who put her coat hanger button away for 45 years and just finally got it back out, frustrated she has to keep trying? Where was she in the 90s when clinics were being bombed, in 2009 when Dr. Tiller was assassinated by an anti-choice crazy IN CHURCH, or even in 2015 when another crazy…

“they suck at maintaining grassroots and building local infrastructure in places they just go “we’ll never win in a Presidential election”.”

The article says he gave a full confession.

I’m glad that you’ve had success in your approach. Your comments, however, read as very victim blaming. That somehow women’s assaults are because they didn’t respond appropriately.

I was sexually harassed at work at a U.S. university for almost 10 years. I reported it multiple times to direct supervisors (Director-level) and two different department heads. I reported it to HR, twice. No one ever told me about being able to make a Title IX complaint. And no one did jack shit to help me. I…

That was a genuinely hilarious joy-inducing bit. Loved it.

In the show they make him seem too dumb to accomplish anything...

My family watches Fresh Off the Boat. It seems like they’ve been “softening” Wu’s character, and she’s pursing a new degree in the show. So I had previously wondered if they were going to find a way to write her out of it (goes off to get a PhD abroad or something) and keep the show going. I know not all shows have to…

Thank you, Jez, for the reporting. I hope his victims see justice served soon.