I’m distracted by the fact that I’m just learning Clorox owns Burts Bees.

I love you. Let’s get married. I’m pretty drunk, but I still love you for this post.

This will never get old. Glorious.

She’s only 22. :-)

Cake! All you have to do is say, “I identify as Rachel Dolezal,” and you’re Rachel Dolezal!

I like her face. Lots of people don't think she is runway quality, but it's nice to see a change. She is goofy. Not very many goofy models.

I love that the show quietly addressed the PTSD resulting from it. Elevated startle response? Check. Crazy nightmares where you’re suddenly transported back? Check. Flashbacks? Check. Random specific items causing you to freak out? Check. (But other than the last one, they’re really not played for laughs outright.)

It’s uses comedy to make really incisive commentary about rape culture, actually. I loved it.

It is bizarre, and yet....it works? I’m not surprised NBC et al passed on it, but the cast and comedy are solid and it never shies away from the fact that life CAN be shitty. Bad things can happen to people, and they survive. Somehow they keep the right balance - hopefully they can maintain it in season 2.

Oooh, I dislike Insisters. The best Thanksgiving we ever had was Orphan Thanksgiving, where it was all just people who had nowhere else to go. Best conversation, everyone was grateful just to be with other people.

Kimmy Schmidt restored my faith in black comedy. Toss those Family Guy rape jokes in the trash and bring back the real black comedies that make incisive observations about their subject matter!

Agreed. Part of what makes Smart so brave is her gentle but confident renunciation of the way she was brought up concerning the ideas of women’s meekness and dependency on men.

I wish the Duggar girls read her book and interviews, because their religion has made them feel shame and guilt of their own sexual abuse. I’m sure there is still this heavy load that they are carrying even after marriage.

Ah yes, because every dick that touches you removes one of your vagina petals!!!

Yeah, my 10th grade sex ed class did a similar thing with a rose that we passed around and each took a petal off of (gross). It was weird, because it wasn’t even an abstinence-only curriculum, but they were required to bring in an abstinence speaker. I wrote him a very strongly-worded letter about how he was being…

Thank you for the link. Ms. Smart is very right on, especially in this example, explaining how the concept of “sexual purity” factored into her decision not to run-

Elizabeth Smart is a woman of unthinkable courage and strength. She has chosen the most noble path possible. Her activism for children who have been raped and sexually abused has no doubt saved countless lives and helped to begin the process of mending damaged souls. She is doing the single most important thing to end…

She also has some smart things to say about abstinence-only education: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05…

Once, surprise vegans came to my Thanksgiving, and I have never been more grateful to a guest for bringing a dish because I am a Southern cook and there was literally nothing without butter in it!

I will let this gif speak for me.