People Who Eat Darkness is really good. I also can recommend The Skies Belong to Us, about the hijacking craze, and Lost Girls, about the Long Island Killer case.

People Who Eat Darkness was really good. Also, I have an adorable photo of my kitty sitting perfectly (paws crossed) on top of the book.

Hahaha, you and I have similar taste- I’ve read half of these. Couldn’t get through THinWC, loved UtBoH and KotFM, was meh on IBGitD, and have had TPWED on my list for awhile. Thanks!

Reduces complex/nuanced discussions to opponents being physically or emotionally weak? Check

You nailed it man. Those two articles by this website explain Republicans’ current tendency to win more elections, overall and with many important caveats, than Democrats. The entirety of this comment should earn you a Ph.D in political science and an opinion column in the New York Times. 

I’ll take that bait:

When I was in junior high and high school, I had terrible grades. It was a combination of bullying, laziness on my part, and asshole teachers. My parents were so fed up with me because they tried EVERYTHING to get my grades up. My dad kept telling me how I’d grow up to be a loser, and the girl at the top of my class…

This is the perfect time for Jezebel to do a long piece about how MLMs prey on vulnerable women in the name of feminism and financial freedom when the reality is it sucks them dry and leaves them friendless and poorer than they started out.  It’s so gross how MLMs work and what they do to people. 

what are you going to do copyright it?

white mexicans are the worst appropriators

I’m pretty sure the Navajo Nation, which successfully sued Urban Outfitters for using Navajo patterns, would disagree with your assumption.

I’m indigenous Mexican and I’m upset about this. I left comments on Wes Gordon’s Instagram. 

The difference between melding of cultures and appropriation is the power differential. There’s a difference between painters influencing each other across cultures and companies copying designs from marginalized people and selling them to a wealthy white audience. Why not approach it as a collaboration and make sure…

Thank you for sharing that, i really wasn’t getting in what way this was bad, but a little context goes a long way in changing peoples minds.

I had to pull way back because I was really about to cuss that person out.

Apples and oranges there-the reasons behind black women straightening their hair and a Carolina Herrera designer using Mexican patterns and embroidery techniques are not remotely the same.

for people claiming you can’t copyright a pattern or how “flattered” they are a high end designer stole patterns from indigenous communities, no one is saying not to do it. we are saying, be respectful and give credit where credit is due. simply taking designs created and popularized by indigenous people then making a…

As someone trying to plan a “budget” wedding (that will still cost 3x our original budget), I imagine it would be very easy and you could be very lazy if money is not an issue and you can just hire people to deal with all the nitty gritty. She’s probably not having to research portapotty rentals and debating with her…

I can guarantee that she didn’t just use the first three search results on Google. She actually hit the ‘Next’ button and went to the second page.

Yeah, Pine seems great, but CLEARLY it’s Evans—Hemsworth—Pine.