Don’t mean to sound dismissive on the value of some therapies for ameliorating symptoms of PTSD and other trauma-related illnesses. Just saying you can’t expect the patient to “fix themself” when the trauma is still ongoing and the trauma perpetrators go unpunished.  I know there are more and more therapists who do…

And DSM needs to acknowledge that some mental health “disorders” are reasonable responses to injustice and can only be fixed by social and political change.

“I’ll have to take the knocks for not currently being able to forgive those men”

Markle’s statements seem so mild and uncontroversial, compared to all the things she could have said. Who’s against equality and healing? But Rosindell is the MP who claimed to be “humiliated” by the pink color of his EU passport, so I guess he’s easily triggered.

Star for reminding me of “Babylon Sisters”

Star for reminding me of “Babylon Sisters”

I can’t judge how smart people are but you always say what I’m feeling in better words than I could.

Given the advanced age of Bernie, Biden, Bloomberg, and even Warren, I would vote for any one of those that names Stacy Abrams as their running mate. 

Most of this went over my head, but strongly agree with “You couldn’t pay me to be 20 years old again for anything.” 

When the Rolling Stones showed up at Eli’s Mile High Club and the doorman refused to let them in

Love the writing, especially this: “It is attitude, energy, spit game, furs, ice, poverty, violence, chuuuuch, hair braiding, check cashing, queerness, black doctors and numbers runners, funeral parlors and West Africa, joloff rice, collard greens and chicken and waffles.” But all of it. Thanks!

I do like the darker hair.

I’d love to see a fuller discussion on here about Kamala. Many of her actions as SF DA and CA state attorney general are far worse than “indiscretions,” but I cheered when she drew DiFi’s ire for refusing to seek the death penalty for David Hill, an alleged cop killer. Then she went on and bewildered everyone by…

I do not understand the inclusion of Kamala Harris in the paragraph about “blackface pandering.”

We do, especially any Jezebel readers who were not active in the last elections but want to be this time. Serious political organizers know to welcome the converts with open arms, not “Nice you showed up Becky, where were you in 2016?”

You are so wrong. I would hate to be as wrong as you. The Lobster King? I mean come on.

I’m so sorry this happened to you. Just reading about it makes my blood boil. Fighting racism has to be central fighting rape culture.

This can’t have been easy to write, but it’s powerful and makes a huge difference. Thank you.

Thanks for this context—so interesting!

They should do a reboot where it’s Golden State instead of OKC ;)

She was never off my radar, but I guess Bridesmaids and Idiocracy are some of the only movies I ever watch. And this: