I’ve thought about this and realized that it can be both. I believe he thinks his daughter is an exceptional woman (and not just the whole “if she wasn’t my daughter I’d...” bit of effluvia). I believe he encouraged her. Because she’s his. And that alone makes her exceptional by virtue of those yugely great genes. But…

Where I live, public schools had to start putting “Don’t photograph the children” on their gates, especially schools in beach towns on the Caribbean coast because the fucking tourists won’t stop taking pictures of the “cute little black kids”

People keep insulting her “baldness” when they troll her on Twitter. I just don’t understand it because she looks bomb with shaved hair.

Yeah, that’s what’s so eye roll-inducing to me. The kids, the head wrap, all the beaded necklaces, the captions about finding beauty in simple things (they DO have mirrors in Africa, Debra)... it’s all very self-congratulatory and poverty-tourist-y.

I have no problem with people—white or otherwise—doing work like this. What I do hate (and something I saw a lot when I lived in Cape Town for 5 months) is when people take pictures with children and then post them on the internet. I only shared images of kids whose names I knew and who I actually developed…

Bernie wasn’t even a fucking democrat until just a short time before he decided that the year the woman, was running was his one chance to try out a presidential campaign. Of course the DNC wasn’t paying him as much attention - he was new to the party. He had all the time he wanted to learn how things ran, the rules…

I spent the last few weeks thinking of a tree that we used to have in the backyard of our old house. All those hours I spent under that tree looking up as the sunlight dripped like honey through the leaves. When the thin cold wire of time wasn’t pressing pushing tight against my neck. There was time back then. There’s…

My mother taught me to always be humble

I hope this show amplifies her voice so much that every corner of the country will be able to hear her.

Jessica’s one of those people whose very presence reminds me that I have done jackshit with my life. I’m going to go crawl under the blankets and eat doritos and cry.

🙌

Are you that desperate for attention that you purposely make shit harder for real victims of hate crimes? What the fuck is wrong with people?

Not something I’m putting into my google search history.

Just popped in to give a general plug to her charity, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. It’s a fabulous organization, dedicated to giving books to any child that wants them.

I always get irrationally excited about the Olympics. I’m not super into sports or especially patriotic but every 2 years I'm glued to NBC in a way that confuses my TV. This girl is amazing. I hope she gets all the medals.

It was a Lyanna who protected Jon when he was born.

BUT WHAT ABOUT SER POUNCE??

Now that’s what I call a library !

His expression is one of such, ahem, otter delight.