The alternative fact of the matter is that he won 95% of the total votes and his approval rating is higher than an adorable kitty hiding in a box of packing peanuts

Yeah, I can definitely believe that such a narcissist would try to find something other than his or his wife’s genes to blame for his “less than perfect” kid. I agree that the autistic aren’t defective. I understand the angst that some parents with autistic kids feel, cause it must be tough - regardless of the love…

This is so completely against what I have always (for many years now) understood what Jezebel represents. Melania Trump is a woman who married a very rich and famous man and there is no shame in that. She has comported herself in an extremely proper manner, even while posing in what some view as a salacious manner.

I remember at the third debate noticing how she and Ivanka were both sort of sidestepping him. Bet the bus tape and sexual assault allegations had a lot to do with that.

He broke their deal.

My husband pointed out that trump wasn’t wearing his wedding ring while he was signing papers in the oval office

I can’t explain it but I feel nothing but sympathy for Melania. This is not what she signed up for. She also lives at the beck and call of a raging, powerful narcissist. Regardless of her marrying for money, she is not in a good situation or a situation she wants to be in.

“She was probably secretly hoping he would be dead by now”

Savage.

By sparks, are you referring to the way to willingly partered individuals interact? And the lack thereof, how someone effectively enslaved by someone does?

Switching from hourly to full-time can be tough.

We live across the country from the tribe, but we are trying to do more things like visit more often, attend the pow wows etc. He’s only recently reconnected with that side of the family. But for him - and our kids if we had any - I think having the card would be extremely important because of physical appearance.…

Yes, race and identity are complex in the US. Our identities are tied to who accepts and rejects us. To clarify, that quote and discussion are just about taking on Indigenous identities, being Indigenous involves having an Indigenous community claim you. In other writings I have seen it discussed as - who do you…

Can confirm. My father is First Nations Blackfoot therefore I am too but my grandfather was removed from the home of his parents due to neglect allegations that appear to be a mix of somewhat true but largely ginned up. The Indian people I encounter where I live regard me with a mix of suspicion and uncertainty…

My question was more a rhetorical question on the concept of speaking for a people than this specific example. Ethnicity is a nebulous concept in some ways.

Absolutely about lived experience. Many tribes have low “blood quantum” requirements for membership, but ancestry alone doesn’t make you part of the tribe. You need to actively be part of the community. And if you’ve never lived in the tribal community and you also pass as white, then what “indigenous” experiences can…

Well, it’s unclear that some of them haven’t claimed him back. Some people saying some things on Twitter doesn’t exactly provide you with a complete, holistic picture of what those peoples actually think. One thing Jezebel, unsurprisingly, completely ignored was him asking to speak in a smaller setting with the…

Ugh. First, fellow white people, don’t don your “Native American” forbearers (real or imagined) as a shortcut to gain scholarships, recognition, etc. I know a blonde, blue-eyed, seemingly white woman who got a full ride to her MSW because she was “Native American.” Now, I guess you can be blonde, blue eyed, and raised…

I found this commentary useful.

Indigenous identity is not about DNA. This is what aggravates me so much about those fucking DNA-Ancestry commercials where people find out they’re “Native American” (just that, not what tribe, or clan, or anything else), and suddenly they’re pulling dreamcatchers out of their ass.