My sister is an immersion teacher on a reservation here in the midwest (she and my other sister’s family are at standing rock right now actually). Just a few reasons indigenous languages can’t be taught in public schools like Gaelic:

HAVE WE EVER EVEN SEEN HIS KNEES?

The biggest issue with people showing up is that the protectors end up caring for many of them who don’t come prepared. So many resources are spent helping people with hypothermia in the morning or folks who don’t know how to clean up after themselves. If you’re a good camper and have a high tolerance for the freeze,…

sidebar - I think I’ve figured out his conturing regimen

He’s rubber and she’s glue.

That actually makes me even sadder about Hillary - remember when she promised she would tell us if aliens really existed if she became the president?

My sisters headed are out there tomorrow. They are going to be teaching at the school and helping keep the camp running, they have kids so they aren’t protesting or in harms way but this is really terrifying.

I totally agree. I spent the majority of this year in blissful confidence in Hils. She was my rock and my hope and I truly believed she would win. I look back on the days and months before the election, which feel so far away now, how naive I was and how blind to this fucking bleak-as-fuck grim reality show we all…

I’ve thought about that article every day since I read it. It so perfectly reflected the attitudes of my dude friends here in my *barely* blue swing state. And after the election, they have been passing around that insufferable video of the British guy verbally ejaculating over Sander’s ‘easy win’ fantasy and…

And just a quick aside - if you recently had a baby, this DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU. My poor sister broke down in floods yesterday because she bore a dumpling 4 months ago and now is losing a lot of hair (and some happy pregnancy hormones). But it’s totally normal and nothing to freak out about. It’s just your body…

This is so, so true. And I really needed to hear it today! I’ve been ‘best friends’ with someone for 22 years and I just realized recently that it needs to end. She’s toxic, self-destructive, cynical to the point of cruelty and she uses me. I’m heartbroken over it and I’ll miss her but I started keeping track of our…

I remember vaguely that Obama lived at home and went on a trip to Hawaii to visit his grandparents before moving to DC, and that part of his plan included making sure his young kids had a smooth transition too. Also, he had the space because he was prepared as shit, with a massive team ready to take the reigns of…

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I feel like at 41, you’ve got the pill pretty under control. It was never good for me personally, I forgot to take it and never found the right hormonal balance. So I was desperate for an IUD but had to go to four different doctors until I found one who would actually insert it for me since I had never given birth. It…

I’m genuinely so grateful for your comment and for Jez commenters in general. It’s deeply isolating and upsetting to see how many of my friends shared that video and said “THIS!” and “TOLD YOU SO”. But coming here, seeing that I’m not alone in my disgust and discomfort, and reading such well worded reactions helps me…

He even has his Ser Pence!

Yesterday my mom held my hands and earnestly said “You will live to see a woman President, honey, I know you will.”

My sister is in highschool and came home in tears because kids were saying ‘get ready for that wall!’ and ‘Stop! do you have your papers?’

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