In my culture (I’m Ojibwe), you cure the placenta in tobacco and hang it in a special bag over your child’s bed. They’re supposed to keep it with them for their whole life, as a bit of maternal protection to ward off bad spirits while sleeping.

wow, I legit had no idea she moved to MSNBC and might? maybe? have tuned in if I did...out of some kind of curiosity? But she always seemed so mean and incurious about things like “facts” or “empathy” that I can’t see what she would bring to the NBC table. She’s never struck me as an inquisitive or empathetic person,…

Just a quick anecdote about the school lunch program - my sister is a kindergarten on a reservation where the food is, to put it mildly, insanely bad. Her kids were always hungry because the school lunch was the only full meal a lot of them had a day and it was nutritionally barren. She would buy huge boxes of granola…

One more perfect summer read is the book in the cover photo, The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich.

I went on a date with Alexis Ohanian like six years ago and he was an absolute delight. We lived on opposite coasts though so I didn’t think it was worth pursuing and faded out. I’m an idiot but I’m really happy for these two, they seem so good for each other.

I dunno man, being “grumpy” with RBG because she didn’t predict her rival/best friend’s untimely death, the jaw-droppingly cynical, illegal blocking of a legit SCOTUS nominee by an obstructionist senate AND the election of the an actual insane person to our highest office is...asking a bit much.

Honestly, I think it’s the angle of the shot and how she’s holding her hands. The suit looks much better fitted here:

I love Frieda. She steals every scene she’s in this season. I really want to see a conversation between her and Red about their upbringing since they were ostensibly raised as enemies, but end up as allies.

I admired her strategy in the hearing - ask a ton of broad questions that she knows Comey has to defer to the classified session, then meticulously narrow her inquiry down to point to Sessions’ wrong doing. Few of the senators were as specific (though bless your heart, Rubio, you tried), and it was a line I was really…

Also, Ahmanet is the scary spirit that inhabits Eva Green in Penny Dreadful and her backstory is very cool. Eva plays her as scary, sad, campy and weird. And all the characters on that show are the ones the Dark Universe is going to explore, right?

Except Comey explicitly explained the difference between counter-intelligence investigation and criminal investigation. He assured Trump on multiple occasions that he’s not under counter-intelligence investigation but didn’t comment on any ongoing criminal investigation. So bragging about it was just stupid since now,…

I read every word of this report on the edge of my seat. For better or for worse, Comey knows how to build suspense. He certainly weaponized that talent during Clinton’s email investigation (and subsequent dismissal).

Luther Strange is 6'9. These two are cartoon villains, no one can convince me otherwise.

The only dress code I 1000% agree with is the ‘no open toed shoes’ rule because I saw a kid rip off her toenail while doing a Britney Spears dance routine in the 9th grade and that shook me to my core. Teenagers are too clumsy and full of emotions to handle the responsibility of sandals.

Yo - I had a very weird childhood and basically was raised to be a feral chihuahua but this behavior would worry me. I agree with the other commenters that if you’ve been really clear about how this makes you feel yet she’s still doing it, than it is actually about something she’s feeling and that’s overriding her…

I’ve actually known about this Elizabeth Gilbert story for a while now and it’s incredibly touching and sad. They discovered they were in love each other when Gilbert found out she was going to die and decided to spend her ‘death’ together, since they didn’t get to spend their lives together.

Okay, so Karen Handel is a real life Aunt Lydia, enabler of all that is evil. Got it.

You called that circus peanut a man.

haha, you clearly have no idea how this works. Do you really think the whole government revolves solely around elections? This attitude is why republicans can win elections but can’t pass legislation. Pelosi is not responsible for everything the democrats do, she’s responsible for the bills they pass into law. There’s…

The thing about Pelosi is that she’s a top-knotch negotiator and remarkably good at the dull, every day process of governing. She gets legitimate, solid legislation passed and follows through on making sure it’s implemented. She’s not sexy or glamorous and she comes off as a huge dork (because she is) but she’s good…