Can I go slightly OT here? I was so happy and proud, that while at my parents’ house for Christmas, my Dad brought up the recent study on women paying more and was outraged and wanted to discuss it with my mother and me in depth to get a better sense of what is going on with that?

Noam Chomsky has a cogent take on politics that I always appreciate. He comments on the whole Donald Trump fandango in illuminating, albeit general terms here:

I dunno, it sounds to me like he’s playing the “man card” with that tweet.
Hey, Donald: I ran a half-marathon and did 500 crunches yesterday. I challenge you to a push-up competition; let’s see which one of us has the most strength and stamina.

—Signed, just another old woman

TERF bullshit

As a lesbian, I believe the journey transgender people take is inherently different from mine. But, their justice is my justice. Their freedom, my freedom. And if the journey or burden of any transgender person is made easier by being grouped in or sharing the stage with other members of the LGBQ community, then by…

I love how white men that claim to live in fear of ‘government tyranny’ and believe that it is righteous to rebel against it are the first ones to insist that all black people should strictly obey every police officer like a submissive dog.