the people are revolting.

I wonder why we often think that poetic terms are substandard explanations of phenomena. Poetry may be the best method available to the human brain for understanding not only the human experience, but the universe.

I think there’s a huge difference between having your family member institutionalized because they do things try to burn down houses and attack other family members, and having a family member put away because she’s not scoring as high on her IQ tests as her brothers.

Even though the history of literature is filled with novels and essays and memoirs about the asylum, many of which were written by women (Virginia Woolf, Leonora Carrington, Sylvia Plath, Charlotte Perkins Gillman, and Alice James), those works are unusual.

It’s Delmas’s diagnosis that Joyce cites in the letter, “cyclothymia,” Joyce wrote, a mental disorder that mimics schizophrenia but without its duration or intensity.

These women - Lili Bernard, Jewel Allison - they are fucking warriors. They are the ones we need to teach our sons and daughters about. The courage, compassion, strength and LOVE of these women in the face of such disgusting injustice and disrespect will be something I’ll never forget.

Grew up in the tidewater. It was an absolutely gorgeous place to grow up, with a sandy beach and wide river on one side, and marshes on the other. I miss it terribly and am sad I can’t afford to give my future kids that kind of beauty.

Those two things are definitely literally different.

Agreed.

This poor fucking kid. And before people weigh in with this: Yes he was stupid. Yes his privilege led him To believe that grabbing a poster would be a fun prank. Yes, no sane person not on a jpurnalism or humanitarian mission should go to North Korea.

In case you were wondering when she described the attacker to police she told them (according to her) that she did not see his face and described him as possibly Latino with hair pulled back into braids.

I don’t have to pay my students loans if I’m floating.

Why were several sixth graders playing in a marsh under such unsafe conditions, and what is wrong with Rockport that such an environment would not be protected from the likes of youth who could be exposed to such steel pumping?

Darkest Timeline Ricky.

Okay but can we also talk about him getting a mandatory sentence of 19 years for stealing a cell phone? Like in what world is that a proportional punishment?

Why were several sixth graders playing in a marsh under such unsafe conditions, and what is wrong with Rockport that such an environment would not be protected from the likes of youth who could be exposed to such steel pumping?

I mean, at least it wasn’t a sewer with an ancient spider-clown in it.

Janey Godley welcoming him on his last visit to Scotland.

Honestly, the exact parallels between the Comey thing and his lifelong pattern of sexual harassment makes it pretty clear that Trump is a serial predator. He corners Comey alone. Comey has “a bad feeling about his character.” He whispers in his ear about how much he’s looking forward to working with him. And when…

This one time, I had a boss who invited me out to lunch. When I got there, I realized I was the only invitee. He put his hand on my leg and said, “I hope we are going to have a great working relationship.”