Mitch McConnell does not “kind of suck”. Mitch McConnell is the architect of the end of the United States and does what he does solely out of spite. He is the embodiment of hatred and corruption.

I think the way adult women are called girls in an infantilzing and sexualized way is another slimy side of this misogynistic coin. Also related to the idea that women should dislike getting older and hide their age once their 35 and up. It’s all so gross and dehumanizing, but sexualizing children is by far the worst. 

Seriously. I actually think the way she worded that statement is fairly crafty. She’s not saying “I love Trump”, she’s talking about what people (erroneously) thought they were voting for (lower drug prices, less corruption) which *is* what Turmp was promising. And McConnell *is* opposed to what Turmp promised. It’s a …

I don’t need her to be a leftist dream, I need her to be better than Mitch. It’s a pretty low bar. Campaigning in a way that talks to voters she needs to win over, conservatives who have probably voted red their whole lives (or voted southern democrat when that was still a thing) is smart. 

THANK YOU for writing this. Words matter. Words carry so much meaning, so much weight. 

Thank you! This language has been used to excuse male creepiness towards teenage girls far too often. Underage is a child regardless of how “developed” a girl appears to be.  

We see this a lot too from the media/politicians as well through the lens of “non-consensual sex.” There isn’t sex and non-consensual sex, there is sex and there is rape.

A 14 year old is not an “underage woman.” No “woman” is underage.

Thank you! I was skimming some site and there wasn’t a picture and I was like? Wait, isn’t she older than me? And isn’t Ariel like 16? Does Halle sing? How odd! SO I clicked and saw this picture and was like oh... OH! YEAH That’s awesome!

All day I’ve been reading this as Halle Berry

I thought they were talking about Halle BERRY too. I mean I know people cast adults as teenager, but 50+ is a bit much.  That said, I think that Halle Berry could slay in a Disney role, I just need some time to think about who I’d cast her as.

I thought the same thing at first and the first thought that came to mind was, “Well, they’re changing Ariel’s age I guess. That’s probably a good thing.”

Whenever I read “Meghan Markle”, my brain defaults to “Megan Mullaly”, and then whatever the item is (if Harry is involved or not) I think of Nick Offerman. And then the story gets 1000% better, then I have a tremendous let down when my last 2 brain cells fire and figure out that is not the couple I want it to be.

Ya know, I didn’t support Pritzker in the Democratic Primary because he was a billionaire who never held office. I voted for Daniel Biss. Now there’s still lots to be seen still with how Pritzker performs but damn he's been on a clip fulfilling campaign promises. I don't know if a Governor Biss could have done the…

My state is finally getting shit right! He also jusy signed 3 different bills to protect immigrants. He signed the most progressive recreational pot legalization (automatically expunge pot convictions if it is under a pretty large amount, you apply to have it expunged if it is over that amount and communities…

I suspect by the time the primary is here that Biden will have dropped out. Too many of the new guard Democrats are clearly smarter and more articulate than he has become.

Here’s my complaint about the whole “Biden is a centrist, so he should be the candidate” argument. These people never tell you what they actually want, policy-wise. It’s all “twitter isn’t real life” and “you are alienating us!” and so on.

Apparently, Joe Biden is, and this is quite the shocker, an aging career politician who’s nearly ready to tell us about the time when he used to wear an onion on his belt (it was the style at the time, you see)

I have such a hard time keeping the Kravitz/Bonet family straight because all I see is a collection of beautiful people — Lenny Kravitz, Zoe Kravitz, Lisa Bonet, Jason Momoa — and the ravages of age mean nothing to any of them, so they are timeless, talented, and beautiful and could mix and mingle and morph into each…