am i so terrible to not have been surprised by any of it? i also saw “open secret” and was sadly devastated that this is our empirical reality but not surprised at all.

That was my first reaction. Sorta wish I’d kept it short and sweet with that. Also, I don’t want to come across like I don’t believe women can’t do evil shit and that boys/men can’t be victims. Because of course. I once saw a good analogy for All Lives Matters on Twitter and it feels like it can also be applied to…

Sexual abusers are overwhelmingly male.

MF’in Atwood. She’s been maybe my favorite fiction writer for years, so seeing adaptations of her work do her justice just warms my heart. Now maybe HBO will reconsider passing on an Oryx and Crake (maybe her most challenging and most ambitious story) adaptation...

And The Tragically Hip t-shirts. We wear those on Canada Day and Victoria Day long weekend. RIP Gord.

I saw a great use of “flag inspired” attire once. The woman had made her dress for an Independence Day event, and made sure that it was evocative of a waving flag, but no actual flags were printed on the fabrics nor did her assembly of the multi-gored skirt create a flag. I wish I’d taken photos.

America’s version of fascism is the ultimate expression of white trash.

Whitney’s got this shift and it’s truly a challenge some days. I’ve stopped trying to decipher most of her offerings and just whimper for the days of “pretty good” spelling, “close-enough” context, etc. Mostly, though, I just skip weekends; I’m too old to willingly deal with both Ms. Kimball and Trump.

LARP pouches 4 life!

Festival belts are way cuter than fanny packs. There are lots of different styles too, including skirts and bustles. These are just a few of the belts.

A USB stick was found with the details of who’s travelings? The Queen? Kate? Camilla? Anne? Who could it be?

Kathy = Truth.

Dirt Bag gives TMZ a lot of clicks, which I never click on, because fuck them.

^this was me (and a parade of young women and gay men) years ago with a research advisor. all of us saw one another getting lifted up and then falling like a domino while he enriched his reputation off our backs, and ALL OF US fell for the line that the one who’d come before was “too big for her britches” or some…

He might have groomed her, too. You don’t know what their relationship is like. Why is it so important for you to shift blame onto another woman?

Like I said before, 2017 is the year of the Sadie Hawkins Purge.

“Remember that time when the niggers fought back?
Remember that time when the women fought back?
Remember that time when the poors fought back?
Remember that time when the women fought back, again?
Remember that time when the fags fought back?
Remember that time when the women fought back - yet again?

Also, when you’re young and groomed by a skilled manipulator. It’s not as easy as it seems.

Edith Francis seems very isolated. She has very little social media presence and sounds like she was kinda floating around homeless when she met this guy. Given how he controlled this other woman’s phone and access to money, I am worried for Edith.

Check the Rolling Stone interview that Edith Frances gives that is linked in this story: