There’s something about those little details that just make it so real. You can’t predict which ones they are, but they just wreck you.

If you haven’t seen the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum, you may be very interested. They really focus on the individuals as much as they can, and their “3,000 Lives” exhibit brought me to sobbing tears. There’s so much tender affection and careful preservation of everything they could find to humanize the…

My mom, who can’t remember anyone’s name (to her, Don Draper is “Dan Dapper”, which kind of sounds like his polar opposite), really dislikes this about Putin.

You might have been featured in their shitty haters music video! I just thought you might like to know.

Malia and Sasha look like fairytale royalty in that photo. I love that dark dress on Sasha, too! I had to pause in my scrolling just to admire them, and I wondered how I might feel if I were a little black girl, seeing them look so regal, like real-life Disney princesses.

I’m babysitting a lovely tabby, and he’s mostly a sweetheart and does things like sleep curled up in my arms. Though this morning, he decided to sing the song of his people and claw things. Now he’s purring and nudging me.

Religion is a deal-breaker for me. I’m agnostic, and I really can’t see myself with anyone who truly believes in a religion. We will likely have rather different worldviews, and discussing theological arguments from a secular perspective is tiring for lots of people. I don’t want to have to compromise on this topic…

That’s a fair point! I think that scheduling these things can be romantic, sexy, and fun, too, if people have the right mindset :) I’m not much for living together or sharing a lot of space/time, so I have a bit of a different approach, though your idea sounds very nice and thoughtful.

I have a number of sexual issues that sometimes make it really difficult to feel/be sexual, and so for me, scheduled sex would be something I would be really anxious about. I’d feel like I have to do it, and if I don’t, I’m reneging on the whole deal and being a big disappointment. I also don’t find sex to be…

I live on a different continent than my family, and the weather is always a nightmare during the holidays, both where I live and where they live. This year is my 30th birthday and my sister’s about to have a baby (likely also on my birthday), and I just don’t think it’s the right time to go home. I’m dragging plane…

I guess my big problem with the title of the class is asking who it’s trying to reach. Is it a higher-level course, with the requisite background work to know what that means? Is it an elective that anyone can take? Is it meant to enrich the understanding of racial relations in the US/world (not sure of the scope…

Sorry for the lecture! I got all indignant, only to see that you already know! :D Thanks for being cool about it.

I know you’re just being snarky, but as a geographer, I have to defend us, because I hear this a lot. People often make fun of being a geographer, but we really do do important work in tracking physical changes over time, including climate change, analyzing human behavior, and frankly, making the GPSs and Google Maps…

I used to watch it with my mom. We’d make popcorn and sit on the couch, and it was like, lady-bonding night. Weird to see it everywhere now!

Oops, my mistake! Thanks for the heads’ up!

I’m with you there. My sister and I used to run an anime review site, and while there was definitely an issue with fanservice, things like AiKA were notable for their pantyshots and people made a ton of jokes about inserting counters to keep track of it. With mainstream newer stuff, I feel like AiKA would fit right…

Actually, sexual assault is a major problem in Japan. Many commuter trains have implemented “women-only” cars to combat the problems of groping and unwanted touching on trains. There are numerous social campaigns to combat the idea that “just teasing” makes it okay to sexually assault someone, because it’s a major…

Also, get to Kroll’s and get a 5-gallon bucket of knoephla soup!

Hi, neighbor! Born in GF, lived near Fargo in my childhood. Hope your new place is treating you well!