Amazing piece Maya. Anyone who can communicate their pain and vulnerability so honestly can not be an asshole. John Lennon was killed when I was 16 and he was my hero. Changed the way I viewed the world. I gained new insights about that grief reading your story that hadn’t occurred to me in all these years.

One time at a bar after a Jets game I spilled a beer on someone's baby. The woman yelled at me and I just said that's what you get for having a baby in a bar.

None of the concern trolls seem to be upset that John left his nine days old to have a meal....

Local NPR station (God bless Jason Bentley) just played “when doves cry” follow by “let’s go crazy” FUCK YES. I am crying and jamming out at the same time.

FUCK EVERYTHING

I would go. I wish I cared about it last year when I had a chance... my friends tried so hard to get me to care and alas I could not until it would too late. Now I know every word, but I totally threw away my shot waiting for it. And it’s not enough. I missed my chance to get blown away and now I can never be…

I don’t really get the need to have an actress re-sing the classic songs in a biopic about a famous singer. Like, if I’m watching a movie that’s supposed to portray the life and career of Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey, I’d rather see the person portraying them lipsync the actual songs rather than hear some random…

Not according to Judaism. If the life of the mother is in any way endangered by a pregnancy, an abortion is pretty much mandated. In their view, life of the existing mother trumps potential life of potential human.

Since you mentioned the Sandinistas, you might listen to the end of the podcast, this week, from “On the Media” (one of my public radio faves) about the creation of Panamá. Highly, highly recommend. Fascinating.

I mean that’s clearly cunnilingus, right?

In short: the intention behind it is meant to encourage dialogue about the annals of white privilege, which is good. The name? Not so much.

aww He’s cute and Ivanka looks amazing. Congrats to them.

Aw, I love Bernie, and birds, and living in Portland! No shame here. Just glad our birds showed Bernie how much we support him.

The worst part of depression is the self-awareness. You know you’re not a terrible person, you can objectively see areas of life in which you are achieving, you know your family would never want you to feel this way or find you in the basement, but you DO feel that way anyway and that in itself is depressing.

I mean... or we could refer to Anne Wojcicki’s own (not insignificant) accomplishments like 23andme and not treat her like another man’s former property. Please and thank you.

Ever see a man dressed up to sing?

You’re headquartered in New York, where there is a French colonial themed restaurant named Le Colonial. It’s been there for years. Never a word.

I just like him because he’s hot.

Judy Chicago, Menstruation Sensitive Weeks Bathroom, 1972