That’s just part of the problem, though.

This seems to be adjacent to the tendency within this community to orientation-bend explicitly straight characters into a gay sexual encounter or relationship, while largely ignoring that there are plenty of actual queer characters who seem to take a back seat to Holmes and Watson or Kirk and Spock or, to cross over…

And before anyone goes ‘yeah but it’s ince..’ remember that that’s a recent cultural stigma.

One of the hallmarks of higher education and of democracy is the ability to converse with and learn from those with whom we disagree.

The Comey Letter Probably Cost Clinton the Election

I’m specifically talking about the targeted responses, though. Every time some ignorant person pulls a Johnny Depp Tonto, there’s a lot directed at them specifically. People get at them through social media, people author blog articles straight at them. The appropriation brigade brings the criticism. And, like…

It seems like every time this happens (and, yeah, appropriation happens a hell of a lot) there’s the important admonishment, but we miss out on the teachable moment. Yeah, it sucks to wear a Native American headdress (or war bonnet) without even the slightest care for the spiritual, social, or political significance…

The models used by the FiveThirtyEight website indicated a very high likelihood of victory for Secretary Clinton, I believe somewhere in the 90% range. This is not quite the same as saying she was going to win, it’s more like “based on available polling data and our best statistical modeling, she’s very likely to…

I guess it’s up to us to make this dream a reality, then. Pressure the FBI, put the fear of god into Reps at town halls they can’t dodge, share and discuss information from reliable sources, keep piling on just how many coincidences there are. We need a fully independent, rigorous investigation of the Trump campaign’s…

I mean, I’m white and am privileged because I’m white. Yes, intersectionality is a thing and privilege is more complex than a binary, but white privilege is still something so tangible we can practically hold it in our hands.

When do we get her book about being a fake conservative?

A lot of pollution in cities comes from vehicle emissions. While high-quality air purifiers like HEPA filters can help to reduce particulate matter like soot and metals from the air (as well as pollens and smoke), as far as I know they cannot deal with respiratory irritants like hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxide, and…

Kate Dillon has been AMAZING this season, playing really well against Damian Lewis. Instead of playing the character as just a one-dimensional nonbinary cliche, there’s a great deal of subtlety and nuance, and it’s really changed the atmosphere at the fictional Axe Capital hedge fund. I’m really glad they’ve joined…

Was it Sam Bee who said just because she looks like she smells like vanilla doesn’t mean she’s a bad person?

Fake pregnancy jokes aren’t funny. Ever.

Aaron Sorkin was the creator of the show and head writer for several years, but he wasn’t the only writer. There are 35 writing credits listed on IMDb, among them Debora Cahn who wrote 34 episode, Eli Attie who wrote 31 episodes, and Lauren Schmidt who write 26. The writers’ room was relatively diverse.

Fox News, the channel playing in a marble-and-gold bathroom while the president enjoys a six-hour bowel movement

Conservatives are literally the most fragile, weak, self-pitying people in the world. If it stopped there, that would be just be kinda pathetic, but they end up trying to overcompensate for their dripping, weepy inner terror and victim complex by hurting others.

That video is amazing.

That video is amazing.

Last I heard, the guy responsible for hacking into the accounts of 30 celebrities, stealing their private images and videos and putting them on the internet, only got 9 months in prison. This obviously was not a significant enough sentence to act as a deterrent, so I officially submit that when they catch this person…