My theory on announcing so early is that normally they have the suitors cast before they even announce the bachelorette (and same for for a bachelor season—i.e. many of the girls this season were cast with Luke in mind). With a black bachelorette they need to both cast a more diverse group than might normally apply…

It shouldn’t be a big deal.

Not at all, actually. I don’t think I can explain this well, and it will probably sound super offensive, but I suspect that for those people who are bothered by this type of thing a pretty black woman being romanced by a handsome white dude (you know at least 50% of her stable of suitors will be white) is going to be…

When Sears says something isn’t selling you know it’s serious, their benchmark for daily sales in a given store has to be in the high twos or the low threes.

This will likely have a huge impact on dozens of shoppers.

This is what happens when your only two categories are “violent Islamic extremist terrorist” and “perfectly swell white guy”

Wasn’t she on QVC selling skin care? That’s her market.

Was it going to be a bargain basement brand? Because rich people aren’t going to buy her shit.

Daily fucking reminder:

So it never occurred to anyone to ask the White House staff how to turn on the lights?

I saw her! That was awesome.

Also, I just want to say, I love how everyone seems to have gone at these things with a level of perfectionism. THAT MAN MADE PENCIL GUIDELINES FOR HIS SIGN.

Jenna: “Once Trump got elected, I was like, I’m going to be here—and comments I got from other people in my life that voted for him, like ‘I don’t understand why you’re even going, it’s not like you can change the presidency.’ And I was like, okay, thank you, because now I know for sure that I’m going.”

I think my favorite moment during the march was listening to the man behind me very matter of factly explaining to his 7- or 8-year-old son that they were marching because a lot of people discriminate against women just because they’re women and one of those people is our new president and it’s important to speak out…

My favorite from Philly which had NO media coverage.

Those are all fantastic! Here’s my favorite from the march in Austin. What an amazing experience it was, I’m still high from the positive hopeful vibes.

That's old research, the human socialization window is completely closed at 12 weeks, puppies shouldn't be separated from their mother & other puppies before 8 weeks, a good breeder won't even let the puppy go before 12. That give a new dog owner best a 4 week window to get everything right, even less if they use a…

They'd do better with an adult dog, they can take home in a fostering situation to check all temperament & behavior in a dog they are interested in to make sure it fits in with their lifestyle . A dogs key socialization happens between 4 - 12 weeks, that mistreated puppy might never have learnt social skills & cues…

The shelter staff evaluates the dogs and look for signs of aggression, fear, etc. and can usually tell the general environment it came from. Dogs don't usually just "rage" years later without showing any of those signs. Dominant behavior is not the same as aggressive behavior, but if they can't handle the distinction,…