Can we knock it the fuck off with the ‘Sander’s supporters are naïve and think he’s magic socialist Santa Claus who will enact his entire platform with a wave of his magic wand’ narrative? Seriously. Like, we fucking understand political reality. We know that a good portion of Sander’s platform is going to be…

Along those lines are the people praising her ‘pragmatism’, the same pragmatism that led her to support the Iraq War and to be against marriage equality. I’d much rather have a Democrat as President that just vetoes the shit out of everything the Republican House and Senate send their way* (and accomplishes nothing…

It’s a really weird narrative considering that Bernie has a longer and better record of effective and bipartisan action in congress. Clinton’s probably better at making the executive branch dance, which is also really important, but this is kinda Bernie’s jam.

thinkpiece idea: “man who has been in congress for 20 years just doesn’t understand how congress works”

Undecided voter here who is trying hard not to get involved with internecine Democratic turf wars, but-

Good thing that social media doesn’t decide innocence or guilt. RATIONAL people are upset because he didn’t get a fair trial.

Is “Nikki” tanned, rested and ready, too?

She also said that racism isn’t a problem in this country because she’s the Governor. Which is really cute because other Republicans were calling her a “raghead” before her election.

The kid Madge has onstage looks terrified. “Stop pawing me, weird veiny lady!” He thinks

I Third. (if that exists)

Is there anything better than Hari Kondabolu!? Maybe like... Cats in top hats but other than that? NOPE. He is a goddamn international treasure.

I Second.

I look at this and think this is reason 5585412584 that white people should be grateful for POC, because we saved y’all from all this nasty food. Now you get empanadas, jerk chicken, mofongo, patties, curry,pad see ew, and countless other dishes.

I think what’s missing from this conversation is the context in which the email was sent- it is really really really weird for a house master to send that kind of email over a listserve. The role of the house master is to be apolitical quasi-parents who occasionally host students for social events in their house and…

No, it’s not too far. And actually, the students at Georgetown may have the perfect solution: figure out the money made on slavery, convert to today’s value, and use that money to fund black folk “stuff” at those colleges - professors, staff, student resources, grants, and the like. That is beautiful symmetry if you…

Yes I did. And I will argue that the email reflects a rather insular narrative of childhood and the work of a scholar who is under read in the field of childhood studies or not interested in the most compelling research that would trouble the theoretical underpinnings of her reasoning. I am particularly aggrieved by…

A beautifully written piece, Clover. Thank you. I have a thousand comments. But, I’ll just leave it at this: that the colleges at Yale are named after slave owners and white men (and a few white women) effortlessly accept jobs that require young people to call them “master”tells me all I need to know about why it is…

i had racist white female teachers too. in fact,there was an article about how white women teachers perpetuate white supremacy by mistreating children of color. to be racist ,let alone against children, is truly repugnant to me.

You and this article inspired me to google my 6th grade teacher and write the following:

Something really similar happened to me (Indian - only brown kid in my school). I was in the gifted reading program from first until third grade, when I got kicked out for fidgeting- one time (now I believe that most 8 year olds- brown or white- fidget). I was never allowed back into gifted reading until testing into…