Why you gotta use an image from him back at my alma mater, Purdue? (Thinks back to being a student there when the second Iraq War began and getting spit on for saying it wasn’t a good idea). Actually, never mind, carry on....

I will use this forum to once again plead for a weekly Jezebel column on women’s wrestling. It’s the best it’s ever been (in America) right now, and I enjoy it better than most of the men’s divisions. AEW’s women’s division still needs some work, but there’s a world of potential there. Plus Nyla Rose is awesome.

Jesus, the Patriots are are getting into self-owns even more than the Cowboys. Now THAT takes organizational skill.

I get calls at my job (National Domestic Violence Hotline) where I can see possible lethality in the callers’ situation. When I first started there I kind of tiptoed around it and brought up the subject gently, but these days I’m very direct and blunt about what could happen to them. Stories like this are why — if…

Goddamn it, I will go John Wick if this happens to my cat. Covid-19 better watch out; I’m about to shoot the air molecules!

I used to work with abused foster kids in Austin, and I was never terribly worried about what the police would do when we had to call them. I’ve always said they were one of the better departments, but I a few months ago I realized that was really only because I was subconsciously comparing it to the police department…

I’m a phone operator at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and I have to say, this week in particular has been rough. The sheer volume of calls is really starting to weigh down a lot of us, to say nothing of the sense of helplessness many of us feel with so many services being closed. We’re all just trying to…

Let’s be honest, it was only a matter of time; she has the temerity to not have a dick.

In my various social work jobs, I’ve faced angry people who have been physically violent and occasionally armed. I’ve never just backed down and let them run wild but I’ve also never exacerbated the situation. Damn near every time, I and my coworkers were able to diffuse the situation relatively peacefully. We wore…

When I think of everyone who’s been President in my lifetime (Reagan, Bush, Clinton, W., Obama, Trump) it truly does strike me that a man of Obama’s stature is the exception to the highest office in the land, not the rule. I’m thankful that I was at least old enough to really appreciate him while we had him.

I’m a phone operator at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and I can back up our CEO here and say that, while the volume of calls has indeed seemed to have dipped, the people who have called are in an extremely rough spot. In the past two days, we’ve figured out that every single domestic violence shelter in…

Any other Olds remember Electronics Boutique? Good times, good times....

At Barton Creek Mall here in Austin (truly one of the nerdiest malls ever, to be honest), there’s already a place that offers this service — with about a year’s or so head start to learn what works and what doesn’t. I, um... don’t think this will work well here....

As a fellow, I implore all white people: STOP DOING THIS SHIT. Or at the very, very least, actually speak with some Latinx people and truly make an effort to get to know them and their experiences before doing this shit....

Obligatory, and still unparalleled:

Seriously, don’t do this to anyone. It is neither fun nor funny — it is assault.

-Nationally certified domestic violence expert

I would say Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, but really I’ll probably just try to recapture that old Squaresoft RPG feel with Octopath Traveler.

Legit question, because I can only follow the primary news for so long: does Pete have a real shot at the nomination? I keep thinking he’s sunk himself, but then I read articles about how well he’s polling. I’ll vote for him if he gets the nomination, but he’s FAR from my choice at this juncture.

I know this is a super niche group, but I know quite a few sex workers, and every single one of them had vowed never to vote for her due to FOSTA/SESTA. While I know this is hardly enough to tank her campaign as a whole, I think it does represent a slice of the broader problems she had.

All that said, I still would…

People who are serious about BDSM understand consent better than damn near anyone else. In every community and play party I’ve been a part of, assholes who only get off on feeling power get sussed out pretty quickly. Seeing this excuse used here pisses me off to no end.