Himtoo

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I’m honestly exhausted from trying to talk to people who take Grace’s account at face value, but still see nothing wrong with what Ansari is described as having done, for whatever reason– she didn’t leave fast enough, she didn’t say no loudly or frequently enough, she didn’t do this or didn’t do that. All of… Continue reading Himtoo

Jigsaw McConnell

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Mitch McConnell wasn’t, by himself, the one who forced the government shutdown yesterday, but he was the one who took to Twitter to pose a completely unnecessary and torturous false choice to Democrats: “Save” CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program), which expired in September, which the Republicans (who, btw, own the White House, the House of Representatives,… Continue reading Jigsaw McConnell

Culture of victimhood

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Put the lobster down

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The villain of his own story

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Attitude adjustment

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Mythical creatures

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I got– and am still getting– a lot of feedback on my Facebook post of Ijeoma Oluo’s tweet about how her niece who “dumps any dude the moment he tries to make her feel less than she is in any way.” Most of it by far is from women, tagging other women into the thread… Continue reading Mythical creatures

Selective exegesis

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Culture of violence

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There but for the grace of me

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