The trend precedes this but in the 90s when every sitcom started depicting marriage as a relationship between a hypercompetent, long-suffering, overburdened woman and the overgrown manchild whose antics she has to sighingly indulge … that probably wasn’t great.

I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.

In honor of the unjustly banned Link, I invite folks to post their mutual aid below this thread. I will repost need as long as I am able. As the holiday season approaches, and temperatures drop, mutual aid is going to become more important. Consider giving what you can. If you can't, repost.

I had forgotten this fabulous event and it made laugh just as hard this morning.

10. There 9. Are 8. No 7. Really 6. Good 5. Pies 4. Only 3. Mediocre 2. Ones 1. Rhubarb

Rhubarb pie (actual rhubarb, not the kind adulterated with strawberries) crushes key lime, though.

Everything in this thread, plus: everything about the US healthcare system is warped by the profit motive. From how we develop drugs, to how we test and approve them, to how our doctors see and think about and treat us. And each of these impacts are magnified by medical sexism and racism.

Actually pretty excited about this!

yeah, I think this is it: I have grace in my heart for the people who turn to this. I have the rage of 10,000 suns in my heart for the people who monetize and exploit that desperation.

This thread is so accurate and on point. The medical establishment’s misogyny and disregard for women’s health is a real and foundational problem. We are routinely abandoned or shamed for our medical needs, and too many women have been violated and actively harmed by their doctors.

Heard the little boy across the street yell “I LOVE YOU!” at his mom in his emphatic little boy voice as he rode off on his little bike. It was a sweet momentary antidote to today’s horrors so I am sharing it with all of you.

it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance

It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop

"you can do it out of spite" 🙏🏻

Relationships are cultivated and nurtured not owed. I wish more people truly understood this.

It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.

I know both these words very well and somehow never made this connection till now. TIL

This is your regular reminder that most men who sexually abuse children do not meet the clinical definition of a pedophile. They simply want to abuse their power and no one is more vulnerable to abuse than a child.

You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

Lots of people out these days telling us we all have to be quiet or we’ll be next. We all have to concede our hopes, we all have to stop fighting for what we know is right, we all have to fall in line and be quiet and take whatever scraps our leaders allow. Who do they sound like? 🧐 Nefarious stuff.

the thing is that there are only two explanations for this and they are both utterly disqualifying for Dem leadership 1. you knew they would come for abortion and you already decided you were willing to give it up 2. you did NOT know, because you are too gullible for the job you currently hold

I want to wear this sign around my neck 😭

This thread is so insulting and disingenuous. I don’t give two shits about your feelings, I care about whether you deliver for the American people. And you clearly cannot under your current leadership.

okay, so, with Dems successfully keeping anyone up in 2026 for voting for this turd let's take a look at who's up in 2026 anyway: 1. Cory Booker - apparently involved behind the scenes, constantly looking for bipartisanship. I don't dislike him personally but he doesn't have what we need. Primary.

The big lesson from the right wing capture of centrist media (eg the Washington Post), is that the quality of the product gets worse and the audience they are trying to appease are not going to tune in.

The absolute gall of saying “We will keep fighting” moments after you completely surrendered with nothing to show for it. This man and his cowardly compatriots sold us all out. He should be removed from leadership and every one of them should be primaried.

I am so fucking angry and so disappointed tonight. What is even the point of a party that is this spineless and stupid? I assume all the Centrist Dem Pundits (TM) are pleased while the rest of America loses their rights, their benefits, and any sense of hope. Honesty fuck every last one of them.

They panic about fertility rates, say families need to be having more children, then they starve the kids and ensure health insurance is impossible to afford. Plus all the other things that would dissuade people from having kids: houses impossible to buy, diminishing middle class, ICE everywhere.

Men will literally destroy the whole world rather than accept women as equals lol

yes. by design.

If you’re looking for a sandwich guy t-shirt to celebrate may I suggest this shop? Lots of Etsy shops selling these are also selling pro-Trump, MAGA gear. This shop doesn’t and has lots of other awesome progressive products. And the service and products we got were excellent.

I see some quibbling about if sandwich guy is really "jury nullification" (we know he's factually guilty and acquit anyway) or actually just a normal acquittal because the government didn't prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Fun thing about jury nullification is that's entirely unknowable.

I need more sleep than most people because everyone else is exhausting and also I am exhausting hope this helps

In light of today’s discourse, a reminder: Women have always worked. The big shift from feminism was women getting access to all types of workplaces with an expectation of equal compensation. When they say they want to kick us out of the workplace, they actually mean they want us to work for free.

The first evopsych article I encountered was something about how our breasts evolved to look like our butts bc men naturally prefer doggy style but women wanted men to looks us in the eyes so if our boobs look like butts they would be willing to gaze at us. How does anyone this is a field of study

We *know* shockingly little about prehistory—we *speculate* about it, in ways that tend to reaffirm our own assumptions and biases, and then these speculations become sage wisdom about human nature, but only to the exact extent that they assert that women evolved to make sandwiches.

Frustrating that I already canceled my NYTimes subscription after some other stupid hack job, so all I can do is write an angry letter and shake my fist at the clouds.

The Murray Rothbard articulation of the conservative movements goal to “undo the twentieth century” is often cited in their attacks on the accomplishments of the New Deal and the Civil Rights Movement, but they very much mean the Second Wave feminists, too.

Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.

Dude Ross Douthat Ruin the @nytimes.com ? Or did he just reveal what a steaming pile of drek it had already become?

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

Mamdani should recognize that his election shows that he is wrong on the issues and should abandon his policies and preferences for a bland Park Slope technocratic corporatism. @nytimes.com tomorrow

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

score one for "the pundits are projecting their own preoccupations onto the electorate"

Unhealthy for who, exactly? For individual users? Bc it’s wildly arrogant to think you can tell every person how best to use social media. For society as a whole? I’d love to see studies showing that fighting randos online is healthy for a society. Or do you just think you’re entitled to attention?

The suggestion that I, a government employee, want retirement tips from Payton Manning is really giving me doubts about our retirement plan. Like honestly wtf.

I really am just working from the basic premise of political science that public opinion isn’t just measurable — you can and should CREATE it.

When you see Mamdani looking all normal doing normal person things—petting bodega cats, riding public transport—you realize just how bizarre and estranged our average candidate for public office is. Rich martians in flesh suits