We should invent a kind of canceling where the guy goes away

honestly I think I have to give it up for the Edward Gorey animated credits from the original Masterpiece Mystery. in a very real way my entire life as a reader, a writer, and a lesbian has just been chasing the way those playfully spooky beautiful women made me feel as a kid

Populist campism. They define themselves against whatever they see non-denominational "elites" as supporting. What makes them not left is specifically this: their incoherent and inconsistent understanding of who or what makes an elite.

The whole time Elizabeth is fuming, my mind is loudly playing Hit ‘Em up Style by Blu Cantrell, which is not precisely thematically on point, but is revenge-y vibes-wise what I’m feeling.

this is a GREAT question I defer to Jewish Bluesky to cover the first half more knowledgeably than I but as far as the back half, off the top of my head I might say Peter??? pretending he has never met this Jesus guy in his life somehow has “awkward run-in with your side piece’s husband” energy

SFF, we need to talk. I'm not here to rag specifically on Bona, who did the right thing by going public. No, I'm looking at all of you. Or at least, 15 of you. Because this right here? This is buckwild.

HOW COULD JANE AUSTEN DO THIS TO ME, PERSONALLY??? HOW COULD SHE???

I see a lot of "Stop it with the I Told You So!" and not enough "Wow, next time we'll do things different!"

yeah, not all that surprised that a guy who was incapable of taking responsibility for any of his choices or decisions also refuses to take responsibility for this one.

"And this is why we — former mercenaries with Nazi tattoos, a history of edgelord message board postings, various gradations of sexual assault and sex pest accusations — can't have nice things."

I can’t remember the last time I got through a whole commercial break without at least one ad for weight loss medication it’s just so fucking aggressive

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ICE has a habit of stealing people’s jewelry, watches, religious artifacts, cell phones. Blatant theft is far from the worst they do (assault, rape, leaving people to die, etc) This is not an agency that can be reformed. Abolish ICE. Abolish DHS.

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[P] Like Andy Warhol predicted, in the future everyone will have talked to Mitch McConnell on the phone for twenty minutes.

for obvious reasons this is hilarious to me

"His dream is dead" pretty much confirms my belief he didnt run for some civic minded goodness or because he really believed in progressive causes, he just wanted a senate seat. And as such it is absolutely fair to assume that man meant jack shit of what he said his policies were.

Platner's camp wants to vet a replacement if he drops out? After you did such a bang up job vetting the Nazi rapist? Lmaoooo.

I mean it’s very obvious that any new Democratic candidate would be damaged by being seen as the rapist’s choice. But they don’t care about beating Susan Collins; they care about winning a factional fight so he can claim to be a kingmaker and their cheques will clear

this is like the literal opposite of true. the most fruitful eras of the modern democratic party coincided with periods where the walls separating political radicals from the mainstream were way less solid

jaw-droppingly ghoulish to be doing this now when the memory of Virginia Giuffre is so fresh. they have already forgotten she existed. they have already forgotten we JUST saw an example of the absolute worst way this story plays out

I know this is not enforceable but I think anyone who says anything like, "I believe women but I am suspicious that this woman is particular is paid/coming forward for attention" should have to cite examples of multiple women who have made money & success out of accusing high-profile men of rape.

All of this, but also please remember that Laura Ingalls Wilder was edited by her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, who is regarded as one of the three mothers of libertarianism and Ayn Rand's besties, and the books have been shaped to reflect her ideology.

Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

i fell down a deep and winding rabbit hole on the General Hospital wiki to bring you this... ... and it was all so, so worth it type-click-type.ghost.io/john-oliver-...

I also think some of the people who defended Platner, particularly those who framed the allegations against him as a sign of his cool masculinity, are misogynists. Others allowed themselves to be led astray by obvious misogyny. So they should reflect on that

I don’t think people need to be “crucified” for thinking Platner changed or whatever but I do think they should engage in serious self-reflection and humility, such as not referring to themselves as being “crucified”

If the whole planet went to complete solar & wind energy we could stop global warming in 5 years. 5 years,folks. The oil & gas industry would be relegated to machinery only.

they keep banning judith butler from red state universities even as this whole decade has been judith butler's revenge

To return to our realm, Mitch McConnell must defeat Tilly Norwood in deadly combat

JANE AUSTEN: “It was an earnest, steadfast gaze, but she often doubted whether there were much admiration in it, and sometimes it seemed nothing but absence of mind.” ELIZABETH, sweatily: Why does he keep staring at me with that stupid look on his stupid staring face, staring stupidly and facely???

LOL Darcy is embarrassed about this. He seems to have a relationship to Lady Catherine de Bourgh that kinda echoes the relationship Lizzie has to Mrs Bennet, which is cute, narratively.

Somebody: *smiles* Lady Catherine, suddenly emerging from behind a comically narrow decorative vase: IN MY HOUSE??? WHAT IS THIS?

The book says Colonel Fitzwilliam is not hot, but I think the book is wrong.

Darcy has not shown up! Not since the Disaster Party wherein all the Bennets were WILDING OUT! And Elizabeth has somehow exuded thirsty enough vibes that Charlotte’s radar can beep-boop-beep a little tingle in Elizabeth’s spine over him?? I’m SCREAMINgG!!!

Her main hobby is to visit the Collinses and make them do stuff differently. Oh the furniture is wrong. Oh the maids are lazy. Oh your servings of mead are too much. She’s just a nightmare freelance client (I WILL charge extra for repeated editing passes after two rounds).

Lady Catherine de Bourgh is. Um. Particular.

Losing my mind at this Murder, She Wrote promo

Graham Platner embodies a concept that in 2016 we didn’t have words for so “Bernie Bro” made the most sense. It had nothing to do with Bernie but was an attempt to describe a man who outwardly espouses progressive values but hates women more than he cares about anything else.

Ok I figured out who needs to hear this

It’s not just that due process doesn’t apply to political candidates—it’s literally the opposite of the evidentiary standard for political candidates. The burden is entirely on *them* to prove to *us* that they possess the integrity and good sense to hold office.

Speaking as just one guy who sues the government a lot: This basically does not happen. It is a transparent effort to shut down further inquiry by conceding relief. What they are seeking to cover up must be unspeakably bad.

i can all but guarantee you there are other women out there who have been sick to their stomachs for 24 straight hours praying that this will be enough. hoping like hell they won't have to rustle up their own traumas for an angry, hateful audience

what today has taught me is that for many men, a certain amount of abuse of women is always acceptable. sure, there's an amount that isn't, but that's up to them to decide, and if you try to question them, well you're just a crazy fucking bitch aren't you.

just reminding everyone that this form is still open!!!! I did not come up with a $30,000 stretch goal but I am willing to take suggestions from anyone who has purchased either the live or recorded version. I am the CEO and you are now my shareholders. let’s discuss

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is not about the southern border. ICE is about normalizing paramilitary force on our streets. It cannot be reformed. It cannot be retrained. ICE must be abolished.

We can't give people second chances if they don't think they did anything wrong that warrants reflection and growth. That's not a second chance, that's just letting folks be shitheads.

I'm not really worried that the backlash to Platner is going to endanger our ability to give folks second chances, because at no point did that man seem like he earnestly felt he was on his second chance. He made it pretty clear at every turn he thought he was still living large on his first one.

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It's tedious to have to litigate every disclosure of sexual violence against a powerful or hell even not-powerful man in terms of "credibility" and "corroboration," when everyone knows that what's at stake is not whether the specific allegation is true but whether it matters.