At Religion Dispatches, I wrote about scholars who are attempting to change the default of nonconsensual pregnancy tests in emergency rooms. It's never been a good idea, but post Dobbs it's really dangerous. religiondispatches.org/nonconsensua...

"Heated Rivalry is HBO Max’s top-rated live-action acquisition ever." You're damn straight it is. Good romance book adaptations will bring an audience. We clearly already have free time, what with all the reading.

"Both actors signed on for three seasons of Heated Rivalry; Crave has already greenlit season two." Omg omg omg 3 seasons would mean long game gets split across 2 maybe? With episodes devoted to other books?

"Reid tells me her publisher has 'printed almost half a million copies of the Game Changer series in the last month. They still can’t meet demand.'" They could certainly try harder

That monologue was a work of art. An absolute work of art

I love my gay hockey romance 😭😭😭😭😭

Casey Bloys is a real one

"And fans of the books—there are six titles in all—started sharing tips on how to pirate Canadian TV." Allegedly true story

Conservatives don't misunderstand the culture, they live within a manufactured culture bubble. It's curated for them, a safe space. They have conservative talk radio, conservative sports stations, conservative movie studios, conservative actors and singers, conservative companies and restaurants.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

I'd like to think the four times I saw SINNERS in theaters helped pay for this so you're welcome, Ryan Van Denmark and co.

A few years ago there was a woman who posted something along the lines of “so I went on a date with a guy and he just sent me a wheel of cheese???” I think expecting everyone to go wow what a weirdo but instead everyone was like “u should marry the cheese man”

That paper was objectively a 0% level effort regardless of the topic. Disgusting result. It didn't even really catch on in the media like they'd hoped, but the TA is still gone.

I used to think these people don't understand art/movies/etc but it's broader than that. They don't understand culture, not even their own. Perhaps that's why they end up with politics with little consistent ideology, just reactionary grievance and whatever this is. Santa's not even an American!

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

idk who to talk to about 'stop putting talentless people who only care about enriching themselves in charge of everything' does anyone know

Boy I sure am glad we persecuted the shit out of trans people in the name of protecting the sanctity of women’s restrooms

Charlie Kirk on Nicki Minaj

Juno puts out a lot of good writing for free and needs support to keep doing it 🫡

I don't think people realize how big a deal Interlochen is in the classical music world for kids. Premier place in the country to spend the summer if you are a band kid. For $25k Epstein was allowed to use it to recruit victims. This scandal touches so many parts of society.

“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”

A reminder that CBS is owned by Paramount. Paramount’s CEO is David Ellison. David’s father Larry Ellison is the third-richest person on Earth and a major Trump donor.

This video is so real. She spoke about mental breakdown she had in her 40's and many jobs she had. She said she had been "many different people". In her own words.🙏🏾👑💐 youtu.be/YE9yMFyQQ3w?...

If you call a Black person a slur in any context, I hope they knock the mario coins outta you. At the absolute minimum.

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

Ruby Bridges is only 71.

Someone needs to keep a list of all the buildings and departments that now carry Trump's name, all the agencies that have been gutted, all the regulations trampled, so it can be restored. The entire nation deserves restorative justice.

I really, really hope that someone is keeping track of all the laws, policies, and protections that are being set on fire so when this all finally ends--and it will!--we can restore what was destroyed and perhaps even improve on what was there.

Also, getting rid of disparate impact was in Project 2025 because the white Christian nationalist authors hate equality. www.americanprogress.org/article/proj...

Getting rid of this disparate impact potentially opens the gate for "neutral" hiring and admissions procedures that are designed to discriminate. Which is why the segregationists running the Trump "justice department" are getting rid of the rule. theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...

The Supreme Court eventually ruled that doing this violated the Civil Rights act, especially if the adopted test or rule had no legitimate function. If it did have a legit function, it could stand. Racists hated this, because it meant they couldn't hide discrimination in procedural rules easily.

Following the Civil Rights Act, lots of organizations thought they could evade enforcement my creating pre-textual rules to continue excluding Black folks. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.

🤩 Erin has DONE it again!:

I just saw a drug commercial where the side effect warning said, I swear to god, if your anus starts swelling call your doctor immediately because your legs might fall off.

Bari Weiss was put in charge to kill the kind of vital accountability reporting that 60 Minutes has long specialized in. She is anathema to the journalistic mission.

Okay, but like why are the supposed manosphere people also catty little bitches? You can't be a hypertough alpha *and* a gossip queen. Who gives a shit about fake nails? You're the fucking vice president, why are you talking like Regina George?

Passing homophobic legislature with one hand, saying cunty things about a woman’s nails with the other

It’s unreal how bad this guy sucks

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Christianity absolutely requires you to welcome immigrants. No exceptions. No “if they follow the law.” No “if they contribute economically.” No exceptions. Welcome them. Treat them as a citizen. Love them.

Everyone in the federal government and the media only has one job and it's frantically running around and trying to hide evidence of the president's many crimes. They are so tired and all they want is for him to at least pause the crimes for a minute but he keeps on doing new ones

I promise he didn't JUST become this person.

In a similar vein, signal boosting for a friend.

If 50 people can spare $20, we can help my friend meet her goal by 11/14!✨️❤️Sharing is free🙌🏾

Ok, I will be getting backpay, thank fuck. When? Who the fuck knows. Not the govt, that’s for sure. I was able to work out delaying going into default with my mortgage so I have a few more weeks. Right now, $500 will keep lights, internet, rx, & maybe some food.

FRED: You know who really fuckin sucks? My uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge. FRED'S WIFE: Oh man, fuck that guy, I hope his dick falls into a mud puddle. SCROOGE: This is what they say about me when I'm out of sight? GHOST OF XMAS PAST: Well... FRED: We can totally see you. Get out my house.

She is the company she keeps. Sure, there's always some chance, but it is not helpful to cling to that when she actively chooses harm every, single day. Too many are willing to give her a pass as if she lacks agency. As if she is any less dangerous than her husband. Watch out.

Americans need to be more aware of the deep rooted conservatism, racism, classism, casteism and model minority complexes of the Indian diaspora, especially the Hindu Indian diaspora. An uncle once told me "count yourself lucky we count as White"