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Author and philosopher bell hooks does a review of “Paris is Burning” where she talks about how drag culture is extremely misogynistic. It’s very eye-opening and has contributed toward my mixed feelings about drag culture.

My mom asks the same thing. She always says “I don’t want you to settle with [a man] just to regret not marrying [a woman] later” or vice versa. Then I ask her “do you regret marrying dad? Don’t you wish you could have picked a different man” and she goes no and I go “it’s the same… Read More

I get confused when I hear people pronounce “Jacqueline” (my cousin’s name) as “Jack-lynn.” She eventually caved and just told people to call her “Jackie.”

I mean usually I’d agree with you but the quiz did say “AP US history quiz” so I’m not sure what you were expecting from this....?

Trans-exclusive radical feminist. It’s 2021 now and to truly dismantle the patriarchy, the feminist movement needs to intersect with other groups (LGBTQ+, BLM and other anti-racist groups, anti-classism, pro-immigrants, etc.). It sounds crazy, but you can’t advocate freedom for women… Read More

A lot of American history is very Eurocentric. I teach college level American history 1867-present and even then the textbooks are still very heavily written from a white upper-class perspective. I always make sure to include supplemental lectures and readings from the Atlantic Passage,… Read More

Hmm how does this work? At Cold Stone we used to have a tip jar at the register. The early shift worker would empty it out the tip jar when we swapped hands at 5pm, and then the two afternoon shifters would split the jar after closing. I never recalled seeing a tip jar at my local… Read More

#Scammys

All white Americans are descendants of European immigrants, so it’s not far fetched to have a Swedish or Scottish or German or English actor play a white “American” character. What IS far fetched is having a Scottish or American or Danish actor play a character meant to be born and… Read More

I’m willing to give Teddy a chance. I LOVED her and Cristina as the dream cardio goddess team that they are (I think it was like seasons 6-7?). I HATED her upon her return, I believed for a moment that the writers had forgotten how much of a beloved character she had been in the… Read More