Category: Politics
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My Very, Very Guilty Confession of When I Enabled Harassment
Trigger warning for harassment. (Obviously.) This Kavanaugh hearing … I’ve been ready to throw a brick through a window for days. But in addition the anger, I keep feeling guilt. Because one time one of my friends got sexually harassed and I handled it all wrong. You know what I did? I stayed friendly with…
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#MeToo — My Totally Ordinary No-Big-Deal Sexual Assault
During my sexual assault, I had a few minutes to think about how I wanted things to go. Sure, there was the distraction of the guy’s tongue in my mouth and his body pressing me against the wall … and the fact that one of his hands was on one of my boobs … but knowing…
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My Trump-Supporting Friends Want Me to Stop Screaming at Them
I’ve spent the last few days doing an inordinate amount of screaming on Facebook. I have some friends who voted for Trump who have had it with me. They’re tired of getting yelled at. The fact that they haven’t just unfriended my loud mouth is a testament to how reluctant they are to just throw…
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All is Well in Trump’s America and Other Lies We’ve Been Told
Let’s just take a moment to recap as we close out week two of Donald Trump’s presidency. Lies we’ve been told: 1. Crowd size – despite photographs that we all view with our own eyes that show the truth 2. Voter fraud – despite ZERO evidence 3. A video of supposed intelligence…
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I am going to be mad for a while
I first heard the yowl at 9:37 PM last night . “MOTHERFUCKERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!” It was coming out of my own mouth. I was surprised at how loud it was. As I walked into the kitchen, I pictured hurling my wine glass at the brick fireplace. Gawd, that would’ve felt so good. The election was fucking me…
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The very personal reason I’m voting for Hillary Clinton
You guys … I am a farking sorcerer. I can predict the future. For example, I can tell you exactly what’s going to happen after I post this blog. I’m going to get pummeled with arguments from various people who are going to tell me that Hillary/Killary is a crook and should be in jail. (Hello, cousin…