Charlie Jane Anders's saved articles

I’m not sure about the math and can’t provide references, but there is a point to this:

No, no...I’m reliably assured it was Hillary’s fault for being shrill. Read more

Talk about your “activist judges”.  Once again, the right tells on itself with ever accusation it makes.
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Republican justices are just making policy on their own at this point. Read more

Trump picked some ignorant, sons of bitches to have a life long job F’n up other peoples lives. Read more

“just ignore it and it’ll pass over time” Read more

It’s not really “looking for reasons” when Rowling has very publicly made those statements…but this is all spoken like someone who probably has never had to deal with comments like these directed and them. Must be nice.  Read more

People aren’t “looking for reasons” to be angry. People are rightfully angry over transphobia, and this game is based on the franchise created by one of the world’s most visible transphobes. And fuuuuuuuuuck you and your stance of “ignore it and it’ll go away”. That’s not how social change works. The trans community… Read more

YOU MEAN LIKE GODDAMN G.L.O.W.??? Read more

In case you were wondering if Dave Chappelle has gone full asshole, yeah, he’s apparently willing to pull all his investments out of a town if poor people move there. Read more

His comment on so-called “cancel culture” was fucking disgusting. The term was created by people (mostly white men) who were used to fucking over marginalized people without them being able to speak up to defend themselves because the repercussions would be swift and harsh. He’s not a woman, and he’s not Black. What… Read more

In one, the woman “who can see all possible futures” dates “the man who can see the one and only foreordained future.”’ Read more

The gag is, this is moral cowardice disguised as the last brave stand. DC is a multimillionaire living in a society with people who mostly agree with him. There is nothing risky about showcasing transphobia in a transphobic society. This is not honesty. It is just cruelty. Trans people should not have to be subjected… Read more

I spent a decade assuring college students starting my classes terrified of books that I gave even less of a shit about the symbolism of the color green than they did.  Read more

The purpose of English classes in primary and secondary school is to teach students to read texts and use language in order to critically evaluate the myriad sources of information with which they are presented each day. Read more

I’m actually feeling hopeful Read more

NV is pretty much a sure thing at this point, AZ is extremely unlikely to flip back (which is why some networks called it so early), PA is on track to flip blue by 6PM today, Biden is on pace to barely squeak out a win in GA (like, possibly under 2000 votes), and AFAIK the margin in WI is like 20x greater than the… Read more

AAAAAA! Charlie! We miss you ‘round these parts!
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This is adorable and I just got entirely too teary for a short film with stop motion dinosaur toys <3.
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What is it with living in prolonged luxury and decadence from wealth that it gradually turns you into a monster? Read more