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IDK I thought the “sweeping reform candidate with ACTUAL FUCKING STEP-BY-STEP PLANS” was a pretty great niche but what do I know
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Agreed. Aside, how lovely is Grace? I heard her on the Dear Prudence podcast a while back and was thoroughly charmed once I heard she was British. That's a relationship I'm rooting for, big time. Read more

He also referenced but didn't explain the estrangement in his newsletter around Thanksgiving. I was sad to hear it then, and am even sadder about it now that I know what happened. I’ve spent a non-zero amount of time worrying about him, as an internet stranger who has long wished him well from afar. His sister has a… Read more

Yes me too, now it all makes sense and yikes I don’t blame him. Read more

Same. I’ve been such a long time fan of his work and generosity ... This is just an extraordinary extension of that in the most personal and devastating sense. Read more

Damn. I just listened to the latest Dear Prudence podcast and was wondering wtf happened that Danny was suddenly estranged from his whole family right before his wedding. Obviously the rest of his family has taken the father’s side‽ ugh Read more

Ugh, why can’t victims of sexual assault just talk about sexual assault at a time that’s more convenient for me as a person who’s never experienced it, such as never? Why must I be forced to consider the humanity of others? When will this nightmare end for me?
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Agreed, and definitely check out the Guardian article linked above because it’s also excellent. My jaw literally dropped several times while reading it.
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Co-signed, I came here to say this specifically. Read more

This was a very good read. Thank you, Kelly. Read more

thank you Kelly for this piece! i saw the initial tweets during the holidays about RWA, then the mainstream outlets started posting explainers of what was really going down behind the scenes, and it’s just...fascinating to get a look into an org/world I’ve never really considered, I guess
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I usually don’t have time to read the Kotaku features, so I fully expected to browse the first couple of paragraphs and move on. Read more

The one where a victim grabs a kitchen knife and expertly removes his gonads. Read more

As a privileged white male, my preference would also be not to have a penis in my face. Others may disagree. Read more

I’m looking forward to the photo-real remake of Inside Out, which will just be talking chunks of human brain.
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Without black support, right now, Joe Biden wouldn’t be the front-running candidate. Period. Though thank god the debate has changed the trajectory of the race. Biden’s not going to be the nominee; I feel pretty comfortable in saying that right now.
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“Any old white man” Read more

Nah, fuck terfs. Anti-trans hate is anti-trans hate no matter what mask you put on when you do it. Read more

How is this even remotely relevant? They have the same arguments as every anti-trans bigot. The conservative men that are anti-trans will also claim they are doing it to protect women and children. They have the same motivating politics, which is that they hate trans people. Read more