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Unfortunately, a lot of porn is about the fantasy of a female sexual partner who needs to be compelled or coerced to a certain degree. I think that's also the appeal of deep fakes; the idea that the person is not a willing participant is part of the enjoyment.

Thanks for talking about this in a kind, present way while still doing the necessary analysis. I was nervous about listening to more discussion of such an awful event, but you handled it right.

I am an English as a foreign language teacher and I was like, "I must show my students this master class on negative adverbial inversion." 😍

Does anyone truly like this guy, even in his own party? Anyway, thanks to this article, I realized you had a newsletter and subscribed. Better late than never! 😅

Mean to trans people, very nice to cops, murderous towards the homeless. 🤷

I experienced a high degree of Barbaro-cringe while listening to this.

AHHHHHHH I can't believe this exists, I'm so excited!!!

Portfolio — Joanna Barnum

My girl Joanna! She can really handle any type of content, but she is particularly great at nature stuff (plants, trees, animals, etc.). Her work is also weird and experimental in a way that makes it distinct from other illustrators. www.joannabarnum.com/portfolio

Thank you so much for this glorious rain of new books! 2025 needs all the help it can get.

I am still debating on whether I should explain this to my husband or not.

I, a leftist, was just trying to explain this to my husband, a normie. Like, this is not in our collective wheelhouse.

Sure, I was more thinking about how it's easy to point out big interventions (like the coup) without taking into account what interference came before or after.

*cries in Chilean Spanish*

I am only qualified to answer the last question, to which I say "because they are good AF."

As an English as a foreign language teacher in Chile, I can say that we have plenty of Trump fans but everyone is still changing their vacation and study abroad plans.

Putting on a little outfit and eating a pastry to fend off the horror.

The only sane and humane position left to take.

I think I came at your writing from the opposite direction, because I heard you talk shit about the US constitution on a podcast once, and was like, this guy has some fucking standards, I will read all his columns now.

It was really good and I was glad to hear someone spell it out. I sometimes wonder if the frantic decoding comes from the hope of finally finding that one piece of evidence to convince people to see the nazis as nazis. But people can hate the abstract concept of nazis while loving nazi policies. :/

Like, this is not a socialist or particularly well-run country. Why couldn't this have been the model the US promoted?

I live in Chile, a country with an extremely robust vaccination program that had like 97% of the population fully vaccinated (for free) really early on. I still haven't caught COVID and the boosters are no longer suggested for non-vulnerable groups because the rates are so low, even in the winter.

I was really into hook-up culture back in the day and there were plenty of guys who had a shot with me but managed to ruin it by saying or doing something creepy. I don't think men actually need to become feminists to get laid, they just need to be good candidates for a hook-up. That can be taught!

A far-right influencer is getting invitations to travel with Trump Cabinet members Jack Posobiec, a prominent influencer, has a long history of promoting antisemitic and white supremacist content. He traveled to Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week.

Well, Jack Posobiec seems to have fit right into the Trump admin orbit, at least. www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n...

I can't believe they went so far back and only found out that he is incredibly morally consistent and has shockingly great takes on everything. Like, is this a double reverse backflip that is supposed to make me think he is too good to be true?

(This is my way of saying thank you for doing this extremely important reporting)

I listened to this episode earlier today and despite being A Person Who Is Already So Mad at Everything, I will now make it a priority to tell everyone I know about these safety issues. As a parent to a sweet little toddler, the lack of carseats issue James mentioned nearly made me have a meltdown.

As someone born and raised in Washington State, "Ooh! A duck!" tracks.

There are very few things in life that aren't improved by that soundtrack playing in the background.

This article says it all. My little son just got his 18-month vaccinations yesterday--something that was easy and uncontroversial, because I live in Chile and not the US. I'm so grateful for the medical technology (and the social consciousness) that allows me to protect my baby against harm.

I find it oddly freeing. I think to myself, "I can't possibly feel guilty for doing absolutely nothing in this moment," which is its own type of mental health issue, I suppose. 🙃