I was in my early 20s (1990s) I walked away from the values of my midwestern Democratic upbringing to embrace the SBC and the GOP. My grandmother was still alive and questioned me about this and warned me that Republicans had always been liars. I wish she had not died before I woke up to the truth.
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I was in my early 20s (1990s) I walked away from the values of my midwestern Democratic upbringing to embrace the SBC and the GOP. My grandmother was still alive and questioned me about this and warned me that Republicans had always been liars. I wish she had not died before I woke up to the truth.
Actually, change wait to wake. "GOP wake" sounds good to me.
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Actually, change wait to wake. "GOP wake" sounds good to me.
I knew a lot of parents who did not vaccinate their kids. I'm just glad I didn't get that brainwashed, though I did get too spooked by my social group to have my kids get the HPV vaccine, I deeply regret that now of course.
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I knew a lot of parents who did not vaccinate their kids. I'm just glad I didn't get that brainwashed, though I did get too spooked by my social group to have my kids get the HPV vaccine, I deeply regret that now of course.
This was my lived experience as well.. When we were conservatives, specifically evangelicals, we made all decisions based on fear. Our church preached fear.. We homeschooled out of fear. We voted out of fear. I'm sure there are other reasons to vote for the GOP (greed, for example) but fear works!
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This was my lived experience as well.. When we were conservatives, specifically evangelicals, we made all decisions based on fear. Our church preached fear.. We homeschooled out of fear. We voted out of fear. I'm sure there are other reasons to vote for the GOP (greed, for example) but fear works!
Day old biscuits in my hubs family too. The cheapest canned biscuits to be exact, not the flaky kind..same principle applies to making dumplings, cheap biscuits are the secret ingredient there too.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Day old biscuits in my hubs family too. The cheapest canned biscuits to be exact, not the flaky kind..same principle applies to making dumplings, cheap biscuits are the secret ingredient there too.
In my husbands family there is no recipe. They just make it. They carry the recipe in their brains. My husband has yet to pass it on to any of our kids. I'm going to remind him today that he is an old man and better pick a kid or two to pass that knowledge to. He is the last one alive who make it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In my husbands family there is no recipe. They just make it. They carry the recipe in their brains. My husband has yet to pass it on to any of our kids. I'm going to remind him today that he is an old man and better pick a kid or two to pass that knowledge to. He is the last one alive who make it.
When I joined a TN family after being raised by a Midwestern mama, there were many cultural things I thought they did wrong. Cornbread dressing, fried okra, sweet tea were the things they did right. Sweet potato pie in place of the pumpkin pie God decreed at the first Thanksgiving, was a travesty.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
When I joined a TN family after being raised by a Midwestern mama, there were many cultural things I thought they did wrong. Cornbread dressing, fried okra, sweet tea were the things they did right. Sweet potato pie in place of the pumpkin pie God decreed at the first Thanksgiving, was a travesty.
You think Emptywheel is a bot? Are you new to social media? You really don't know who she is? Or are you the bot?
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
You think Emptywheel is a bot? Are you new to social media? You really don't know who she is? Or are you the bot?
I'm not sure I can be convinced to fly in Mr Duffy's skies, but if I do I'm wearing pjs and slippers. And I'm a person who DOES or at least DID try to dress nice when I fly. But not anymore!!!
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I'm not sure I can be convinced to fly in Mr Duffy's skies, but if I do I'm wearing pjs and slippers. And I'm a person who DOES or at least DID try to dress nice when I fly. But not anymore!!!
This works for old people too. I was 59 when I left all meta products. Now I'm 60 and so much better off without it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This works for old people too. I was 59 when I left all meta products. Now I'm 60 and so much better off without it.
My husband was pretty dang happy by bedtime. We managed to get disembarked from our cruise and race from New Orleans back home to TN to make it in time for kickoff!!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My husband was pretty dang happy by bedtime. We managed to get disembarked from our cruise and race from New Orleans back home to TN to make it in time for kickoff!!!
My dude, wth? I just got off a cruise and I have no clue! I never even used my "free NCL internet minutes". Now I have to catch up.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My dude, wth? I just got off a cruise and I have no clue! I never even used my "free NCL internet minutes". Now I have to catch up.
This is the answer. Do it for democracy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is the answer. Do it for democracy.
That sounds unrealistically optimistic. Decade(S).
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
That sounds unrealistically optimistic. Decade(S).
I'm stunned. I just knew Lucy was going to hold the football for Charlie Brown this time dagnabbit.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I'm stunned. I just knew Lucy was going to hold the football for Charlie Brown this time dagnabbit.
👀 WT..actual F?
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
👀 WT..actual F?
Yes please. Kick those crusty cowards to the curb. They do not understand us any better than the GOP does.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Yes please. Kick those crusty cowards to the curb. They do not understand us any better than the GOP does.
Trust me, rural Tennesseans see him as an agent of God. I live here and keep count of the Trump signs in my county. Maga is still strong here. I hope district 7 is smarter than my district.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trust me, rural Tennesseans see him as an agent of God. I live here and keep count of the Trump signs in my county. Maga is still strong here. I hope district 7 is smarter than my district.
Yes. If Newsom flips Texas it will be amazing.
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Yes. If Newsom flips Texas it will be amazing.
Most Tennessee voters just can't vote Dem. It's like voting for the literal devil in their eyes. TN is unlikely to be the state that saves democracy. I'd be so happy to be wrong about this.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Most Tennessee voters just can't vote Dem. It's like voting for the literal devil in their eyes. TN is unlikely to be the state that saves democracy. I'd be so happy to be wrong about this.
Only if the voters choose it. I can sit here in the next district over and hope, but folks in that district need to get up and do the right thing.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Only if the voters choose it. I can sit here in the next district over and hope, but folks in that district need to get up and do the right thing.