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"Cheers" helped make designated drivers mainstream and "Will & Grace" changed hearts on marriage equality. Can TV do the same for paid family leave?
An effort to show more caregiving on TV has one goal: Influence Congress to pass paid leave
'Cheers' made designated drivers mainstream and 'Will & Grace' changed hearts on marriage equality. Can TV do the same for paid family leave?
19thnews.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Cheers" helped make designated drivers mainstream and "Will & Grace" changed hearts on marriage equality. Can TV do the same for paid family leave?
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paperback is superior to hardcover and it should be the default choice for first print runs
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
paperback is superior to hardcover and it should be the default choice for first print runs
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In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
U.S. measles cases continue to climb, with outbreaks across the country
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number.
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I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels
Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive
www.thetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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two things:
(a) I am really proud of this piece!!! And it is FREE! Lil sneak peek attached! Etc.
(b) Formal announcement coming next week but check the boilerplate at the bottom of the newsletter for some fun personal news from me :)
(a) I am really proud of this piece!!! And it is FREE! Lil sneak peek attached! Etc.
(b) Formal announcement coming next week but check the boilerplate at the bottom of the newsletter for some fun personal news from me :)
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
two things:
(a) I am really proud of this piece!!! And it is FREE! Lil sneak peek attached! Etc.
(b) Formal announcement coming next week but check the boilerplate at the bottom of the newsletter for some fun personal news from me :)
(a) I am really proud of this piece!!! And it is FREE! Lil sneak peek attached! Etc.
(b) Formal announcement coming next week but check the boilerplate at the bottom of the newsletter for some fun personal news from me :)
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In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on seed art, Fargo, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the state of Minnesota episodes.ghost.io/minnesota-st...
Need for seed: a quest for the real Minnesota at the state fair
The pop-culture depiction of the state is only sort of right, writes Lily Osler.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on seed art, Fargo, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the state of Minnesota episodes.ghost.io/minnesota-st...
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If you've experienced domestic violence or supported DV survivors, you'll recognize the walking on eggshells dynamic.
SSHHHH be quiet, make yourself small, don't anger them so they don't lash out again or further...
SSHHHH be quiet, make yourself small, don't anger them so they don't lash out again or further...
September 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you've experienced domestic violence or supported DV survivors, you'll recognize the walking on eggshells dynamic.
SSHHHH be quiet, make yourself small, don't anger them so they don't lash out again or further...
SSHHHH be quiet, make yourself small, don't anger them so they don't lash out again or further...
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According to the spooky tribunal, August 30th is Frankenstein Day...which is a great occasion to celebrate Mary Shelley, who not only wrote essentially the first ever science fiction novel, but also was a boss goth icon who kept her husband's calcified heart after he died. We walk in Mary's shadow.
August 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
According to the spooky tribunal, August 30th is Frankenstein Day...which is a great occasion to celebrate Mary Shelley, who not only wrote essentially the first ever science fiction novel, but also was a boss goth icon who kept her husband's calcified heart after he died. We walk in Mary's shadow.
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I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.
Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.
Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.
Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
August 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.
Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.
Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.
Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
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They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
How James Gunn's comments about "basic human kindness" triggered a predictable right-wing media meltdown.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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We hate women and children in general, but especially poor women and children. We want the idea of them, never the reality.
Why are folks mad at the working mom with kids on Medicaid and SNAP rather than companies like Walmart that refuse to pay her a living wage and provide health insurance?
July 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We hate women and children in general, but especially poor women and children. We want the idea of them, never the reality.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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You guys think the protests as a performance for television and that's actually not what they are. They are a local show of force. They are physical resistance to a physical presence that Angelenos want the fuck out of our city.
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You guys think the protests as a performance for television and that's actually not what they are. They are a local show of force. They are physical resistance to a physical presence that Angelenos want the fuck out of our city.
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My latest piece for @damemagazine.bsky.social! There’s no more life left in “it can’t happen here,” but the administration sending troops is actually setting up a huge risk for itself. They’re expecting compliance and want a quick victory; the reality is that this can easily blow up in their face.
We Aren’t Headed Toward Authoritarianism. We’re Here - Dame Magazine
On Saturday evening, Donald Trump announced that he was deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. He did so using a rarely used law that allows the pr...
www.damemagazine.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My latest piece for @damemagazine.bsky.social! There’s no more life left in “it can’t happen here,” but the administration sending troops is actually setting up a huge risk for itself. They’re expecting compliance and want a quick victory; the reality is that this can easily blow up in their face.
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the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to Campuses—Not Student Protestors
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
www.teenvogue.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the US government is so hostile to immigrants and Palestine activism that they’re snatching students off campuses and deporting them—while radicalized white men like FSU shooter Phoenix Ikner, the son of a cop who used her gun, espouse Nazi ideology and ridicule protesters before killing.
my latest
my latest
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This is important. Food banks can bulk buy, and stretch that money further than you can. They also know what they actually need. Money is better!
I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank.
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
April 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is important. Food banks can bulk buy, and stretch that money further than you can. They also know what they actually need. Money is better!
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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3.4 million Illinoisans are covered by Medicaid.
These are working parents, seniors, and people with disabilities — these are our friends and neighbors.
And just like Jessi shared her story today as a home care aide, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans need to hear from you.
These are working parents, seniors, and people with disabilities — these are our friends and neighbors.
And just like Jessi shared her story today as a home care aide, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans need to hear from you.
March 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
3.4 million Illinoisans are covered by Medicaid.
These are working parents, seniors, and people with disabilities — these are our friends and neighbors.
And just like Jessi shared her story today as a home care aide, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans need to hear from you.
These are working parents, seniors, and people with disabilities — these are our friends and neighbors.
And just like Jessi shared her story today as a home care aide, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans need to hear from you.
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In two years these fuckers are going to run on "look how bad Trump is!" and start begging for money. But the thing is, if he's that bad then they should do something about it now.
March 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In two years these fuckers are going to run on "look how bad Trump is!" and start begging for money. But the thing is, if he's that bad then they should do something about it now.
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The clip from night time is sending me 😂
January 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The clip from night time is sending me 😂
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I wrote a thing about Angel! it is full of spoilers! I made myself very mad!
I hope y'all will read this one -- I worked very hard on it and I'm super proud of how it came out.
I hope y'all will read this one -- I worked very hard on it and I'm super proud of how it came out.
25 years later, @readingtheend.bsky.social still loves "Angel"--but we need to acknowledge the series' deeply troubling insistence that sex can't be meaningful or important unless it's hurting people. Let's discuss...
reactormag.com/i-finally-fi...
reactormag.com/i-finally-fi...
I Finally Figured Out the Problem: Angel Hates Sex - Reactor
I truly love this show... but 25 years later, something finally clicked.
reactormag.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I wrote a thing about Angel! it is full of spoilers! I made myself very mad!
I hope y'all will read this one -- I worked very hard on it and I'm super proud of how it came out.
I hope y'all will read this one -- I worked very hard on it and I'm super proud of how it came out.