Might sound weird, but I think thousands of kids at elite universities from immense privilege risking their (earned or unearned) status for the lives of people they will never meet is breathtakingly beautiful

Listen to this episode of the Dear Prudence podcast. I've followed Bassey Ikpi and her work for a million years and it was so good to talk to her and get her help with some hard letters: slate.com/podcasts/dear-…

Just a reminder that Slate gives funny, insightful, & thoughtful advice on just about anything you could imagine—nothing too tame or wild for our eyes (and venting through a letter can be very therapeutic 😌): slate.com/human-interest…

lol you can just see people frantically going through their list of potential little talking points seeing where they can get a 'culture war' gotcha. next up: 'sincere question: if the students enjoy free speech why can't I say the n-word? hmm?'

journalists please be patient we are utterly swamped and overwhelmed right now😭😭if you want a quote from me it’s to focus on why we’re here in the first place: 310 executed Palestinians were just found in Nasser Hospital. if you’re writing about us w/o mentioning this, don’t.

When I say this story floored me, I mean it *floored* me. This is a level of courage and resistance almost beyond my imagination.
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Today in The Nation we have a piece by Lujayn, a 14-year-old girl in Gaza, that has floored me every time I've read it. It's about what happened when an Israeli bulldozer came to destroy the house she was staying in, and you must, must, must read it. thenation.com/article/world/…

The level of passive aggression and feigned indifference here, from the always insufferable John McWhorter, is nonpareil. To coin a phrase, unconcern trolling

Practicing what I’d say in various hypothetical situations.

TED Talks are corporate spoken word.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked if the government hoped homeless people would simply “kill themselves.” slate.trib.al/AUPsM4v

'Actively calling for more police contributes to feelings of unsafety. And those feelings of unsafety are contributing to more police. So we’re seeing a feedback loop.'

My Q&A with two brilliant Columbia U student journalists is now live on Slate:
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why publish any quotes from a Palestinian Columbia student whose family has died in Gaza when you can simply say she spoke “at length and with nuance.”

Let's unpack all the weird, sloppy arguments in the Washington Post editorial board's latest, which begs the Supreme Court to allow cities to criminalize homelessness again ballsandstrikes.org/newsletter/gra…

showing this man stomp the yard and telling him its a documentary about khamas

When things look super dark the universe always gives us a little tidbit to laugh about. 'Bizarre silent dance' and the comments on another recent video that I won't RT because I don't want to be accused of being mean have had me in tears

I was just going to say something the other day about how it seems like I'm the only one who likes Express clothes. I mean I really like almost everything they sell! And nobody ever mentions them.

Maybe I can stock up on my not-quite-stylish solid colored basics on sale now?

'I can see therapy on Tuesday suiting an anxious mindset, someone who wants to get ahead of the week to come.' ✋🏽 Are you in my calendar/brain, heather schwedel? I want to get it over with but Mondays are too overwhelming

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