Today is a national holiday in Portugal. These are the photos of President raising the flag and the official ceremonies. Portugal has 770 Covid cases per 100k; the USA has 2235. Notice any differences to #RoseGardenMassacre?
YES Kate Neuman: "As the MeToo movement threatens to uproot the patriarchal assumption of women as objects, we need to recognize that women’s self-denial is connected to the mentality that allows men to believe that our desire is their prerogative." https://t.co/OhorkYrTSn
@lindsaycrouse in @NYTimes “Kieffer’s story also proves that we can achieve far more when we value all women’s bodies less for how they look, and more for what they can do.” https://t.co/ViLq5S8WwX
"So I stopped drinking, cold turkey, and I started to feel better... There was just one problem: Seemingly every first date happens over drinks" https://t.co/vbudd8gAne
@danydanybutbuts this is reminding me I need to read the Nagoski book that has been chilling in my Kindle for a few years now. And no, we didn't talk about any of those things, but I'm sure they are also fascinating, I'll look into them
This morning, I read the woe-is-me #JianGhomeshi essay in NYRB. I couldn’t imagine anything more narcissistic and oblivious, but then I read the #JohnHockenberry piece in Harper’s. Holy Fuck.
@DirectFirpo Hi fellow abstinent SFer! I would love to research it while I’m there. As for the waves, I’ll only be chasing the small ones that the surf instructor can push me into 🏄♀️
Next month I will have been sober for ten years. I am abstinent. I did not get sober in AA. This has been my path. But there are many, and we need to talk about and support them all.
Spread the word: most people with opioid addiction actually recover, it just doesn't always look like what you think, my latest https://t.co/D20a7JwS1t
Thank you @tinder for all the interesting people I’ve met over the years and @TheCut for publishing this. Who is your most recent fascinating “sociological” date? https://t.co/boVoPRPp20