Guys, we’ve done it. We are all alive following the first presidential debate of the 2016 election season, and it was as terrifying and soul-draining as could be expected. All of the puke-inducing yet predictable factors were there, the man-shaped word vomitorium known as Donald Trump managed to insult Rosie O’Donell right before the end of the […]
Out of all the “whoa, what? huh?” things Democratic and Republican nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump said during the debate tonight, both candidates’ comments on race and the police came under additional scrutiny. Given the terrifying state of police brutality right now and for entirely too long before that, anything either candidate said was bound to carry more […]
Now that the apocalypse has arrived, I want white feminists to lean in. We need to have a chat. See, yesterday I peeped you all celebrating your white suffragette faves. Stanning for Susan B. Anthony and whatnot. Leaving flowers on her grave, being all cute trying to bow down to your sisters who paved the […]
Understandably, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, who will be speaking at the Democratic convention Wednesday, wasn’t exactly the top pick of young progressives hoping to see Elizabeth Warren or some person of color on Hillary Clinton’s ticket. Aside from his unexciting old-white-man-ness, legitimate criticisms of him exist, like the sizable political donations he’s received from banks […]
On Monday, Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential somewhat-hopeful Bernie Sanders returned to the Senate just to vote in favor of what he called “no-brainer” gun control measures. Naturally, the Republican-dominated Senate knocked these gun control votes down, but hearing about Sanders back in Congress was refreshing. After all, Sanders has a long history of doing some […]
After a months-long contentious battle with Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton became the undeniable presumptive Democratic nominee after big victories in Tuesday’s primaries. Sanders was hoping a boost from California would keep him in the race, but Clinton won the state with 56 percent of the vote, according to The New York Times. As loyal Sanders supporters mourn […]
Regardless of where you stand in relation to Hillary’s policies, it takes willful ignorance to deny both the blatant and subliminal sexism pervasive in many of the smear campaigns against her. Whether it’s calling her Shrillary, the mostly harmless but largely tired Bernie vs. Hillary memes, or the straight up name calling from both GOP […]
