Alexis Deise

They want us malnourished: weak, tired, and distracted. This makes us easier to manipulate, overpower, and control.

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

Best moms too -- but also a lot of late nights at work, more than I do as a lawyer-mom!

Tell him architects literally invented a term for pulling consecutive all-nighters and sleeping in the office way back in the 19th century: "charette."

Yep. I was a law clerk in D.MD when the 4th was the "Old 4th" and it's still a little jolt to my brain when I remember it isn't any more.

Law of the Jungle.

Best cheap date ever!

He invited me to help him pick out a tie at (the original, RIP) Century 21 and then we walked up to the West Village and got snacks at Balducci's (RIP) and sat on a bench in Father Demo square to watch the pigeons.

yup mine stayed in the living room this morning as I was MAKING BREAKFAST in the kitchen and I nearly called the emergency vet LOL

Everyone missed lacrosse! <3

I wish I could get my middle schoolers to pass the ball 1/10th this many times

Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

Wow. It is so moving how you can see the emotion she is feeling as she steps into that sacred space. And the fact that it looks like any dresser and any structure you might see in a house today... such a powerful reminder of how recent this "history" is as we seemingly careen towards repeating it.

One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.

I love the concept of Parental Help coming from the best equipped to provide it regardless of age and relationship! Gonna be adopting this as Parent and helpee!

YES. PLL has always had a great graphics game (run by humans) and the AI slop is a HUGE turnoff for this fan.

Yes, this makes it easier! I believe most of my New England GenX peers have distinct memories of sledding and snowball fights all day, but I suspect we also spent many hours planted in front of inappropriate daytime tv as well.

Yep - you're in Survival Mode days. It gets better. Mine are teens but in Those Days we certainly resorted to "games" like "take every pillow in the house and make a giant wrestling arena out of the living room."

Widely varies. Note that if you are able to set aside your feelings of guilt/ anxiety when they spend 90% of the day on a screen and 10% or less engaging in the "snowday fun activities" you fondly remember from your own screenless childhood, it comes a lot sooner.

Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day

Yup

I have a similar problem. I've tried many different types of music and one that works well, though not always, is Gregorian chant. There is also electronic(?) music thats designed for focus that helps me sometimes. Maybe there’s a type of music that would work for you?

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

This was me in my 20s and 30s. In my 50s it is amazing. Change in brain chemistry maybe? Increased DGAF that comes with age?

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

In addition to being an incredible book -- the performance of this audiobook was one of the best I have ever heard. PERFECTION.

Bring back DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince because "Parents Just Don't Understand" is a classic and a banger and I feel like a middle-aged version would be an immediate worldwide hit.

His very existence is dual and thus a trenchant commentary on the duality of man.