Chris Hayes tells Terry Gross about having people pay attention to his appearance once he started appearing on television
You start noticing that people are noticing how you look and it is a profoundly alienating experience when it first happens, where you go on TV and you say something about some topic of the day and on the Internet people are like, ‘What was up with that shirt?’ ‘What was up with your hair?’ and you think, ‘Oh, that’s kind of a bummer.’ I think, actually, as a man it was a really useful, tiny sliver — a tiny, empathetic window — into what navigating the world as a woman often is, in which looks are so fore-grounded and so scrutinized and so discussed.
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working on cover letters
my life right now.
Bahahaha
I wrote two cover letters today. This is perfect.
Not surprising. The only Senators who voted against reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act were 22 Republicans. All men. This is their picture and these are their names: Tim Scott (R SC),Mike Lee (R UT), Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, Mike Lee (R - UT), Ron Johnson (R - WI), Mitch McConnell, Mike Johanns (R NE), Ted Cruz (R Texas), Orrin Hatch, Jim Risch (R ID), Jim Inhofe (R OK), Tom Coburn, Tom Cobun (R OK), John Thune (R SD), Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts (R KS), Jeff Sessions (R AL), John Boozman, John Cornyn (R - TX), Chuck Grassley, John Barrasso and Michael Enzi (R - WY).
They All Look the Same! A Hill reporter’s guide to D.C.’s most indistinguishable politicians by Marin Cogan
Favorite thing I’ve read all day.
Congratulations to the Baltimore Ravens for winning the Super Bowl! Now, can someone tell me where Baltimore is?
The answer is Maryland, by the way.
You’re fucking with me, right?
Charlie just made a joke in the Oval Office. That’s how bad of an idea this is.
(Source: havelogicwilltravel)