"We know that for years we donated funds, shamelessly appropriated rainbow branding for the month of June, and gave away countless branded T-shirts at pride parades, but now, we think it’s best that we go our separate ways."
"Everyone put down their objects, your infernal orange slices. Everyone come and look into my eyes — one by one, look into my eyes. After I make you cry we will scrub these cow bones and we will weep and sing. This is all I can offer you."
"Why can’t Trump keep his bloodsport / ego strokefest in the coliseum where it belongs? This whole ordeal is really giving mad kings a bad name."
"I am eager to bring my expertise and lack of self-worth to this criminally underpaid position for which I am overqualified."
PRETEND: “We’re craving narratives about race, identity, and intersectionality.”
ACTUAL: “But can you whitewash it for the book-club crowd? If your Black protagonist scares a Target shopper, cut it. Bonus points if you mention Paris or Italy.”
"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."
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