Don’t beat the algorithm, bludgeon it. Don’t please the algorithm, or beg the algorithm, or agree to suck off the algorithm. AI will work with it so well. AI will great good content, content that pleases the algorithm. Confuse the algorithm, succeed despite the algorithm, get eyes and attention to…

I was a teen fan of Marilyn Manson, and the abuse was the appeal. — Why do people continue to support abusive men? We see celebrities tell us who they are, over and over, in their own novels and lyrics, and yet, they still have supporters. I’ve seen people claim that these men are hiding in plain sight, but nobody wants to see it. It’s…

I was surprised, too! — Hi, vacationing older white couple. Look, sorry for visibly snorting when your wife said, “Why didn’t he stop that girl?” Because I’ve been stopped and followed and questioned…so many times. …

I thought they’d finally perfect heterosexual, penetrative sex and show us all what went wrong. I thought it would be beautiful, synchronized, like watching an old couple dancing with one another. I thought they would know each other’s bodies in a holy, miraculous way. I envisioned a kind of electric…

Pro-lifers, I’ve noticed, like to talk about what they would do in hypothetical situations, but don’t like to discuss the actual realities of children being forced to give birth to other children, or medical complications, or the reality that not everyone even wants kids. Whenever you try to talk about…

*Sound of glass shattering* — There is a hilarious, viral video on TikTok showing a conversation between a single man and a married man on “roles” within a marriage. The single man asks why women don’t want to cook and clean anymore. The married man…who has been with his wife for 20 years…has this to…

You blamed us, so we changed. What’s the problem? — I’ve heard it over and over. Don’t like being treated like trash? Well, pick better men. You know what? Not bad advice. If your standards are not met, don’t date him. Instead of begging and imploring someone to change, or trying to mold an immature man into doing dishes sometimes…

An oncology nurse confirms what I’ve seen in my life — When you’re a woman who wants to be single, someone will inevitably bring up sickness. Who will take care of you when you’re sick? Well, the answer is…your husband might just leave you anyway. I have long seen this in my own life, and suspected it. …

Meta’s BlenderBot doesn’t seem to describe Latinas any other way. — BlenderBot is an AI chatbot put out by Meta, parent company of Facebook. As someone who spent their teen years talking to AIM’s SmarterChild, I was curious. I talked to BlenderBot about how I was not on the debate team in high school, then I decided to see how the…