Lily Salter's Blog, page 1065
July 2, 2015
The oceans are in serious trouble, and there’s only one way to save them
Rapid, sustained emissions cuts are the last best hope for the world's marine ecosystems
Woman behind “relentlessly gay” fundraiser seems to have been scamming everyone
The homophobic letter that helped a Baltimore woman raise tens of thousands of dollars might not have been real
This despicable “O’Reilly Factor” segment exposes the fundamental ugliness of the right-wing worldview
In a sneering & self-righteous segment earlier this week, an O'Reilly producer accosted homeless people in NYC
Jim Carrey’s reckless campaign angers parents of autistic boy: He is “misrepresenting my son’s image by attaching it to his anti-vax rant”
The actor draws criticism from the family of a boy whose photo he tweeted without permission
North Carolina beaches hit with 7th shark attack in 3 weeks
"We're still looking for a pattern"
June 28, 2015
My teenage wasteland: The kid from “Kids” who took my naivete and trampled it with sex
I was a slutty virgin with white-girl problems. Justin was the lost boy who couldn't save me -- or himself
I happily took antidepressants during my pregnancy
The worst thing for a baby is a depressed mother. So why are pregnant women shamed for even considering meds?
Meet the South’s biggest idiot: “I feel very much like the Jews must have felt in the very beginning of the Nazi Germany takeover”
A pro-Confederate flag rally in Alabama is the worst of the worst
Secrets of “Virgin Nation”: True Love Waits, Silver Ring Thing, and the real story of how evangelicals linked purity to America’s salvation
The amazing live performances and films that have talked generations of teens into waiting for marriage
Amy Schumer fires back on Twitter: “You can call it a ‘blind spot for racism’ or ‘lazy’ but you’d be wrong. It is a joke and it is funny.”
The comic jumps into the P.C. wars after a Guardian writer criticizes her edgier material on race
