annebranigin
Anne Branigin
annebranigin
Staff writer, The Root.

With all due respect, I don’t think it’s fair to call it hyperbole, especially given the data we have about the trans community: the attempted suicide rate is at least 40% (according to the Williams Institute, if you want to look it up), the trans murder rate is also concerning considering how very small the community

I wouldn’t take too much comfort if this list doesn’t reflect certain regions as much as others. As another commenter mentioned, places with some degree of religious/ethnic diversity will experience these crimes because there’s more opportunity for those clashes to happen (to put it a bit more crudely, you can’t

Oh man, thanks for sharing this.

Kendall had a dreeaaaaaaam

Fret not, my dear. We found the YouTube version. Be-effing-hold.

I mean, next time send a card maybe?

Update: It might have been me after all. Color me embarrassed. Also an update: It’s been fixed!

Tried to keep state histories and program histories separate, ‘cus it feels fair but also because whew, racist state histories are long and depressing.

Sweetest thing anyone’s ever said about me, tbh.

An earlier commenter mentioned the Strom Thurmond rec center (where you can get your segregationist on while you’re waiting for the treadmill? idk), so yes, we’re going to have to revise.

I’m glad you raised this, because it’s something I actually thought about. I *tried* to keep it to program-centered tea (and yeah, mascots) because then, even if it is a joke, you’re dinging teams simply for being from certain areas, which felt unfair—even for a facetious-ass article. The exception was Gonzaga which,

That’s actually a really good point, though it looks like it’s their rec center (not much better). The team could certainly practice there, in which case, that’s worth a review (even for a completely tongue-in-cheek article).

You right. Five Kaeps for you.

As a former UNCW Seahawk, I would never describe Carolina blue as “teal!” That may have been added in edits, in which case, thanks for flagging that!

In my book, that makes him a woke evangelist.

Oh lord, woking-off sounds dirty! Honestly, as a sports fan, these are kind of depressing—sports as a whole, and definitely college sports, are not terribly woke (I was lowkey pulling for the Ducks!). HOWEVER, the NBA playoffs are coming up, which apart from having really fantastic games and match-ups, have a lot of