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I Believe… [Keeping the Tip]
Jun 16, 2025
Don Hall
I Believe… [Keeping the Tip]
Jun 16, 2025
Don Hall

...that if being a prostitute is just ‘sex work’ then why is it awkward if your manager at the local Starbucks offers you a raise for a blow job? It’s just work, right? “I’ll have a Chai Latte and a rim job. I’ll keep the tip.”

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Jun 16, 2025
Don Hall

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I Like to Watch | Oscars 95
Don Hall, I Like to Watch Don Hall 3/14/23 Don Hall, I Like to Watch Don Hall 3/14/23

I Like to Watch | Oscars 95

What was different this time was I didn’t really care who won. For there to be a winner, there likewise must then be losers. Otherwise the prize has no meaning or value.

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I Believe... [Legitimate Political Discourse, My Ass]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/14/22 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 2/14/22

I Believe... [Legitimate Political Discourse, My Ass]

...that justifying disruptive protests, riots, and looting as ‘legitimate political discourse’ cuts both ways and is horseshit regardless of which side claims it.

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I Believe… [Irrelevant Academy]
Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/26/21 Don Hall, I Believe... Don Hall 4/26/21

I Believe… [Irrelevant Academy]

...that while my interest in the Oscars has dwindled over the years I can’t recall ever having so much indifference to them than I do the year of lecture-y depression and social justice movies.

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If Non-Binary is the Goal, Why Fight So Hard for Binary Labels?
Don Hall Don Hall 6/16/20 Don Hall Don Hall 6/16/20

If Non-Binary is the Goal, Why Fight So Hard for Binary Labels?

What confuses me is the insistence, after so successfully arguing against binary labels, that TransWomen are Women and TransMen are Men. If non-binary is the goal, why fight so hard to keep these binary labels?

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No, Roxanne Gay, Diversity and Quality Are Not Synonymous
Don Hall Don Hall 1/18/20 Don Hall Don Hall 1/18/20

No, Roxanne Gay, Diversity and Quality Are Not Synonymous

A dish with lots of ingredients is not de facto better than a dish with few ingredients. A painting with more colors is not automatically better than one with fewer. And art with multiple cultural influences and perspectives is not better than art with a more singular approach.

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Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 24, 2019
David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 3/1/19 David Himmel, Post-It Wall Notes David Himmel 3/1/19

Notes from the Post-it Wall | Week of February 24, 2019

Personalities can be awful when there’s more than one in a room.

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