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Dodai Stewart
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Editor in Chief, Splinter

Yup, this is the least surprising news of the day. I want to come up with something witty or clever, but I’m on the verge of a rage blackout, so: fuck Trump, fuck McConnell, fuck Cornyn, and triple-fuck the GOP. Read more

Dodai is back! Things are looking up around here!
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i feel like this guy is going to murder me and use my eyes for ping pong balls

In Trolls there are two groups of characters. One are the Trolls who are bright and happy, and love to sing and a bunch of crap. The others, the Bergens, are dark and gloomy and can only be happy when they are eating the happy trolls. Read more

You can call the police department and ask that more resources be put towards the case. Read more

all we are asking for is for sage to be brought home,we need closure. i really dont think that’s to much to ask for. sage loving grandma.
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I”am so hurt and i’m also crying, does anyone understand how we feel anytime we hear that they have found a body, what that does to all of us that has someone missing. like that truck they found in that war-mart parking lot, with those people in it. you are wondering could your loved one be one of them. that is my Read more

I didn’t know Sage very well at all (and never knew her before she came out) but we went to high school together. She was so, so friendly. She once caught me singing in the hallway at school and complimented me; after that, every time she saw me she would say hi and announce to her friends, “That’s the girl who can Read more

It is very scary how eager ICE was to just deport whomever. Read more

Then there are the facts that Sage is trans and had moved within the queer community. In official police documents, the person the police are looking for has always been “Dashad Laquinn Smith,” Sage’s birth name. Sometimes “Sage Smith” is added in quotes or referred to as an alias. Mooney and Stayments have said they Read more

Any way you look at this case it was mishandled. Thanks to that the family can’t even get closure by knowing, without a doubt, whether Sage is alive or dead. I can’t imagine how painful this is. Read more

I don’t know what to say, only that this is heartbreaking. I live two hours from UVA and I’d never heard of this woman til now. That’s unforgivable and thoroughly depressing. Read more

How can I support the efforts to bring closure to this family? Is there a place to donate or write? Read more

Let’s do this! Excited to get splinters in my fingers every day in the comments :) Read more

just wanna say: Dodai! Looking sharp in your Editor-in-Chief pic. <3 Read more

I’m looking forward to reading your content. The silver lining to the current presidency is a renewed interest in politics and social issues. No more complacency. Read more