exactly, he said he would stand up for family values, not value his family.

Dunno yet. Academic publishing takes a LONG TIME, but the article will likely be ready at the end of the summer or early fall. I will probably submit it to a journal looking at sociology and gender (Gender & Society). I'll present on the research and arguments at the Society for the Study of Social Problems…

I'm writing an article now on the "feminist letter wars" (Sinead O'Connor and Amanda Palmer's open letters to Miley) and how they illustrate troubling trends in contemporary feminism—either "Feminism means whatever I want" or "Feminism means exploitation!" Take that in context with the righteous critique to the…

He'll put them in his closet and never wear them once, until his significant other says "OMG why do you have so many dresses? You should get rid of some of these." And then they will fight for 45 minutes. And then he will tell his friend Becky about the fight and she will go "yeah, but if you get rid of them, you…

This girls head just exploded

I guess you would be in a perfect place to sing "Hasa Diga Eebouwai".

Related. I NEED JOHN CHO AND KAL PENN TO HOST SNL.

Jokes can be racist, though, in the same way jokes can be sexist. "It was a joke" or "the person who said it is a satirist/comedian" isn't, and shouldn't be, a get out of jail free for anything offensive you say or do card.

Reading this I very much felt like someone was calling my asshole brother an asshole. Only I'm allowed to do that.

FUCKING PEONIES. I am currently in the final stretch and WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME PEONIES COST MORE THAN MY EYEBALLS. Um. Sorry.

Another one:

My Mum did everything in the exact opposite way to most - she only took a few weeks off after having us, went back to work full time, had a full time nanny and expressed milk as well as breastfeeding, and kept working full time until I was six. She then went part time (and was senior enough and with enough established…

First, props for covering how stupid this issue is.

Erin, I forever love you for this line in your article.

Who could sleep at a time like this?? I'll never forget where I was during the Butt Hack of '14.

I thought of her immediately when I read the Slate piece. I think that we need people like KillerMartinis and Katrina Gilbert, who are smart and kind and relatable to many who might otherwise be inclined to turn their backs a bit on the working poor or at least think of them as the Other, to speak up about these…

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Any news story relating to Pringles is being actively avoided right now.

This could be a win-win. We ship all of our worst specimens to North Korea, so that Kim Jong Un can deal with them. This also distracts him from terrorizing his own citizens and makes him happy (and less homicidal) because it validates his belief in his own cultural superiority. Step Three, I'm still working out,…