Louisiana State University is a public institution, so yes, the First Amendment applies to it. If she taught at Tulane, she would be fucked.

Actually, we call those people “classroom-and-parking lot” people. But unless they are adjuncts rushing between three different campuses, we give them the stink eye.

If she worked with the earlier Doctors in one of her earlier incarnations (as Mels?), you might be able to finesse it — but then you wouldn't get Alex Kingston.

I had not realized True Blood had left a recap-shaped hole in my heart till I read this.

And for god’s sake, not “Greek-style.”

Old School: “A Boy and His Dog.” It is hard to explain exactly why this is a terrible date movie without spoiling its punch line, so just trust me: If your guy says he loves this, run for the fucking hills.

despite what’s widely regarded as a massive dropoff in quality from Justice.

In context, I assumed she was talking about things like that time Portia de Rossi, Courtney Thorne Smith and Calista Flockhart (!) were pressured by the runners of their TV show to lose weight. Even though all of those women are naturally slender and fine-looking.

Vin Diesel and The Rock would be the best Hollywood parents ever!

I just want to remind all those “God is very sad today” types that the United Church of Christ — which is one of the original American churches that can trace its lineage to the Puritans — has sued North Carolina for violating its Christian liberty to marry gay people. Suck on the First Amendment, Scalia.

Quality education just leads to messiness like public participation in democracy. We can’t have that.

Chris Christie strikes me as the kind of politician who is going to be too busy lining his pockets and bullying other people to have energy left over for policing my uterus. I guess that makes him my favorite Republican candidate by default.

Yeah, I look forward to seeing OP swim 100 meters in under 30 seconds, pole vault over 15 feet and run a marathon in under 2:15.

“Jittery-pokery” predates Scalia; use it with a clear conscience.

Not that a toy company based in Malibu should be expected to know this, but the 1978 Marin County Fair was in San Rafael, not San Anselmo. San Anselmo is too tiny to host anything bigger than a farmers market.

Holy fuck! I knew about the Zoot Suit Riots, but this is the first I've heard of the Mexican Repatriation Program. Thank you!

For me, it tells the story but it doesn't have much visual or emotional impact. I don't think this will turn out to be a photo for the ages.

He’s a Slumpy Slumperton!

My kid’s elementary school had the “no spaghetti straps” rule. The concept of “slut-shaming” was not widely recognized, so I had to really struggle with how to explain it sensibly to her. I ultimately failed, because there IS no logic behind this rule.

That is oversimplifying the findings of that study, which also points out that young women (18-24) are disproportionally the target of some particularly severe forms of online abuse, like stalking, and that almost half of those polled thought the online gaming community was more welcoming to men than women. And if you…