I think the point of the article is that well-written, well-rounded female characters like the ones in Firefly are very, very few and far between. However, I think well-written, well-rounded male characters are pretty damn thin on the ground as well—the problem is just even more pronounced for women. We just need…

That was just a brilliant, amazing, wonderful movie, and Buttercup was such a passive, annoying asshole. God, I hated her.

There's a pink commenter named Ann Marie Tomlins [sic] on here who says "I don't use words like "f——- up." It you want to quote me, at least get it right." I'm not sure whether to promote it in case it's just a troll (especially given the different name spelling), but if it really is here, I thought everybody should…

Replying to promote.

My husband's uncle has a farm, and he keeps an entire herd of pygmy goats. Every year, they have a slew of tiny baby pygmy goats. Every year, I have to consciously force myself not to sneak into their pen, stick two or three under my coat, and try to run away with them. They are INSANELY adorable.

You are totally allowed to continue to hate and despise mean, creepy, scary, full-size goats. But pygmy goats—and especially baby pygmy goats—are basically the cutest animals ever on the entire freaking planet.

They completely try to co-opt the term "feminist"—they're trying to make taking reproductive rights away from women is somehow a gain for women's rights in general. That makes no fucking sense, but that's what they're doing. It's like the Right Wing naming every anti-choice group in the world something with the word…

Don't forget that she was also a big supporter of Roman Polanski!

I seriously might have to copy your entire paragraph into Word and just save it for pasting whenever one of my crazy relatives posts something hateful on Facebook. That is just perfectly worded and awesome.

Apparently, Frothy Lube hasn't heard that old quip about "He who forgets his own history..." something something doomed something something repeat it yada yada yada. Oh well, I'm sure it wasn't that important anyway.

Y'all are famous!

I think the reason minimum wage laws and child labor laws don't apply is because the girls aren't actually employees of Marc Jacobs et al.; they're basically freelance, so they can apparently work as many hours for as little money as they want. Which is total fucking bullshit and should be illegal.

If that were true, then Sleeping Beauty's pink dress would have been perfect for a green background with watermelon-flavored candy.

You and me both. My kid is a Girl Scout, and the idea of her trying to stop someone in a speeding car from stealing a couple of hundred bucks from their booth makes me want to vomit with fear.

I thought she was just lip syncing at first, but if you skip to after about the 2-minute mark, it becomes much more obvious that it's her singing.

Who is Meg? I can only think of the annoying one from Little Women and the awesome one from A Wrinkle in Time.

I've thought that myself—I have no idea if it's actually true, but I do think that it's part of where the stereotype comes from.

@Doit2Julia! explained it perfectly, but I thought you might be curious about why fried chicken is also associated with African Americans. I've always heard it is because fried chicken stays safe to eat much longer than chicken cooked other ways, so field slaves could make it in the morning and carry it with them in…

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I've only been skiing a few times, all when I was not much older than this kid, and my entire memory of it is throwing myself flat on my face as hard as possible over and over and over to prevent flying down the mountain (read: bunny hill) at what felt like light speed and rampaging over other skiiers.