Fuck that. This was the best thing that ever happened to this kid, and he was in no way ‘damaged’ to the point of 15 million dollars.

Yup I have no apologies for how I respond to unwanted touching.

they make me wish I could sprout adamantium spikes out of my shoulder blades, like Wolverine...

oh jeebus the unwanted shoulder rub...who amongst us hath not received one of those (shiver shiver hurk)?

Hemsworth the Lesser.

I became a big Charlie Jane fan from IO9. She blows my mind. The writing is smart and funny - she’s everything I look for in an author.

I don’t mean to diminish your sense of loss (and perhaps betrayal?) but Gawker Media (and Jezebel) have had a track record of pretty gross, cynical behaviour (the rape gifs, that Jez article where they posted screenshots of a rape in progress, the Conde Nast thing, the Lena Dunham thing, things going back years) that…

You win for Best Comeback.

Me too. :(

I agree that axing Kitchenette seems like a poor business decision, but it also seems clear that Gawker isn’t necessarily interested in serving its audience. It’s interested in selling makeup. And period panties, apparently.

Boo on her being a bigot but boo on the arrest over her postings. Jesus, what kind of fascist act is that? For once, I like how they do it here in the US when it comes to people like her; bad mouth her on the internet and boycott her place until she goes bankrupt. No one should be arrested for posts like this. Shamed?…

Again - you’re lacking historical context. It doesn’t matter what kind of values you instill in your children when the system is set up in such a way that makes it difficult to turn those values into actions. The law that said you could legally rape your wife in Canada wasn’t changed until 1983. So what kind of…

All I have to pull from is my goat brethren.

My goodness. Miley sure is shaking up my square, conformist mindset. Has anyone seen my envelopes? Because I think they’ve all been pushed.

Emotional expectations for men are created by men. Emotional expectations for women are also created by men. Feminists are working on this, but if you want to see change, women aren’t the people you need to snark at.

It’s important to note that Daesh is a loose acronym but also a play on words in Arabic -an insulting term that originated amongst Syrians. The group calling itself the Islamic State hates that term. Furthermore, using ‘Daesh’ undermines the aspirations of the terrorist group to be recognized as a caliphate and state.…

“..she collapsed on the sidewalk, where she was licked by a dog being walked by a man who didn’t stop to help.” Really???? Come on, people. We’ve gotta do better than this.

He’s what Frodo would look like if he left The Shire and moved to L.A.

I’m a bit short on optimism when these look like their ultimate goals and not the dystopias they are.

That mansplaining stuff seems built in. My little dude has been trying it on ever since he could speak. I shut him down EVERY SINGLE TIME, but it doesn’t seem to make a dent. He is almost 13 and a typical conversation goes like this: