Shakespere also spelled his name two dozen different ways. The idea of correct grammar is to improve clarity, not to impose some arbitrary rules on people. As our knowledge advances, so do our tools to utilize that knowledge. The Newtonian model was good enough for mathematicians for many years, so why change it?…

Understandable, I think the reasoning for this is less a grammatical one and more an issue of personhood. By having pronouns it is equalizing. They are as much a "person" in the language as any male of female when it comes to language. It's more a gesture than anything else but it's one of those kinds of gestures…

These pronouns are not exclusively for 'transgendered people'. They are specifically gender-neutral, in fact. They are for everyone who feels that gendered pronouns are outdated and irrelevant.

The girlfriend did this to be malicious, right? She could have contacted his family if she simply no longer wanted to care for the dog.

If you never get married, you are missing out. But then, people who get married are also missing out on being alone. Everyone is always "missing out". No one experiences everything. Lives are variable. THANK GOD.

She is partially right, you know. Over 80% of college students receive some kind of federal aid. (Source: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/disp…) This means that the government directly pays your $50,000+ yearly tuition and the schools that gobble it up keep raising the price, because they know they'll always get paid. If…

Oh, I totally saw that on the original story. Such bullshit, indeed! On the other hand, KFC launches an investigation and despite of the outcome, pledged $30,000 to the little girl's medical bills. Come on, Jet Blue.

Okay, as a PR person, this has been an interesting week with interesting stories (albeit horrible human decisions. I just want to clarify I don't delight in 3-year-olds getting the shitty end of the stick.) JetBlue fucked this one up, and KFC just nailed it. If you're going to issue an apology, try using a word that…

This whole thead is hittingway too hard home for me.

yesyesyesyesyes. Yes. "'i've never seen myself as someone who's been sexually assaulted, but, in retrospect, I have, repeatedly" Yes. Where does that feeling of "just laugh it off, he'll stop in a minute" come from when we're being held down on the floor? Why?

The thing about "old women" is that you will be one. It's a fate avoidable only through death. And all the shitty stuff you've said or will say about middle-aged women will then be applicable to you—especially to you because you will have spent your youth convincing yourself that middle aged is "old." It will be a…

My god. Thank you for sharing your story. And thank you for being honest about the pressure to have a so-called thick skin when it comes to degrading, sexist, and sometimes violent behavior. We've been taught for so long to just take it. All of it.

it's so much worse now that i can see it!

I know I shouldn't judge, but it just slays me how many people who spout off about traditional family values have families that are pretty non-traditional. Old Newt being exhibit A in that group.

There's always the possibility that undergarments were constructed inside the garment. As tight as it is, the back probably zips and she could step into it.

You can always tell a Milford man.

Well if anything, divorce seems to have given Newt Gingrich even more authority to speak about things that he completely fails to understand.

Ugh at shitty restaurant workers. Ugh at what must be shitty dog owners allowing the attack to happen. (also some Ugh at putting "pitbulls" in the title—I read about so many other dog bites/attacks and when it's a golden retriever, lab, or any other non pit breed, that fact is NEVER headline worthy).

You are right. All animals over 6 pounds should be banned.

I'm an accountant in real life.