Double post —

I don't know where you went to school, but I teach in "Flori-duh" (insert your own automatically reactionary joke here) and my students learn the difference because we cover British literature and I teach it to them.

No, it's not just you. I thought the same thing and I got plenty of sleep!

For the life of me I can't figure out why Americans have such a hard time with this.

What if we pay you to take him?

Well, while you're at it then you should probably look at the whole "stop and frisk" think in New York, as well.

People have been peddling that nonsense for about a year now.

Would you prefer the jury ignore the law?

I would like one of the reporters who is endlessly rehashing what we already know about this story to zero in instead on Juror B-37's reference to the fact that, according to her, the jury considered "Stand Your Ground." That was not part of the jury instruction so, for a woman who only used the newspaper to line her…

He does. I read him regularly after a suggestion from a Jezebel commenter. I would love to have seen Zimmerman convicted, but here's what Mr. Coates had to say on the subject, "I think the jury basically got it right. The only real eyewitness to the death of Trayvon Martin was the man who killed him. At no point did…

Um, okay the English may have co-opted rock and roll, but both The Netherlands and Belgium legalized gay marriage before a single US state had done so. Also, England Wales are not the UK.

Of course we can do both things, but only one will result in change.

How was that action "clearly unintentional?" Did your brother's friend take the meth on accident?

Instead of being mad at the jury, five of whom we have absolutely no facts about in regards to their reasoning, we should be angry at ALEC and the NRA and all the other lobbying groups who get very broad self-defense laws enacted (among other awful things.) Vote in an informed way and we can begin to change things,…

Well, no. I think Ms. Alexander was treated very badly by the criminal justice system and should not have been charged as she was, but your facts are wrong. She went to his house when she thought he wouldn't be home and then, when he showed up and acted aggressively (although unarmed), she fired a shot into the…

This map is from the ACLU. It does not include NJ where the state senate tried to restore $7.5 million for Planned Parenthood, but Chris Christie blocked it twice. So, using your logic, there are lots of states on this map where no "self-respecting woman who loves her own body would voluntarily live."

That is true. Florida has a very broad notion of self-defense so the defense did not deem SYG necessary to win. It's also true that Zimmerman is a cowardly little piece of shit.

Yes, I get that. I'm suggesting that it's okay to ignore what is traditionally socially acceptable for women. (And if it's about the joining of two families all well and good, but this article is about women who have planned their weddings and haven't even met the person they are going to marry yet, so...)

So what? I think people who spend thousands of dollars on a party and a dress for a wedding are irresponsible and extravagant, but that's just my opinion so it doesn't mean squat in the big picture of things. We don't get to decide how people perceive all of our actions so it's usually okay not to worry too much…

Why, though? Why shouldn't she be able to throw an "awesome huge party for all her friends and family" for some other equally valid celebratory reason and which would also involve her being the center of attention for something she has done or achieved? I resist the notion that the only time a woman can freely…