We are undoubtedly going to get a lot of people making false equivalencies between male circumcision and FGM. I am not in favor of circumcision by any means, but they are radically different procedures and it helps no one to treat them as equally damaging. They are not. FGM is basically the equivalent of removing both…

What the fuck? No. That is like saying if woman A slept with woman B who was trans but before she had transitioned in any way, or even publicly identified that way, then woman A has slept with a woman even though at that time woman B was biologically and publicly identifying as a man. Circumcision done to you as a…

“We cannot dismiss the agency of these women in their compliance with their cultural practices.”

Thank you for running this! (I sent you an email about it earlier).

Both men and women perpetuate elements of the patriarchy which directly harm them. 

Wow. A woman doctor... in the US... in 2017.

This woman is evil. She knows the surgery is wrong but is just fine with maiming girls in the name of ... money? Whatever, she is a horrid human being.

You forgot blacks!

I’m all for paying the way of anyone who wants to go to Syria and try to set up a new Levantine crusader kingdom, provided they agree to renounce their US citizenship so they can’t come back.

Pretty sure that’s the joke.

Driving with a revoked/suspended license is a big deal. You’re getting arrested for it.

Well dammit, when you’re lying handcuffed, face down on the ground and the cop tells you to get down and surrender, you’d better do that otherwise you get the beating you deserve.

It’s so weird to me how cops just started doing stuff like this since cell phones with video cameras became so common place. You’d think they would have been up to these same shenanigans before, but the outcomes of so many internal investigations into such reports made it clear that witnesses and alleged victims were…

Seriously. Intuit is one of the most customer un-friendly companies out there. They buy up great software/services and make them crap. Every accountant I know hates them with a passion.

Came here to say that with different link

I don’t see why anyone would want to model themselves on Intuit in any way. Their products are barely adequate and their customer service and support makes United Airlines look good.

Yes, Planet Money covered http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=521132960, and you can see more on it here https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-fought-free-simple-tax-filing

This is what I was here to say. I don’t care how he works until he stops trying to keep taxes complicated (and expensive) for millions of people.

Brad Smith and Intuit works by lobbying endlessly to prevent Americans from being able to file tax returns for nothing! Talk about a fluffing interview.