I know, right? It's just SO despicable there are no words.

Yes, there is reference to two of them (if you read the LocalLeaks) now being in college on scholarships.

I think there is a reading comprehension fail here. She said "I hate that THESE sociopaths are at colleges on scholarships." Where do you read all college athletes are sociopaths?

This was amazingly well-said and spot on. Thank you. Rape culture plus this new parental ethos wherein the child is never wrong (articulated well in the attached photo) both need to be changed from the inside out. How I don't really know, but your third paragraph starts to get at some of it.

This is so horrifying, sickening and, frankly, soul-crushing I have no words, just so many questions. Where are the good kids to stand up for what's right in the moment? And where are the parents in all this? What kind of people raise kids to become these monsters? [I know it's not all the parents' fault, but…

Great piece, but I am confused, what does "she passed on the car" mean? She elected NOT to get the new car? For what reason? Did she get the equivalent in other stuff? Hard to think so from your list of what she walked out with.

I don't think it's just black rom coms. Rom coms in general have really disappeared. There are usually a handful of egregious ones like that Gerard Butler/Jessica Biel travesty, but chick flicks have gone the raunchy way of Bridesmaids. I haz a sad.

INDEED.

AMEN. Nicely said. I was bottle fed and turned out just fine (healthy as a horse, with a few academic degrees of repute under my belt); my best friend finally opted not to breast feed after two months because her schedule and her husband's made formula a much more sanity-preserving choice, allowed him bonding time…

So basically everyone in Iceland has the same experience as I in 6th grade when there were 5 Jennifers in a class of 30? On the upside, makes you harder to Google when dating...

"But the result is that women who are unable to breastfeed, due to extreme pain or the inability to produce enough milk, feel like failures who aren't able to provide "the best" for their newborns."

Wow, the article above almost destroyed me... this just finished me off. Crying at my desk. Thank you for sharing.

Dude, I merely went to a Holocaust memorial in London and completely lost my shit, sobbing from display/image 1. I couldn't even imagine touring Auschwitz, and yet I want to in order to "bear witness" in some limited way.

Ah, so you are a one of the Nice Guys too, with all the attendant grammatical issues. I say so because you so quickly elided the thought "do not date [read: fuck]" with "could (sic) care less about that guys (sic) well being (sic)." You too are saying, if we women don't want your penis inside us, we ergo have no use…

I feel the same way, conflicted about her, because sometimes she is very likeable and other times waaaay too twee. Now, the twee thing wouldn't be an issue but occasionally it crosses the line into "oh, you big strong man, I couldn't possibly open this can, but you with your giant, giant muscles, can you do it for…

What you see as sell-out, I see as remarkable business acumen, setting a trend and then following it where it leads her. You may see her as hollow marketing but the fact remains- she writes her own music! How many artists can say that? You don't have to like the content (apparently the drugs and sex stuff of Rihanna…

Agreed. Also, crushing on someone is not exactly something only teenagers do. I don't see how one can criticize a girl who is writing all her own music, controlling her own image, has her fingers in all her business decisions and is a multi-millionaire because of it. She's a far better role model than someone like…

As I said in the comments of the Gawker post on this, I can relate, as I needed an IV for fluid replenishment afterwards. I seriously want someone to turn a camera on everyone's faces watching this movie. The ugly cries would be everywhere! 100+ people who all look like the little girls with stuck faces in One Crazy…

Reminds me of an old Oprah episode I saw (I was not an Oprah watcher, so this must have been flu-related) where she highlighted Random Acts of Kindness. The one that stuck with me is someone paying for the 5 cars behind him at the toll booth. Although with EZ Pass that's not something I could do. Now, randomly paying…

Huh. I don't agree at all. She started writing this music as a precocious 16 year old, and built an empire. That can retard social progress. I don't find anything cynical about her at all. Seriously, check out the 60 Minutes profile - it might change your mind. In re: Rihanna, that "crazy sexual free drug persona" is…