No, no, no. Don't be fooled by the Met's ticket price shenanigans.

The Met tells you that admission is $25, and they'll charge you as quickly as they can.

But that figure is merely a suggestion. You can pay as much or as little as you like.

So I'm going to go to this Gala, put down a clean fiver ($5), and walk right…

This is all I know: When I see Miley attempt to "twerk," I'm embarrassed and uncomfortable and I want her to put on some goddamn pants, already. When I see videos like the one above, or from Big Freedia's shows, I'm absolutely flabbergasted and impressed. I want to give those ladies a high five. The physicality of…

Perhaps it is not just about shaking your ass to them. It may be about black women being allowed to have some sort of pride in our (sometimes) big butts and what they can do. This is maybe about thumbing their noses at the conventional idea of what 'proper' womanhood looks like.

Because people think choosing their choice is all there is to empowerment.

you arent the only one. I feel like im taking crazy pills..can some explain to me how it's about girl power when i can compose several arguments that it's actually the opposite? serious question.

I'm not really sure how shaking your ass is girl power?

Yes!

This is what should have happened on Sunday.

I don't think I'm alone when I say: I will not read another Doug Barry article until he addresses what he said in a tone that indicates he knows it is wrong to mock a rape victim. To do it in the first place is questionable. To do it in a feminist space is obscene.

To do it…

Thank you for writing this, Erin. I was really appalled by Doug's post, and if I'm entirely honest, I think he should be the one to write a post in apology.

Ok, that's good - I'm glad you got sources and addressed this issue, because it's an important one that is quite contentious.

I really appreciate that you wrote this. I hope there was some kind of conversation with Doug and the author of the Gawker article about their pieces. For a website that spends a lot of (important) time speaking against victim blaming, it really was atrocious and disheartening that a piece mocking someone for…

In case anyone ever needed evidence that the patriarchy hurts everyone, here you go.

I was waiting on a chance to speak with someone at RAINN (which didn't happen until this afternoon). While ideally the turnaround time would be quicker we both needed to find time in our schedules to talk. I didn't want to write about this without talking to them.

Well this took long enough.

God, these people would have their minds blown to meet my family. Two parents living in Montana (in a town with a population around 500) raised 5 daughters, did not send a single one to private school, no Ivy Leaguers in the bunch, grew up living hand-t0-mouth, and somehow, everybody is healthy, happy and living…

That posture! That hand between her legs! I don't clutch my pearls often, but when I do, I hold on for dear life.

Miley. Matt.

Really? You're going to go the 'hot lesbian action' route?

Engagement Chicken even *once* trumps 300 sammiches. Did you not get the memo?