I mean, even if all white people’s families (my own included) didn’t have money to own slaves, I would argue that all white people benefit from institutions that were made possible by the existence of slavery as a major force in our economy up until the late 19th century—same as we benefit from labor practices that…

My brother used matte black on his ‘70 Chevy Caprice, in part because he couldn’t afford to do a shinier coat and the matte is apparently more forgiving. I think that on a classic car, it can be a good look.

I see somebody else is a linguist ‘round these parts. Cheers. :D

I have been loving that C15 serum. I’ve got this fair, sensitive, hormonal-acne prone skin that shows post-inflammatory redness like crazy, ugh. I started using tretinoin to deal with the acne itself last summer, and in the spring started using the C15 in the mornings, and I think the combination has gone a long way…

I think that if he’d brought money, it would be reasonable to argue that he didn’t intend to kill *her*, so there would be room for prosecutors to question whether she was acting in self-defense. Like, the kill kit could have been intended for somebody else, he just wanted to get his rocks off first.

So we’ve been catfished this whole time by a literal catfish, is what you’re saying.

Lil Wayne has a verse in a Kelly Rowland song that ends in the line, “When I’m done she’ll hold me like a conversation.” I don’t know if it seems more or less clever with this new bit of trivia.

True fact—I knew I wanted to sleep with the guy I’m currently seeing on our first date, after he explained that he’d gotten the HPV vaccine after his divorce (he’d gotten married really young) because it seemed like the responsible thing to do. I was all, “Please, tell me more about how you care about your partners’…

I tend to also have hormonal acne on my lower cheeks/chin, and I think what’s helped me the most is a low-concentration tretinoin prescription—it’s less expensive than a lot of retinol creams, and it’s been super effective for me. I’ve been using a gel, but prefer the cream formulation because there’s not so much…

I really hope a gif of it starts popping up in the comments here. The disdain on their faces is just too perfect. :D

This eminently giffable clip agrees with you re: the women in the family. I die.

Something about the coloured smoke in the video makes me want to see it mashed up with Fury Road footage. ...I think there’s something seriously wrong with me.

My high school boyfriend brought me a basket of petunias because he failed at picking up the corsages he’d ordered for us for prom. The petunias were gorgeous, but the corsage fail was just one of a long list of ways he’d blown off something quasi important to me in the last 8 months, so I was unimpressed. I later…

There’s an episode of This American Life where they interview a teenager who recognizes that his pedophilia is not normal and would be harmful if he acted on it, and who started a support group for other pedophiles who are trying not to act on those urges. Taking that into account, the Duggars’ excuse is also sort of…

Can she sing live now? All the live performance clips of hers I’ve seen are mostly off-key. Has she gotten better recently?

I usually use a knife or the pointy end of a bottle opener to break the seal on the jar—just wiggle it under the lip of the lid of the jar and pry a little. Blammo, self-sufficiency. It’s what I did when I lived alone, and I’ve been emasculating my gentlemen callers ever since.

I mean, it does “mean much” when you’re considering the impact of widespread pesticide use. Which, if you’re growing tomatoes on a commercial scale, does make a difference. As far as home gardening is concerned? It’s probably less impactful.

I guess it’s risky giving the benefit of the doubt to somebody, but man...I think it’d be really damn hard to watch a spouse whom you loved and with whom you were physically affectionate slip away like that. Not that I think actually raping your spouse is forgivable in this case, but I can certainly muster a little…

I said that exact same thing to my ex over brunch, except since he was my ex at the time it was more with a tone of withering disdain.

My aunt is really good at putting people in their place this way, I think because she’s a bit of a steel magnolia—very warm and sweet, but witty as hell. The most recent example that comes to mind was relayed to us by my uncle. Apparently there’s one woman in their bible study group who often goes on tea-party infused…