It was also a punishment for women who committed adultery in Bronze and Viking Age Scandinavia. Ye olde slut-shaming.

My mother did this to me when I was about 8 because I didn´t like to take baths and take care of my hair. I cried for three days because of how ugly I looked (she cut it off above the ears, and I do not…

I dunno. I´m tired of shows which raise up the entitled and overprivileged as if we should all be titilated by their cunty behavior and call it entertainment.

I realize that we “normals” are supposed to identify with the sorority misfits, but those seem to be such egregious Quirky Girls that I can´t even. She´s eating…

I hope that you can. I truly do. I am at a point where I´m able to travel a lot in my life and I think often about how incredibly lucky I am, and how sad it is that some Americans are having such a struggle paying their bills that they might never see the semi-finals of the World Cup surrounded by thousands of…

Really? Everyone around here hates him. I have to say, I like the guy´s work but it seems that personally he´s not very nice. I assume he´ll fade into obscurity now, if he hasn´t already done so, since the failure of his I´m-a-millionaire-now-crowdfund-my-movie extravaganza.

Thank you for my only genuine laugh while looking at Jez this morning. What a fucking mess.

Heroes and Heartbreakers is an example of a good site for fans of romance because it has lots of articles about different tropes found in the books (e.g. the marriage of convenience!) and all the different genres, from erotica to steampunk-Victorian. If there are certain tropes you are a sucker for (or ones that you…

The Frankenstein Code seems like it might be just interesting enough for Fox to cancel. Why should I bother?

Yeah, popular opinions have changed on this one and the literature is much different than it was. Most authors are very careful to show that it is consensual, even if the sex is rough.

What I find irritating and maybe a little bit disingenuous is that the big authors whose books are older but still in print often have…

Oh, thank you so much for this answer. I was a little scurred to post something, because I know that people have passionate opinions here (And they should! It is critical that we support the victims of these kinds of horrific attacks).

Of all the issues, I think the confidentiality agreement is the one that bothers me…

This is what bothers me about this. The crux of this lawsuit is not to blame Emma Sulkowicz nor comment on her behavior (she isn´t even named in the complaint) but to decry the way the situation was handled by the university, specifically that they did nothing to stop her from protesting when legally, it was found by…

Thanks for sharing. I know it can be difficult to talk about, not knowing what reaction you might get.

What? WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT? Did she hate your wife or something?

You must not know many. It also depends on where you´re talking about. Ex-pats tend to form insular little groups in countries (or just areas of countries) where integrating oneself into the culture is difficult (because of issues like xenophobia and other problems).

Your use of “incestuous” and “booze-soaked” is…

Yeah, I see what you mean. I agree about the perfectness of his comic-book scrawl of tattoos (the script looks so familiar, but an artist name is not coming to me). And yeah, I should have also said that a forehead tattoo is terrible. I think for my original reply, I had blocked it out because it´s so damn dumb. That…

Omigod, yes! He is great! I´ve seen these before, but thanks for the reminder. Especially that first one ... perfection!

I´m not a purist when it comes to the Rogue´s Gallery, so the idea of the Joker looking different doesn´t bother me, but ... certain elements of this particular visual make me uncomfortable. The ink everywhere, the grill, the J near his eye that looks suspiciously like it may be referencing the teardrop tats of gang…

This is the first time I´ve laughed at something on TV in a long time. Every time she took a pull from her huge glass of wine, I laughed. Thanks for introducing me to this chick.

Can someone help me read this? I don´t understand Nfather and Emother and particularly am fuzzy on the last paragraph. I´m sorry; Google doesn´t know what these things are for sure, either.

I totally do the same! It´s hard, because you have to be careful and make sure the kid won´t take it the wrong way, because nobody likes being called out by the teacher (especially if you were really only joking and it´s not that serious an issue) ... but I´m a really sarcastic person! It just happens. EMBRACE THE…

Aww, that´s great. This whole situation has always made me so angry. I remember watching some Oprah episode where she went from talking about teachers who do this with students to recommending a book that was an erotic romance about a teacher with a student (!). THE FACK.