'K, I'm trying to wrap my head around this. Arthur and Abe are brothers with first cousins Beth and Barb. Arthur and Beth have baby Chuck; Abe and Barb have baby Chrissy. No genetic problems there, right?
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I can't quite figure it out, as I am the beard lover of all beard lovers, but Jon Hamm might be the only man I don't like better with a beard.
Someone should tell him that if he's working with the deaf, he doesn't need to know so many different languages.
Huh. My brain is revolted but it seems that my genitals now support this choice 100%.
When is the world going to aknowledge THIS GUY:
Agreed. Her feminism reminds me Snooki and Jwoww (and not in a snotty pejorative way). She wants to look how she wants to look and she doesn't want to be reduced to her appearance. She also values female friendships and women. It's not full blown academic feminism, but it sure as Hell isn't bad.
While I appreciate the spirit of your sarcasm, Bwelty, I think a lot of people oppose regulation in America because, due to the way laws are passed in a "compromised" form, the regulation is a far cry from what is needed to actually help, and thus generally just results in disproportionately driving up the cost of…
It would cost money, and if there's one thing American industry has proven time and again, it's that any effort to make them do something that would cost them money with no discernible return causes vast amounts of feces to appear in the trousers of company executives everywhere, and also vast amounts of money to go…
It's sad that the women in the audience were so snarky about her comment.
She was articulate here. I'm happy to see that she is breaking away from that lecherous jerk she was married to. Good for her.
Inexplicably, I feel that Stodden understands America better than we do ourselves, and has created a sort of beautiful-monster-type that we both desire and fear. And she does it with such pizzazz. Quickly, someone write their dissertation about her and the latest Franzen angry-essay.
I wish I could star this comment until it was out of the grays, because that's exactly how I feel about this piece.
Ok, so yelling is bad, but a heavy hand on the shoulder and a whispered admonition to behave in a voice that says "I will fucking END you," is still okay, right?
Yeah, the studies on whether or not "spanking" was good or bad for kids actually looked at "abuse." The idea that all corporal punishment is abuse and harmful isn't actually backed up with hard evidence.
I went to elementary school in Florida in the 80's and corporal punishment was very much the way things were done.
No one in the history of humanity has ever had a rational conversation with an upset 2-3 year old.
Fair enough, but it seems not to have made sense to a fair number also. That will always happen, but it seems to be more significant in this article than many others. I would expect disagreement, but Ms. West is so adamant that those who don't get it are wrong, not just disagreeing.
"The line conveys exactly what I meant." Perhaps, but to whom? As I see it, either you meant it in the offensive way people are viewing it (I think that is unlikely) or it is conveying your message to you, but not to many others. If there is enough confusion to warrant your multiple comments and clarifications,…