It makes no sense to compare what Brooks did with the people profiled in Weingarten's excellent piece. They are completely different scenarios, and it undercuts your argument to put them in the same league. Regardless, I have no problem whatsoever with what Brooks did. You don't need to "tell everyone it's totally OK…

Sorry, bad phrasing on my part. Against a better team that ball gets cleared out for a corner or throw in.

That was badly worded. What I had in mind was that many cultures that we perceive today as being distinct actually arose due to cultural appropriation. One of the best examples of cultural appropriation is the evolution of language. The point is that cultural appropriation, like diversity, tends to enrich people's…

If male nurses get so distracted by the female body, they may wish to reconsider their chosen profession...

Oof, you're right. NOT TO GIVE YOU MY LIFE STORY, but I had a back spasm yesterday and have been in excruciating pain for the last day or so. I must not have been paying attention to verbs on the first pass at that intro. Edited for clarity, and thanks for pointing it out.

So awful. When people tell me that rape culture doesn't exist, or teaching boys about consent isn't important, I think about how common gang rapes are. These guys all made the same horrific decision - committed a horrific act - together. They supported each other. They all come from a mentality of "this is an ok thing…

Central NY here. What is this "sun" you speak of?

Dark blue represent!

Reading is fundamental. It is not the commencement speech their graduation actually happens today. It is for class day which is for seniors and guests, featuring the presentation of the Ames Awards, the Harvard and Ivy Orations, and the Class Ode, sung to the tune of "Fair Harvard.

Is there an Ivy League tears gif somewhere?

If Harvard Law didn't want comedy in their commencement speech, I'm assuming they wouldn't have asked a comedian.

i mean, he was elected as a president on the democratic party ticket. he is a democrat.

President Bill Clinton was not a staunch Democrat. He's known as a moderate.

I know it's like she's a mammal or something. God, what a disgusting, aging homosapien. I bet gross hair grows out of her gross legs too. Ew. She even probably has to do poops once a day. Get this creepy human lady out of here. IT'S NOT RIGHT.

Hey guys, look! It's a burner account a troll made just to argue with people on the internet! For fun! Isn't that impressive?

Indeed. Considering the percentage of women rreceiving bachelors in CS is <12%, Google's 17% is probably reasonable (I assume their workforce skews younger than average).

30% female doesn't sound all that bad for STEM. Can be better, but it could be worse. What are the stats at other tech companies? Not surprised that it's mostly white and Asian.

Is this really a knock on the company or more a knock on the pool they have to pull from?