"Do these legislators and their supporters think it's something places like Planned Parenthood don't take seriously? "

OK, I was prepared to give GP some benefit of the doubt because I've never heard of that song and think that these hip hop songs give people license to use words I'd rather see go away, but I just saw the picture that accompanied the tweet and she can kiss my black ass. As you point out, she wasn't just referring to…

The problem with the analogy is that integration into the military, for both African American men and women, was only accomplished by force. The military led the rest of the country because the govt. ordered it to. Those first generations of African-American men and the current generation of military women pay a…

Right? I couldn't get over that he had two reporters assisting with an article as well as an editor and (I presume) a lawyer to make sure they said nothing actionable—and no one said "WTF?" to that lede. So I guess tech isn't the only arena comfortable with sexism. I was VERY disappointed that comments weren't…

I had the same reaction to the article. Once I read around, I could see that in people's minds, allegations of fraud and sexual harassment against the husband are somehow related to the couple possibly being financially desperate and the lawsuit, but instead of just saying that, the reporter called the husband's…

I knew a couple with a cat that was getting chubby. As a joke, the taped a picture of a mega-cat on the wall in front of the cat's bowl (which had "diet" cat food recommended by the vet).

Thank you. I'm NO Sarah Palin fan, but "in the crosshairs" has at times been just a figure of speech; whereas I've never heard "throw acid in the face of" used outside of a specific attack. But then again, I don't hang out with misogynists or follow Fox News.

I think we are in some fundamental agreement and will admit to this story irritating the fuck out of me, not because of this Combs kid, but because of the many myths that circulate about college athletics. It is true that football subsidizes other sports, but it is not entirely self-sustaining. Like other businesses,…

I think it's a problem if you come to Gawker Media for "responsible reporting." MoGlo's awesome reproductive rights posts notwithstanding, I don't come here for the reportage. Jezebel's drug "coverage" —Pot Psychology, anyone?— is mostly about the recreational habits/interests of its writers. I don't take any…

"A year after the university had to use more than $2 million in student fees to cover an athletic department funding gap."

I wish. I listened to a radio debate last week when people were defending as one of the few remaining means of upward mobility.

"YOU don't have money. WE have money and sometimes we buy you things with it."

Isn't this the kid that got a MAYBACH for his 16th birthday? Is he going to drive that to practice?

I too, wanted to heart the hell out of Lee Knox.

I'm hold enough that I didn't realize they still made Mad Dog. And I keep reading "Crisco" instead of "Cisco" in the posts downthread. Ewwwww.

I do think more readily available and shame-free contraception would help, nothing is foolproof. My sister got pregnant years after a tubal ligation.

"It doesn't irritate me that you keep using Laura Jane Grace's previous name when writing about her and her recent transition. She was very open about it and I feel that it helps to bring attention to the process and sweeping changes a trans person must make in their lives."

I see— thanks for this. If the cyborg future arrives early and I get to transfer my brain, I'll be interested to see who's right.

OK, I'm an old and far from a techie but I am interested in the techie commenters below who are saying that the programming quote is akin to saying you need to be a mechanic to drive/own a car.

3. A lot of the people in my programming classes had been dabbling in it for fun way before they got to college.