So I take it we're all appalled at the fact that the national press corps breaks about 90% Democratic, and has for generations?

"I don't think of myself as a sex symbol or a servant..."

"Like PLO, I don't surrender..."

Awwww shucks, it was my privilege, ma'am.

We get it. We're just not laughing at both parts.

No one will ever mock Boris as skillfully as he himself does. (Or ever manage to offend him, I suspect.)

Let's stop parsing Boris' piffling little asides, and get on with the vital task of naming him as Jezebel's "Privilege Correspondent".

Could you please post trigger warnings w/your food pics? Thanks.

Classic Breslaw stuff. "Prepubescent, pubescent... whatever."

Great point - for example, the NYT's "Beach Reads" column from last month which featured... erm, one female author out of 14. Or the HuffPo's "Beach Reads" list from late May, which featured one female out of six. Or this week's NYT version in the Business section (!), which featured... ah, no female authors out of…

I'm growing to admire the assertive way that some Jez authors refuse to take on board — or even acknowledge — forceful critiques of shoddy work.

Your comedy soulmate will be along eventually.

That's a bold amt of irony to cram into those italics - kudos on a brave (or should I say "manly"?) choice.

Responses to "comments" can be directed to the commentator.

OK - I give up: What's the misogynist comment(s)? in Howard's story?

She speaks fluent Guy, to be sure - but "one of the guys"? Seriously? I think of her more as an ambassador of goodwill between the sexes.

If you invest like 45 seconds in reading the entire piece — instead of a couple of context-free excerpts — it's all pretty clear.

I don't know when you were in Japan, but my impression is that big-city school kids there are fighting a slow (possibly losing) battle against the siren call of KFC, Mo's Burgers, McDs and all the other high-street fast food options.

One positive step to reduce consumption of processed crap (particularly of the type you cite) among the less well-off, would be to narrow the eligible foods under SNAP and similar programs... or to build some positive incentives into the system.

I think Detroit functions as a great example of why the food-desert literature often goes astray - the city has a huge immigrant population, including a ton of Muslims, with food infrastructure include halal butcher shops, speciality bodegas, bulk providers, etc.