I once witnessed a psychologist and practicing therapist go on an amazing rant about how Dr. Phil didn't have the patience to treat people with actual therapy so he got a TV show as an excuse to just abuse people. It was amazing. I've never seen anyone hate Dr. Phil as much as my friends with psychology and/or…

You suck it up. You have the problem. I don't buy into the whole privilege mantra, but I'm willing to believe that there are issues with things like the police. If you don't want my help, or the help of others, and can't be polite while people are trying to figure out how to help, you'll quickly be on your own and…

That's a fair point that the second message is being sent by the fashion industry. But the internet and porn aren't the messengers of society, either. They're the messengers of men who want to jerk off - and as a woman who would really like to see some visual erotic material that's catered to my tastes for a change, I…

I disagree with this. I am surprised at how many people are nodding along with this. This is not constructive.

Hey, I don't find Kim K a role model either, but it's kind of a dick thing to tell someone who's just expressing what personally helped them work through an eating disorder to "shut up." That's her experience and what does it matter to you if it helped her? I just saw another commenter upthread that also struggles…

The first thing I'll say is I thought this was a very nuanced, conflicted piece that wasn't so much shaming "good white people" as it was expressing Ms. Bennett's ambivalence toward allies who have no frame of reference for her actual experience.

I kind of call "bullsh*t" on this. White guilt and fear of criticism as allies makes us all nod and accept this kind of answer that we should just suck it up and take any and all abuse directed at us when we try to help. Really? How much abuse is a person supposed to "suck up" and still feel motivated and "get it?"…

Not just sexual assault, I've seen her take the man's side on physical assaults as well. A recent example would be Ray Rice knocking his girlfriend/wife out, on video. Whoopi's response was if you slap a man expect to get hit back. I guess even if they are three times the woman's size, a slap warrents a knockout…

I remember showing that Madonna video to my mother when it came out and having to explain everything.

One of the most amazing things about the Sandusky scandal was how little victim blaming occurred. When girls of that age are raped or molested, the focus is always on what they were wearing and why they were wearing it, how much older they looked, why they "put themselves in that situation," how they basically took…

I love how, in the first clip, Beverly not-so-subtly side-eyes Whoopi as she explains how courageous these women have been in coming out and telling their stories. Side-eye away, Beverly! Whoopi is...just...awful.

Dear Whoopi,

I bet "action star in bed" means Patick Schwarzenegger fucks you for precisely 24 seconds, answers his phone, yells, "I have to go stop the alien invasion!" while frantically throwing on his clothes and running out of the room, doesn't call you for two weeks, and then shows up at your door all bruised and bloody…

exactly how else are they to travel very large distances with the entirety of their families? i knew a couple who adopted a baby from a foreign country a few years ago (i think it was the Philippines). were they supposed to take a boat home? people have babies and still need to travel. just buckled down and deal. the…

Sitting for hours with your legs dangling and no way to rest your feet on the floor is extremely uncomfortable. That's the usual reason kids kick at the seat back.

The racism in Huck Finn is central to the story, it is the point. That's not the same as a throw away line about Pippi's absent father. "The King of the Negroes" line adds nothing to the story and erasing it doesn't gloss over racism present in the story. Yes, children in Sweden in the 60's were probably a little…

The article itself notes a distinction between changing language in a book versus visual media. To change Mark Twain's writing is to try and make the book "current" and essentially meaningless. The book makes no sense if it doesn't take place in the horrifically racist south at that time, at a time when the n-word…

That's a completely different situation. Mark Twain intentionally used the racial slur to make a point in condemning racism, and his message is weakened when you try to water down his text. Also, Huckleberry Finn is usually read by students who are in middle school or high school, who should be able to handle…

Except...in Huck Finn the n-word is historically realistic, and it's used by racist characters who the book condemns for their racism. So editing it out is stupid.