My kid thinks my Magic Wand is an oversized microphone. Mamma needs to practice her karaoke. A lot.

You know you done fucked up when your own mother is happy you weren't home for Thanksgiving.

I can't believe I'm about to defend Mariah Carey, but as someone who has both performed on stage, and have ran sound for the front of house at venues, the universal sign for 'I cannot hear myself' is grabbing toward your in ear monitors, or touching your ears. At one point I'm pretty sure she removes the monitor in…

For Christ's sake, when did amateurs get so critical? "Hey I don't know shit about singing or live sound - time to weigh in!" Its obvious she had issues with her in-ears because she fidgeted with them every time her pitch started to suffer. I am guessing it was either she wasn't hearing something loud enough or she…

Coming from both a professional singer and sound engineer, I don't think she did that bad, all things considered. It is a well known fact amongst vocalists that as you age, you start to lose your ability to belt out high notes in chest register. This is the sad reality that many of the great female pop singers have to…

My friend was sexually assaulted at a college party one night, so her boyfriend found the guy's home phone number and called his mother in the middle of dinner to tell him what he had done.

You had never seen a person repent so fast before.

Except when they post your physical address online along with the death threats. Don't act like people should have thicker skins, that's more than fucked up enough for me to leave my home.

Her examples (and perforce, her research) sometimes evince that she's not played the games she's commenting on, but her general observations are still spot-damned-on.

She's a great example of the power of a solid idea undercut by terrible research practices, and that continues to sadden me—she's saying what needs to be…

Okay, seriously. What in the actual fuck, folks?

I teach English at the college level; last year, I was privileged to teach ENG 230, which at my institution is a rotating (through the faculty) course that is generously labeled "Special Topics in Literature."

I taught my course, for two semesters, as "Gaming: Literary…

Somehow this is reminding me of Helena Bonham Carter. In a good way. Everything Helena Bonham Carter is always in a good way.

Would anyone be interested in my similarly-themed DIY article, "Everything I Fucked Up While Trying To Act Like Anthony Bourdain For Most of My Twenties"?

Do you know I was depressed until I saw your post? No longer! You are an angel from butt heaven descended to uplift my day.

How was this picture not used?! I'm genuinely angry.

Can we just give a shout-out to Turkish Oil Wrestling, the slipperiest sport in the world?

So kissing your brother in public = public act of incest?

I know this is going to make me sound like a real typical internet commenter, but so be it: I HOPE SHE GETS MEASLES.

Well, no. I'm not advocating for censorship. But just because you have the right to produce something doesn't mean you have the right to produce it free from criticism.