“The benefits they receive far outweigh any advantage the University receives from student-performed teaching or research,”

I really appreciate this article. I just moved into my own place after spending several years bouncing from one shared apartment to another in different parts of LA. It was a rather nomadic experience that I was never truly comfortable with as I never felt true ownership over my environment but conversely never felt…

And there is no reason you can’t. I am not saying every single marriage where the people didn’t live together is doomed to failure. Thay would be asinine. People are too complex.

You’re missing my point. If you were able to work through those issues with your current wife without being married, how would have being married when you began living together have changed that? I understand that some people may bail on a relationship due to the annoyances and frustrations that come with living with…

Oh god, definitely don't make your SO your only source of socialization. That's a recipe for disaster.

Same. In End of the Perfect 10 she even talks about Little Girls in Pretty Boxes and how things have changed from then.

I had no idea - that’s very sad. I wish NBC would spend more time covering athletes from other countries. They don’t even cover their performances which is tragic and the sole reason for watching these ‘international’ competitions. I definitely know more than I need to know about Phelps.

I think Marta was a lot more reasonable than Bela.

She’s still superhuman. When I fall off the beam, I don’t get any Olympic medals. I just get a concussion, 2 weeks off work, and a stern warning not to get too drunk around park benches.

Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser for face & body, it doesn’t lather at all, but it doesn’t leave my face ultra dry either. My skin is pretty sensitive and this is the only thing I have found that doesn’t upset it.

Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser for face & body, it doesn’t lather at all, but it doesn’t leave my face ultra dry…

I just read an article today on ESPN.com that said after doing a press conference where she discussed the criticism she’s getting online, Gabby Douglas walked down the hall, turned into a corner, and cried facing the wall. That breaks my fucking heart. Jesus Christ, wtf America. She’s just a 20 year-old kid who’s more…

I believe that because Gabby paved the way, Simone’s road to victory was just a little less difficult. Gabby dealt with the brunt of the racially based criticism 4 years ago and although I bet that isn’t completely gone away (Italy), it seems better. Finally, all you haters can $#*& off. When have you experienced or…

I’m just kind of sad for her. (Not very, she has another gold medal this year.) I’ve never once interpreted her attitude as bratty, but she works her face off at her sport and when things didn’t go as she’d hoped, I’d bet it’s crazy hard to watch others do it. She does seem bummed most of the time.

People are really ridiculous and need to leave her alone. You don’t have to put your hand over your heart for the anthem and God forbid she not be jumping and screaming.

That poor woman. What she’s doing in the sport is hard enough, and she’s got every right to feel upset or disappointed or angry that things aren’t going as well as she might have hoped. She is under no obligation to look happy every moment a camera is on her. People are disgusting.

Oh no! You must cancel because a cranky writer in the Internet says they are bad. But I say potlucks are great. And why not put some stress off the host? You are a busy person, no doubt, and it is your birthday. Friends should lend a hand.

That is cool you took a class from Robert Putnam! I share some of his skepticism coming from my time as a feminist blogger, when I was also doing offline activism and felt a really big disconnect between the two. But I also grew up on the internet so I know it is a legit community. Fandom as a gift economies might…

What is up with professors who don’t believe in anything internet? I started a feminist gaming blog on 2005 (there was hardly such a thing back then) as my feminist praxis project and my teacher only gave me a B. I kept up the blog for years too.

I wrote a recent paper on the why Gone Girl was such a hit, despite the intense unlikeability of the two main characters. I referenced a Jezebel post called “Let’s talk about Gone Girl,” specifically referencing the discussion thread on Amy’s Cool Girl speech because it is a narrative attempt to justify her actions…