My brother has celiac, and that’s been his experience. He was diagnosed in the early 80s, back when “gluten-free” meant cardboard-like rice bread ordered through the mail, and when the gluten craze first started he was very excited about all the options. But he quickly learned that a lot of things are mislabeled…

I think the “partisan bickering over blaming people” is my favorite bit.

“Some of these gaps can be explained by the Times’ lopsided demographics,” the Guild wrote. “The more senior journalists in our bargaining unit, who make the most money, are more likely to be white and male. The younger journalists in our bargaining unit, who make the least money, are more likely to be women and…

Voting for candidates who aren’t perfect is totally more self-indulgent than refusing to vote at all. Just ask Alex Pareene!

Back in the early days of Supernatural fandom, a group of fans decided it would be hilarious to convince the world that Jensen Ackles was developmentally disabled (though they used much more offensive language than that). They were shocked and horrified when they got a cease and desist after they printed up flyers…

Stuff like this is a stark reminder that abortion rights are the top of a very slippery slope. These people don’t oppose abortion, they oppose bodily autonomy for women. If they manage to get abortion outlawed, they’re going to go after birth control. If they managed to get birth control outlawed, they’d start…

I wish the movement would pay more attention to the hypocrisy of approving of abortion is the case of rape or incest, too. Somehow abortion is horrible baby murder unless the pregnant woman didn’t have sex willingly, in which it’s suddenly, magically, not murder at all.

I’m worried about conference calls. We have a lot of them, and it’s painful enough now when we have walls between us. Also just the noise/distraction level in general — I’m a copy editor, so the ability to focus is kind of important.

We’re moving from standard cubicles to an open office plan next week. FML.

What I’ve never understood is the blanket assumption that there is a stark divide between people who have children and people who refer to themselves as dog parents. I basically lived at the dog park before my dog developed spinal problems, and the dog mom/dog dad was ubiquitous. People who come to the park with three…

I live in Orange County. I’m paying $1,500 a month for a one-bedroom, and that’s only because the owner had to knock a few hundred dollars off market value because the last tenant committed suicide and most people are too scared to live there.

Nothing quite like suggesting that children who lived through a mass shooting should sit down and shut up because speaking out about what happened to them might make people emotional. Compassionate conservatism at its finest!

Of course they do. The man personified Jesus’s teachings. Nothing is more hateful or horrifying to conservatives and evangelicals.

I got so lucky with my current suit. A couple of years ago I had a beach trip planned, and realized at the last minute that my old suit didn’t fit anymore because I’d lost a bunch of weight.

Oh, I meant the long-time Gawker troll, who has spent years trolling first under the name Tomatoface, then under a seemingly unending series of names with some connection to tomatoes. It was pretty funny for awhile, not least because they were great at posting screeds that generated a lot of heated responses without…

I’m just waiting for Tomatoface to put in an obligatory appearance.

I always feel undeservedly smug about living in SoCal when I see posts and articles complaining about bad weather.

The best way to prevent abortion is prevent pregnancy (duh!) and offering subsidized access without restrictions to women’s health services (including birth control and yes, even abortion) is the best way to accomplish your precious goal

See, I’d have assumed that if I hadn’t recognized the name — he posts a lot and he’s not someone I’d ever pegged as a troll. Maybe I just haven’t paid close enough attention.

I wouldn’t call it misguided so much as being an asshole with a major entitlement complex.