Her grace and professionalism just make ESPN look that much worse.

Definitely it does. People are down to talk to someone who agrees with them 100%, or to yell at someone who’s trolling like an asshole. Other than that: silence.

Agree. This is true, and beautiful.

These are great points and everything you say above makes total sense. It’s bullshit to butt into a conversation where Black people are talking about issues that disproportionately affect Black women and men and start yelling “hey but what about white womennnn!” But what about the conversations that are about what…

Yep that seems about right. Add to that the wrinkle that when I log in by phone I can’t even find my own posts from my own profile. If the agenda was to support real conversation I guess this’d be a flop, but since that’s not the agenda... maybe it’s a success? Anyway, apparently no one has managed to nail the…

If you’re going divisive and logic-free, there may be a place for you on staff. The trick is, you have to mix in some sensible and thoughtful pieces as well, to keep the readership on its toes.

Pinks, many white women have shown themselves to be purveyors and perpetrators of racism and sexism. No doubt. The question is whether a woman’s skin color is the best way to tell if she’s one of those purveyors? You’re saying, I think (basically), “Yes. We’ve seen so much racism and sexism from so many white women…

Is there a succinct explanation, anywhere, for how the grays work now? I used to be able to wade in now and then, here or on Foodspin or Jezebel, have a decent conversation, then go away again. Seems like it’s nearly impossible to get out of the grays now on any of the sites (except, I guess, if you want to be an ass,…

Agreed. And: so nice to be able to achieve harmonious consensus on this, the least important question being debated on any of the Deadspin/Jezebel/Splinter/Root comment boards.

Is it even conceivable that you’d talk about staying together but non-monogamously? Creates its own set of problems, isn’t for everyone... but you’re in a tough spot and there are more than just the three standard alternatives of sticking with things as-is, cheating secretly, or breaking up.

I thought you were gonna say that what changes after marriage is your weight. Which is true.

People cheat for complex reasons but they also cheat for a simple reason: we’re social animals, we’ve evolved to be “socially monogamous” but not necessarily sexually monogamous, and we’re very much like the many, many other “socially monogamous” species that scientists have studied that turn out to do all kinds of…

WWII was a fix, but not one we can really afford to repeat.

Disagree. But I can only respect your certitude. There’s a grammarish blog post for every opinion, e.g.

Can’t wait for this movie and neither can my 10-y/o (white) son. I don’t understand why more white men aren’t simply dead, dead zombie-dead-and-then-killed-again tired (like I am) of watching the same stories about the same (white male) people loafing through the same storylines, pausing only to acquire the (thinly…

This is the silver bullet. We slap this on some poly-cotton crewneck tees and mesh-backed baseball caps and watch the patriarchy crumble.

You’re right. But one thing that seems clear is that angry, unemployed young men are footsoldiers for hateful ideologies all over the world. Whether they’re fighting for ISIS in the middle east or hate-trolling Leslie Jones on Twitter, self-loathing, sexually frustrated, hopeless young men with too much time on their…

An herb?

“Go back to school, herb” “Go back to school, herb. “Go back to school, herb.” I’m saying this over and over to myself to get it into muscle memory, so that the next time anyone says shit to me, it comes out automatically.

You know, I did go back and read your comments and I agree - you didn’t go all out with the vitriol. So: thumbs up and thanks for sticking with me on this little side-convo. When I read the comments sections here and on The Root, and all the bitter anger directed back and forth among subgroups of people who really all…