I really appreciated this piece but disagree with you here — what Atticus means to the reader is their own construction but the reality and characterization is all Lee. That said, I don’t think the Atticus of Watchman is the Atticus she wanted us to meet.

Upon reading this horrifying news, Shakespeare, Hardy, and Dahl leapt out of their graves to self immolate while legions of writers chanted selections from the Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation in unison, their plaintive wails calling more and more people to the flames.

As the child of a former English teacher, I’d sooner turn Republican than give up basic capitalization and rules of grammar.

YO.

That’s fair. I didn’t mean to dictate — I’m sure some people would want to know and others value ignorance. I just in general err on it being poor form to share something you know will hurt someone. But if you’d rather have known I’m glad they did it then?

Genuine apologies then. I followed a direct link and I thought it started with you.

Man. This I don't get. There was no possible end result of sharing that other than hurting a lot of people. What's the point?

Separating colors is a scam and only important when items have never been cleaned before.

They’re basically the Food Babe of the environmental organization world. Click bait and shiny press releases to lure people in, just enough science to sound legitimate.

By far the most shocked Diane Sawyer has looked in this whole interview was when Jenner identified as a Republican.

I deeply regret clicking play. The heroic, dramatic music alone made me queasy.

Jude the Obscure?

GUYS GUYS JUST TO BLOW PAST THE COMMENTS CORRECTING ME: I am a city mouse and also an idiot and didn’t realize rice grains are seeds. I learn new things everyday and this was a big one for me.

I know. But I didn’t realize rice was a seed because rice is something I buy in a box. I learn so many things on Jezebel.

haha, I thought so. Apparently rice is a seed, though.

Ah, seeds. I was confused because I thought it was rice. I’ll buy it.

(Also this is absolutely horrifying but just to clarify. They found ebola genetic material in his semen but haven’t yet established if it was infectious. The virus itself may still fade out after three months but little floating particles of dead ebola persist. Everyone should still be wearing condoms until we figure…

Please explain your choice of stock photo. I must know the thought process.

That was my favorite part. As though only board books with one word per page are allowed until age 3 when they miraculously become interested in the pictures of Corduroy and Where the Wild Things Are?!

If they’re lucky it will wait that long.