we’re looking at a $1,075 sneaker

It’s striking to me how these news stories come out claiming that oh, Ivanka tried to stop it! Sober-minded GOP Senators had private words with his staff! And it really hits me that none of those things are actually happening, and nobody who is realistically thought of as close to the President is even trying to steer…

NJT is a horror show. I grew up in NJ, and a decade ago NJT was lauded for its good service and it was expanding, adding double decker trains, etc. Then Chris Christie got elected. Now, kind of all the sudden, it’s one of the worst of the many sl0w-motion transit catastrophes in the metro area (see also the NYC…

The plumped up lips are the most manipulated thing here, by far. I actually don’t think it looks like they did anything at all to her brow but maybe I just don’t see it.

I am not saying I necessarily believe this, but people will argue that the seemingly unimportant things like the specific language we use are ultimately preventing the large scale change, because we need to examine the underpinnings of everything, including the stuff we just let pass us by without noticing, in order…

I still feel like the categories are subtly different when the man in question is a POC, vs a handsome white guy (and in some ways, a handsome white guy vs a less handsome/poor/etc guy). Like, even in Canada I’m not totally sure if Prachur Shrivastava benefits as much from this type of defense, unless he’s a…

I edited it right away! I’m still right!

Yes, what did he do to deserve this terrible 5-week ordeal mainly in front of a green screen and an editing bay that will net him a half a million smackers

It’s really remarkable to me how widespread these FLAT OUT CRAZY ideas are. My history teacher in HS, who was beloved and widely seen around school as a genius, spent a huge amount of energy trying to convince my AP History course that the civil war was not ultimately about slavery. You could kind of tell he beat that…

Lots of genocidal maniacs and totalitarians have been effective wielders of political power and have understood how to get it and maintain it, up to and including supervising fraudulent elections, which we are dancing on the edge of in a way people don’t fully appreciate. I mean, your basic point is correct I guess,…

They make tons of money but they are not all that often the sons and daughters of great wealth. I’m not sure why you have that impression. Jon Bon Jovi, George Takei, Rivers Cuomo, Jon Hamm, Steve Buscemi, these are not people who grew up with tons of money.

I . . . kind of like the sunglasses?

I am really glad this wasn’t a launch event for a new app they’re releasing.

I wouldn’t disagree with any of this. I would just argue that she was a very effective public face for the organization, in all its complexity.

I can see this happening. Maintaining up-to-date logos at the bottom of every page of your website might not be the highest priority. Unlike, say, naming an entire wing of your building. 

I’m only getting more confident you aren’t someone I want or need on my side of a conflict of ideas. Not sure if that’s what you’re going for.

No, unless the contract was particularly poorly written, there should be a clause saying the museum reserves the right to delete names like this if keeping them will bring bad publicity, opprobrium, etc, with no refund. Every naming rights agreement I have ever worked on (and I’ve worked at several universities,…

I am honestly ambivalent about McCarthy specifically, but I am not the type to be essentialist about a part modeled on a drag queen needing to be played by someone of a certain gender or gender expression. I’m not trying to be argumentative, I just think it’s a bit of a funny discussion.

It’s so funny that stuff like this doesn’t disqualify anybody from anything. That complete idiot will still be on the 50-most-influential-women-in-media list and will still be a frequent specter on cable shows and will still write long thinkpieces in Reason magazine despite revealing the depths of her ignorance.

This is such a major factor. Cecile Richards was a really amazing leader who managed to run the organization with a perfect balance of focus on the various aspects of PP, from health care to political action to community building to research to fundraising.