That's an amazing interview. I loved how his first reaction when seeing his makeup tests was "Make me more beautiful, I have to be more beautiful." The conditioning of beauty=worth, although not directed at him as a cisgender straight man in the same way it is to women, kicked in automatically. Talk about hypnotic…

That is a fantastic answer. Thanks for taking the time to humor me and being respectful. Clearly I'm not in any way suffering similarly from the power differential. Seriously nice piece of writing. Thanks.

I think you're missing the point, Right Said Fred. It's not about whether it's "worth it" to be attractive, it's about the experience of being a woman.

Well said

What? Of course women are aware of and acknowledge the advantages of attractiveness. We're asking YOU to recognize that there are also disadvantages. And those disadvantages almost always outweigh the advantages. There are certainly specific situations where being attractive is an advantage, but they're pretty much not…

I'm sure it varies from zip code to zip code, but I have gone out bundled up from head to toe in frumpy, bulky winter wear so only my nose was showing and still been hit on.

OMFG that is insane. She named her kid after the kid of someone she had an affair with? I believe this, because I don't like Blake.

You need to read more about this. Women (and keep in mind that this has been studied and written about many, many times) empathize and self-identify with both men and women, but that men are conditioned, in our society, to only empathize with and self-identify with other men. Part of why patriarchy is bad for both men…

this was rather more interesting and relevant than i was expecting. very very interesting.

Maybe they didn't get looked at enough because the baked goods just weren't that appealing.

The Lemon Cake Male Objectification Experiment, a/k/a The Male Glaze.

I would like to objectify a lemon cake right now.

A cat would never sleep in a bed that was bought for them!

First, his salary is not $120M. His contract might, over its six year lifetime, be worth up to $120M, assuming he doesn't retire due to injury, etc.

Ovechkin might as well be a Russian circus bear at this point. A sad shell of a once great king of the animal (hockey) kingdom that's only able to do one trick repeatedly (scoring on quick snap shots).

Hey fuck you, the Caps are awesome.

It's not Photoshopped. I used to nanny for the McFerrins and am friends with their kids. It's a photo one of his kids took. Pretty brill.

Eh, in a simplified system where those are your only variables, yes. In the real world, the minimum wage is not particularly strongly connected to unemployment. The simulations Congress is using to make decisions about the minimum wage predict that the positive impacts of increasing the minimum wage on poverty more…

My point is...

i make just over 12K a year, and i would happy to pay .25 more on the dollar for my fast-food and knickknacks.