From a strictly scientific standpoint, it is an interesting question.

um according to your friends over at Deadspin it was a hoax.

This entire post appears to be written from the assumption that this really happened — that is, that Bowie actually slept with a 15-year-old Lori Maddox, as she claims. But how do we really know that’s true? Did Bowie himself ever confirm it?

Yeah, I think that’s incredibly important. The tendency toward telling women “I know you think you want this, and you’re doing it of your own free will, but you’re wrong,” is the kind of simplistic and autonomy-denying perspective that turns people off of feminism. It’s a sort of missing the feminist forest for the…

Because she has at least three versions of the story. First she loses it to Bowie, then Bowie and Angie, and (I think this is the most recent) she loses it to Bowie and then they call Sable Starr in and she has her first lesbian experience. Even her age isn’t consistent from story to story.

By the way, the first…

Personally, I do think Wanda Nichols’ story is probably fictitious for this reason:

Didn’t she say for years that she lost her virginity to Jimmy Page? How did she lose her virginity twice?

I remember buying plenty of games on my NES that I wish could have gotten updated or fixed. I also remember paying full price for Street Fighter 2 multiple times just to add a few features or characters that today could be released as DLC or a Season Pass. I also remember buying some really awful expansion packs on…

The snark here isn’t really justified, nor is the focus on the word “luxury.” The issue centers on the fact that this would be a pretty big carve-out from existing state tax policy on what is and isn’t taxed. Right now, the only medical or hygiene items that aren’t taxed are ones that have to be prescribed and…

Just to be clear...

Do you really believe Asians are big turnstile jumpers?

A lot of Gawker Media writers consistently demonstrate the professionalism and maturity level of an average 7th grader.

Ugh, Lindy was the worst. Her lack of fundamental knowledge on anything related to Science and weight loss was headache inducing.

Pointless squabbling with another commenter; I can’t even remember all the details, but it wasn’t even anything aimed at a writer. My prior bannings were usually done on Lindy West stories, probably because I committed the unpardonable sin of disagreeing with Lindy West on something, but after she left my last screen…

So I found out! My post was up (in black) for a minute before I got the ax.

Right? As far as criticisms go, this was pretty mild.

She seems to take offense very easily.

God, the writers here can be so thin skinned.

Kara Brown took offense at this.

Cause there’s no “maybe it is, maybe it is isn’t” — the motivation behind these costumes was definitely not racist. If someone accused you of murder and then you responded with an authenticated photo of you on another continent during the night of the incident, wouldn’t you be annoyed if people kept on saying “maybe…