That’s like saying that if a novelist had more talent, focus and craft, they could have performed a full-length ballet about their subject matter. Different art forms require different skills and talents.

I kind of wonder if she did that on purpose, though? Having that kind of public persona would be very limiting to someone building a career as an experimental performance artist. It seems like she wants to pursue more of a 21st century Tracy Emin thing rather than be stuck being the Voice of a Generation.

I think people are choosing really exaggerated examples of messages they wouldn’t support. A better example would be if the cake said “Vote Johnson For Mayor.” It’s my personal feeling that if I, as a baker, didn’t support Johnson, I would be within my rights to refuse to make a cake supporting him.

Can we please stop with the “wacky misadventures” post titles about murders?

Is there a culture that /doesn’t/ think humiliating women is the way to teach them a lesson?

I’m really sorry for your loss, and agree with you here.

Also hair takes forever to grow, and it’s a LOT of work to grow long hair that’s as healthy as Izabel’s was.

As someone who’s lost a loved one to suicide, thank you for your thoughtfulness.

Whoa. That’s a pretty significant thing to leave out.

Yikes.

The AV Club had an article about exactly this question last week.

It makes me so sad that rich and powerful people get to keep dogs they can’t control when pets are taken away from poor families for much less.

oh my god I met someone like this over the weekend! We were all helping someone move only instead of helping they were sitting around commenting loudly about how they wished they’d worn a bra. like... you knew what were were going to be doing today. Dress accordingly.

There’s also a lot more awareness of breast cancer than there is of ALS.

Epistemic violence refers to the dehumanization of marginalized groups through stereotypes, negative portrayals, double standards, etc — basically the parts of oppression that relate to how a group is conceptualized and conceptualizes themselves. So all of the stuff in our culture that makes people think that lesbians…

When I give this advice to my friends they always say something like “but talking about feelings is hard and scary!” Luckily I don’t think any of my friends would end up actually murdering someone.

I wonder what that white guy thought he was going to do when they got to the “screaming the n-word” part of the song...

I don’t get this comment. The sexual rights women have fought for include access to birth control, the right to divorce and remarry, the right to not be raped or harassed without legal recourse, the right to not be judged for having multiple sexual partners, and of course the right to be other than heterosexual…

It seems like she’s out of touch with just how tough the academic job market is these days. That person’s word could easily be the difference between getting a tenure-track position and being stuck as an adjunct not making a living wage.

Agreed.