Oh, honey.

Ugh, it’s so awful how children are trained to assume that if something terrible happens, it must be their own fault.

Logically, you’re the person who has the least power to do a damn thing about it. You’ve done everything you could. If there ever is a “next girl,” you won’t be the one who failed her (let alone the person actually assaulting her).

You know, I’ve seen a whole host of creative, pseudo-subtly modified facial features used for supernatural or “alien” characters in fiction, but it suddenly occurs to me that I’ve never seen anyone make use of a prominently centered tooth. That would be pretty cool, no? For some kind of creepy monster native to the Unc…

This is supposed to be about irrational hatred. Give me someone it actually makes no sense to hate!

I like that you included spare underpants. :D

Ooh, any chance you feel like summarizing this concept of “the obesity ‘epidemic’” as a construction of neoliberal logics? I’m very curious. :D

I totally understand that it’s easy to get caught up in the stigma of the word “fat” as an adjective, but at the same time, I hate the way that our culture has insisted on dancing around any kind of straightforward descriptor for someone who has a visibly significant amount of body fat. “Overweight” and “obese” are…

I’ve always been a bit puzzled by the whole documentation/identification system in general. I know it generally works as a reliable way to keep track of people, but when it comes down to it, who’s to say you do or don’t exist, or that you really are the person you claim to be?

I normally can’t stand to look at his face or hear his voice just because I find everything about him to be so thoroughly obnoxious – not amusing, just irritating – but I got a real kick out of this one. Thanks for that. :)

I understand your point, but then again, it seems a bit unfair to argue that the same costume is only allowed to be worn if it’s handmade (no pun intended). Who’s to say the mass-produced version couldn’t be used for similarly subversive purposes?

Okay, well, I think it seems a little silly to say that this site “caused drama” by briefly discussing the existence of the costume and its awkward implications even though they didn’t actually go so far as to express overt disapproval, let alone start some kind of outrage campaign. And yesterday’s post is both linked…

While The Handmaid’s Tale may be fictional, we’re nonetheless talking about a (fictional) society built on sex slavery. The handmaid’s uniform essentially says “Every month, I am raped in a government-mandated ceremony meant to glorify and sanitize my trauma, and everyone knows it, but my life depends on my ability to…

Well, for one thing, it was a different writer, and I can recall several occasions where one Jez writer had a Hot Take that another writer deliberately argued against hours later. Like, “This Food Is Gross” vs. “This Food Is Awesome.” It happens.

On the one hand, the staff on all the GMG have a certain consistency of spirit that allows them to easily attract readers via cross-posts. On the other hand, sometimes the staff of one site will express a viewpoint that the staff of another site will see as completely and utterly moronic. Remember this gem?

Ugh, that’s gross. And definitely not a coincidence – even if that date had been set ahead of time, they sent a clear enough message by failing to reschedule. If I were you, I’d look for a way to send a letter to the branch manager letting them know what you think of their scummy display of solidarity with sexual…

It’s a nice thought until you remember that the agricultural industry, with its many isolated situations and disenfranchised workers, is actually an environment that’s ripe for sexual harassers to thrive. If you’ll recall, the founding of Time’s Up was announced in a letter (published in The New York Times) that was a…

I’d never seen that music video before, but I think the visuals really enhance the song. They underline just how much this is all about her desires and general badassery (not that the lyrics don’t make that clear on their own!), with the ~Rude Boy~ himself being of little consequence. The whole thing is just so…

“The Pulse shooter declared his allegiance to ISIS in a 911 call mid-attack, turning the incident into a terrorist attack. [...] The change in motive undoubtedly changed the way the attack was publicly discussed.”

*** WHITE teenagers