I thought it was a cute way to respond to the rumors, and probably much more effective than just flat out denying them.

I had my pelvic girdle replaced by a monster truck tire and my rib cage replaced by an oil drum to make my waist look smaller.

The only thing I'm not thrilled about is the punny comments being put on a pedestal again. Those got old and annoying a long time ago and I feel the current comment system flushed them out a bit.

So, what did it really take to get Denton to pay attention, finallly, to the sorry state of the commentariat since kinja rolled out? Violent gifs of atrocious acts? That's sad. Truth be told, the Gawkerverse has been losing great talent for a while, and replacing it with mostly-meh talent. There are only a few…

As a lover of both the Beastie Boys and the Muppets, this is the best thing I've ever seen.

Please provide your statistics. I pulled the FBI crime statistics from 2011 that show that whites are charged for 69.2% of crimes whereas African-Americans are charged with 28.4%.

doesn't matter. The issue here is far more complex and points to the adversarial relationship that police have to communities and people of color

Jesus Christ.

The manager of the Best Buy where this incident occurred has reached out to apologize. I was on book tour when he called so I will be returning his call this week. I've also been in contact with one of their social media people.

Latinos have a similar problem. I am not sure they are killed as enthusiastically as blacks are but since in many states they are profiled as being in the country illegally they are scared of cops too. I'm a Catholic and my church is full of Latinos. In my church there is a program to teach all parishioners of color…

It must be terrible for black parents to have to tell their children "Even if you're unarmed, even if you're well-behaved, even if you do everything right, there is still a chance that a white police officer will murder you in the street with your hands up."

Context=structural racism over the course of 400 years; white supremacist culture; fear and hatred of black people; lack of police accountability.

The context is that he was unarmed and had his hands in the air. The context is that police murder a black person every 28 hours in the US. The context is hundreds of years of dehumanization of black people: lynchings, slavery, you name it. The context is the rights that we are supposedly afforded by the Constitution,…

Right - and I can see why some folks don't want to as well. I personally think a report button would be a good idea (though some will abuse that too but we'll get to that issue if that ever gets to become an issue) All I can do from my end is suggest it (and I will).

Also, here are Rihanna's shots with Iman and Naomi:

Prior to Kinja, I headed the trollpatrol team for Jezebel, as many people here know. We dealt with rape gifs, violent pornography, racism, and harassment regularly, but there was a system in place with which to have it reported and dealt with. Banning didn't usually result in the same person immediately making a new…