Right? There are some people who just shouldn't be allowed to die, because how do we prepare ourselves to live in a world in which he doesn't exist?

Yeah, I find this version a little... creepy? Something about this guy's voice, I guess. The original is a little sad-sounding, but van Dyke's voice is so warm and affectionate, it doesn't bother me.

Exactly! I'm tired of hearing people say, "I'm not sexist, so what are you complaining about?" As if their simply agreeing on a theoretical level with the ideas of feminism means that the problem is solved and nothing needs to be done. I can *notice* and *be unhappy about* a leak in my ceiling, but that doesn't make…

Cosigned.

I fucking LOVE my Lane Bryant bras. I think they're balconettes? I don't know, they're super comfortable and they look awesome on me. I've had three that cost me (total) about $50 (yay, sales!) that I've rotated between for more than a year, and they're just starting to get a little stretched. If they're trying to…

Josh Groban seems like a genuinely fun person. In a world where it's cool to be "ironic"* and detached and stuff, he's, like, rolling down grass covered hills and yelling, "wheeeee!" And it's awesome.

Oh, definitely garden gnomes for teaching. They have a certain air of authority about them, don't they? "My hat says I am a jaunty fellow; my glazed expression says I have had it up to here with your shit."

This looks like a much more upscale version of the sorority girls in college who would wear yoga pants to class as if they'd just rolled out of bed (with their hair and makeup fully done, of course, 'cause that makes sense). As such, it only seems right to claim it for grad school. (Full disclosure: I am currently…

Growing up, we had the book Alex: The Life of a Child, which is about a young girl who dies of CF. I must not have known what it was about when I picked it up or I wouldn't have (and I'm pretty sure my parents didn't know I was reading it, or they would have talked to me about it); anyway, it was the first time I…

It makes me so sad that you're stuck down here in Greysville, and people might miss out on seeing that ...thing... in all its glory because they never saw your comment.

Holy shit. Talk about burying the lede.

You would think that people for whom "interviewing victims of natural disasters" is part of their job description would be better at coming up with questions to ask. It reminds me of the asshat who asked the woman whose dog was recovered during her interview, "are you able to comprehend yet what happened here?" What…

Very few men can rock a mustache without looking creepy, but he is one of them. Although, honestly, he could probably do a lot worse, and I would still find him completely charming and want to hang/make out with him.

In a related decision, the BSA has announced a new badge in "having cake and eating it, too." It's expected to be more popular with the organization's leadership than with members, though, as the cake must be made from shame and hypocrisy and probably tastes pretty nasty.

**applause**

WORDS MEAN THINGS. Heteronormativity means the treatment of heterosexuality as if it is normal and other sexualities are abnormal or nonexistent. It does NOT mean a "need" for anything. That is what YOU WANT IT TO MEAN, because you want to pretend that there is some reason for the way you live other than "I want to…

Nice Quills reference! Talk about weird embarrassed tinglies.

I like the choice to use a more traditional male model. Whereas two plus-size models might look like a "hey, we can pose sexy, too," having a plus-size and a traditional model reinforces that she's actively trying to disrupt the narrative the real ads put out there. It's like she's a woman playing on a men's pro…

And, no, therapy can't help them because therapy can neither solve incel nor be a substitute for relationships.