Your comment is case in point on why civilized discussion is now a lost art. No attempt at understanding the other person, no attempt at understanding why they think the way they do, and no empathy that perhaps the world isn’t black and white. No one will ever have their position be swayed by having a finger pointed…

It’s entirely possible the problem is that I am an old and I lived through this whole debacle in real time, but is anyone else...not at all excited about this? I bear no ill will toward Lewinsky—she seems funny!—and there’s no doubt she got treated like absolute garbage at the time. Hell, it might have even been a…

Oh, don’t do that. Homophobia doesn’t literally mean scared of gay people. The phrasing is also used to refer to dislike or prejudice. This isn’t new, and you’re being disingenuous.

The drain on resources and the carbon footprint is horrendous with companies like this.

My philosophy at this stage of planetary demise is that everything I DON’T buy, helps the planet. Anything I do buy exacts a toll, as does how it is packaged and shipped, so I ponder any purchase carefully.

Also, my Mom raised me to…

I thought this article was going to be a breakdown of why fast fashion retailers like Shein were terrible for generating revenue for sweats shops and are awful for the environment, but an understandable choice for teens without a lot disposable income who want accessible fashion. Instead, this is an adult buying a…

It still has value right now, but basically any negative term for women based on a specific behavior just becomes a synonym for “bitch” over a long enough timescale.  We’re already about halfway there, eventually it’ll just be like “Cindy was a little pushy in that meeting, what a karen.”

I was watching American pickers with friends...

I just watched Ever After with my youngest kiddo & she loved it. It’s on Disney+

Fuck that noise. The song, in all of its versions, belongs to Leonard Cohen and always will (I saw Leonard a few of times live—the first time in 1993 on what was supposed to be the night I got engaged except that my husband couldn’t wait that long. He was funny and humane and lovely to hear, forever).

FWIW, her family were basically penniless after all the court battles, legal fees, flying back and forth to Italy, paying for a place to stay, etc. They’ve been honest about how the book advance went back to Italy in the form of paying all her debts - like, she literally HAD to write the book to not have her fam go…

“Christy followed the rules at camp and stuck to a one-piece swimsuit, sometimes with a T-shirt coverup to protect the boys from temptation. Her North American Baptist church wasn’t extreme “

Small correction, but it is important in 2021. 74 million is a minority, meaning less than the majority. A number can be very large (“74 million votes is more than any other president received") and still be a minority because the other number is larger ("yea, but 81 million is more").

I figure it’s because he’s Ugly Hot™ with a deep voice and seems nice enough.

I’m cackling. At everything about this. The ad: the race, the swim struggle, morphing into a centaur. Ashley’s write up. And now the fucking comments.

Yo I know that shitty fucking town, and I know *exactly* which University this shitty-country typa asshole would have targeted in terms of Greek life and relative distance...my fuckin Alma Mater. But I think the incel ain’t do it yet because there’s two things about that University he’da seen on his little scouting…

She was almost certainly leaving whether that video leaked or not, she asked for a huge contract while everyone else was taking paycuts and ESPN said absolutely not.  I’m sure ESPN is really glad that Rachel Nichols is here to draw the blog worlds fire away from their hiring and employment practices though.

I use “mansplaining” when referring to my husband because I know it will annoy him when he reads this. It’s not that deep. But thank you for thinking it might have been that deep. 

I eat meat substitutes to get the sensation of eating meat, without eating meat. I like a burger or a taco, and so if I can eat one while also reducing meat production to help save the planet, it’s win-win for me.

Gee, thanks so much for the condescending lecture, I wasn’t aware beans existed?! (rolls eyes)

Why would they?