Hey, fellow white ladies of Jezebel: Let's remember that a black kid is still dead, and his killer is still free. It's not about our feelings tonight, or about what black people say about us. It's about the fact that black lives do not, according to the state of Florida, and in American society at large, matter.

The thing to keep in mind with LDS weddings in Utah is that you're not just inviting friends and family for the most part. Your entire ward will likely show up, just because it's in that week's program and the reception is being held in the "cultural hall". It's much more casual than most other wedding receptions, but…

I hate weddings. Hate them. But I'm slowly starting to question my determined adherence to getting only a marriage certificate and maybe having a party. I told my friends I might just choose to get married and not tell anyone, because I would be doing it for legal reasons and don't really believe in marriage as a thing…

I will never understand the desire for a big, fancy wedding. It all sounds like a nightmare to me. I did get married once, and it was in my parent's backyard with a keg and sandwiches (there was also a gazebo and a dance floor, it wasn't totally low rent) and there were about 40 people and that was STILL too much. If…

It's actually a pretty common way for Christians to address each other. Since Christians are considered the "children of God," that makes them brothers and sisters in Christ.

My husband chooses to play the female character on Mass Effect, and I also see him being Lara Croft quite often. I think it's a myth that men won't play women characters.

I'm trying to imagine this blogger doing a review. "And then Gigi completely took off his trousers and underpants and you could see his exposed swim-suit area. Then he squatted down on the stage and pulled an audience member by the hair so their face was close to his down-there business. He then stuck an instrument…

Pat Robertson also told someone to beat his wife, blames women for their partner cheating, and condones rape.

Pat Robertson is one of my favorite performance artists.

I would argue that your first solo 'vacation' - whether it be a half day in the city you already live in, a trip to europe or anything in between - is more important than a road trip. If we are truly talking about agency, learning how to go it alone is part of that.

For anyone who wants to see female (and male!) nudity done right in a music video, I could not recommend Sigur Ros' video for Valtari more. Stunning piece that contains nudity, but is not about the nudity. Also, I wish I could be half the dancer those people are. For your viewing pleasure on Vimeo:

Michael Stipe did this in 1989.

Full disclosure: My wife and I asked for cash through a "Honeyfund" for three reasons:

Boulder is weird. It's this wonderful, confusing mash up of the frattiest bros who ever bro'd, and then a whole bunch of high people who subsist on kombucha and lentils. Not that the frat bros don't also smoke weed, it's just more of conscious decision than it is for the hippies (for whom it's just a way of life). I…

Americans, what the eff is wrong with you???? I cannot even stand to read your news. When it's 'ok' to shoot a person you don't even know who was minding his own business, and then , during the murderer's trial, attack the dead person's friends because you don't like their hair, or their dialect? You are, in the…

Many African Americans think that if we could only make ourselves conform to White American cultural/appearance/speech norms somehow we'd get racist White folks to stop hating us.

Problem - while I can understand that wish (and I've felt it myself at times) that's not really true at all.

To the George Zimmermans of this…

I don't give a shit about any of all them or civility in general (inherit respect based on role is such an outdated concept) but the rules alter a bit when:
-You're not in each other's presence. Saying "Who Cares' to some insane statement is not the same thing as wagging your finger at the POTUS.
-Outgoing…

Michelle may be crying into her afternoon bowl of kitten heads right now, but Marcus is in a club with a popper in each nostril trying to forget everything in the only way he knows how.

...she had the qualifications to get into the school and she was denied, but people who had the same or lesser qualifications got in because their race earned them extra points.

Check your facts again; she did not meet the qualifications to get in at the time. Also she had the chance to transfer after a year or two if her grades were good but she decided not to pursue that route.