In addition to Anna Merlan mentioned about mental health folks input, the wording is now part of the Associated Press stylebook:

You can say “completed suicide” (also accepted by MH professionals) if for whatever reason you have such an objection to saying “died by suicide.” It’s part of trying to destigmatize it and, as Anna says, it is the correct terminology for MH professionals. it’s about sensitivity, much like its now appropriate to say…

Nope. Best practices for suicide reporting recommend not using “committed,” which sounds like a crime or, to religious communities, like a sin, and “kill yourself” is just insensitive, crude, and poorly phrased. “Died by suicide” is the phrasing recommended by mental health professionals and the American Foundation…

If DC has to accept Fairfax and Hyattsville as “suburban DC” (and we do), Denver has to accept Aurora. Come on, now.

I can’t help but think that the angry folks criticizing ESPN for giving Jenner the Arthur Ashe Award are the same ones who would have criticized ESPN for naming an award after Arthus Ashe in the first place.

The irony is that all the hate Caitlyn Jenner gets over this just shows how much courage it took to go public in the first place

Yeah that’s the part that gets me most. These people think that they’re standing up for and supporting the military, but instead what they’re doing is perverting it for their own fucked up beliefs.

Pretty shitty of people to use an amputee veteran as a thin veil for their transphobia

“Better a hundred innocents suffer than one freeloader get a free lunch.”

God forbid we just feed students lunch without interrogating their parents financial situation. Gotta make sure the freeloaders aren’t gaming the system for canned green beans and wiener wraps.

I really really hate these kinds of stories. Wouldn’t it be better all around for kids to be fed and able to learn instead of shamed and/or starving?

if students are in a situation where they can’t pay for lunch, they’re given one slice of american cheese on a hamburger bun along with a small milk.

If you need more grasps, she has also said on Twitter that Louis is an “old friend” and named him as one of her favorite comedians any number of times (all since the divorce) over the years. Also, she chewed out the writer of that Death and Taxes article on Twitter and blasted him for his “untrue” piece.

And it was really fucked up, and this person was married. So it was not good, and so I hold a lot of resentment.

Can you even imagine how horrific it would be to bone Bobby Flay? Just think about it.

Omg it was an ESPY award everyone was mad about? stfu. I seriously couldn’t figure out what the eff award a veteran and a reality star would both be in the running for. Like, the amount of outrage I’ve seen, I assumed it was some equivalent of like a Purple Heart or something, and that obviously that seemed ridiculous.

Lol what??

god the rage over her winning that award at the espy’s last night (which i mean, lol, the espys) was the most beautiful thing i’ve ever had the pleasure to read on my facebook feed.

Once again Stewart is on point. All during the lead up to this the one thing i kept hearing over and over again was “Boy, he’s going to be an ugly woman.” As if the fact that she was finally going to be able to live how she was always meant to, that she was free of the burden of being in the wrong body. Nope, that…

Here’s your 23.5% wage cut. Enjoy.