There’s a lot to laugh at about this, but also real problems. When I was pregnant with Little Valve, I fortunately found a book called Unconditional Parenting by a guy named Alfie Kohn that spoke to me and became my parenting Bible (strongly recommend for anyone who wants to avoid authoritarian parenting). Kohn points…

Jeff Goldblum was so preoccupied with whether or not he could open his mouth, he didn’t stop to think if he should.

Normally I'd love the opportunity to take the piss out of Paltrow but I think I'll pass just this once. If you haven't had the misfortune of having someone important in your life revealed to be a wolf in sheep's clothing consider yourself lucky.

I just really wish there were a blog that would cover the nexus of sports, politics, and culture, though. 

Look, Joe. I love tall boys, country music, and Trans Ams just as much as you do. Probably more. But I’m with Warren here.

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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I’ll keep saying it as long as it takes to sink in: however fun the Marvel movies are, in the real world there is one and only one superpower.

Nonsense. Melania knows how to raise children. After all, the greatest principle in Melania’s life is that she may not harm, nor allow by inaction to come to harm, a human being. The second-greatest principle in Melania’s life is that she must obey all orders given to her by a human being, unless such orders would…

That’s twice in less than a week that the entire staff of Deadspin quit. 

What, no outgoing roast blog? Sad.

Counterpoint (sort of): It’s good to have some time where people are encouraged to read and learn about American history, as long as they’re learning the bad stuff too.

I like this take! I’m the same age as her and similarly erm, un-partnered? And yet I feel fulfilled in my life. The only reason I tire of describing myself as single is because the word has taken on a certain stink due to other people who are not single looking down their noses at the fact that I do not have a person.…

This article is so petty. Let the woman identify her own internal mental state however she wants. She doesn’t need to represent every single woman in the world, jeez.

Eh. She’s 30. She’s playing with her identity and I get it. And if it allows her to dissect this and explore what it means to her a bit more, that’s fine. She’s not saying “everyone must call it this from now until forever,” she’s saying, “this is what I call it in my head.” Fine. In my head, I call jellyfish “seal…

The only thing I can think of that would maybe justify her word choice a little is if she felt that "single" was too much of an invitation for people to hit on her.  "Single" has that implication of availability whereas "self-partnered" sounds final and closed... like "I am in a relationship with myself - stay the…

I think the point is people conflate single with being available, as in looking for a partner. She is not looking for a partner.

I got as far as “Emma Watson turning 30" and got too distracted by my joints creaking to read any farther.

Whoa, whoa... I’m all for supporting the departing Deadspin writers, but is loving Kinja required? That seems like a tough sell.

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