I think it's kind of interesting that the new FDA commercial is fairly dependent on the fact that you have to smoke outside most places. Most of those laws have been passed in the last ten years or so, and its surprising that they are going with "cigarettes can be a minor inconvenience" over the more hard hitting…

It's not that sex trafficking at major sports events is a myth, it's that we don't have any data that suggest that sex trafficking is higher at sporting events than any other major event that gets a lot of people together. It was reported a few years ago that eleventy gazillion people get trafficked at the Super Bowl,…

Yeah, it's like trying to figure out which city had the most breakups by looking at cookie dough sales.

Yup. Though we usually just call it the Alamo. And the caves? Natural Bridge Caverns maybe? They're like 45 minutes northish.

Yeah, I don't know anything about the show really (beyond riding and cars), but I think that's fair. He could do it in another project, or find some other way to change the privilege structure through his current show.

I guess maybe I should have higher standards than just acknowledging privilege, but I can't help but think it's pretty good that he's aware, and maybe with a little help and support he can start to take action on it.

So why all the vitriol towards Seinfeld? He seems to be one of the few white male comics that are aware of the privilege, and he's using his voice to call it out. We migth fault him for not doing enough, maybe work on diversity in his show or something, but pointing out privilege with a megaphone like he has seems to…

Wait, am I misunderstanding something? Isn't he pointing out his own privilege in a sort of confessional way? That the only reason he doesn't acknowledge it is because his ego can't handle the idea that other people might be just as deserving if not more?

I went to a concert of his once (it's complicated). He gave a long discourse about how people are like boxes of crayons, and he's like a 64-box, maybe missing a few tertiary colors (cause he's humble like that). But most of the girls he meets are like twelve-boxes, and they don't understand him when he's talking about…

the problem is that that puts an even heavier burden on people who are hit the hardest by the problem. It's requiring a superhuman effort from people who are already being screwed. And sometimes it works, there are incredible people who make huge sacrifices so that the next generation can have opportunities that they…

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See DameB's explanation in an earlier comment thread about giving a "soft no."

I love that. Where does it come from?

No. Not everyone experiences the same level of harassment that she did. Every woman does. And that's a problem.

Good call. From the original headline writer: "I was fully aware that the phrase “women of color” normally refers to women of ethnic origin. Many have criticized me for being too naive to understand the phrase. Even though I’ve spent most of my life living in Utah and Idaho, I’ve visited 32 states and been around the…

It depends on the coach. Some of the stricter coaches require that you have at least a 2.5, but most don't. And they have a staff of thirty and a nice separate tutoring center in case you're having any trouble.

As I understand it, the way the rules are written, college coaches aren't allowed to TALK to recruits in high school before their junior year. However, that does not exclude showing up at their school to watch them play (and maybe justify it by talking to their coach or someone else on their team). It also does not…

HAHAHAHA. I love the part where you think that growing bodies of evidence will have any effect whatsoever on modern discourse about something. #climatechange

Am I the only one who's a little bit disappointed that the only thing so-called social justice apps/websites ever do is ask me to sign a petition (i.e. harvest my information for their database)? Surely there are more meaningful actions we can take in response to sexist advertising.

That's not a staff photo. That's from some Utah magazine that wasn't aware of the implications of what they were doing.