Extremely well put. I could easily imagine hearing that first paragraph being spoken by my (United Methodist) bishop. Just really, really well said.

But he ISN'T affirming her choices. She's affirming his.

Ahh, yes. My ex-boyfriend was thin and looked great in clothes. But naked, he sort of resembled a droopy stick figure. His butt was bizarrely flat without any muscle or fat in it, so touching it was like grabbing at pudding. When he ate a large meal, it gave him a potbelly until it was properly digested so you could…

I totally and unironically applaud this pastor. I think this is a terrific idea and if it can shame even one person into acting like a true Christian (i.e. a pleasant, properly tipping non asshole) it has earned its keep

Antibiotics...broken link...AUTISM! ANTIBIOTICS CAUSE AUTISM! right, isn't that how it works?

This is definitely an improvement, but I still feel uncomfortable with the whole point of Lulu. Whether it's people dishing on terrible dating experiences or ranking dudes on attractiveness like they're prize livestock, the whole thing just seems like a bad idea. But I do appreciate the significance of this change; if…

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I see, so your one friend of a friend's mother was crazy and therefore all homebirth families must be likewise insane. (I'm sorry for the friend, btw, and glad she had an uncle looking out for her). Tangentially, all babies are born without shots. The shots come later.

I dunno. I appreciate what the photographer is trying to do, but...This reminds me of when I was 19 (pre-Internet, pre-pornavailableverywhere) and my friend and I went to see male strippers and we were like, hell yeah, let's objectify men!! And then I got there and I just found it weird and depressing that we have to…

"... apology jiujitsu [Brazilian, I gather, v. Japanese a/k/a "jujitsu") ..." Nice. Even if you didn't invent it, please note I'll be recycling that.

I don't watch the show and I'm not going to start just because of a hosting change. So I have no assessment or feelings on Brooke one way or the other.

In the book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1558… the author says that many of the original photographers quit because of the exact change you discuss. I remember one said "I took this job to make beautiful pictures of beautiful women, not porn". Although some posts here are blasting PB for chauvinism, it was…

I'm not a Christian Scientist, but I am a former journalist. The Christian Science Monitor is pretty well-respected in secular circles, especially for its coverage of religion issues. For example, one of its reporters won a Pulitzer for covering the Srebrenica massacre.

No day-ruining here, I was well aware of the PUA variety of douche-weasel who calculates his romantic gestures in cost-to-blowjob analysis.

Ooh, I hope there will be a follow-up parenting guide - something along the lines of Fuck Everybody Else's Children: How to Get the Best for Your Special Snowflake, Regardless of the Cost to Society.

It's highly suspicious when a White coach, especially one who's basically a legacy (aka AFFIRMATIVE ACTION) candidate for his job, starts blaming his predominantly Black players for social problems in America, which he apparently did according to this article.

"the majority of the coaches in the upper levels of basketball are white, while the players are predominantly black"

I can't say I'm entirely keen on the way this article downplays that this whole incident started because of discrimination against a disabled customer (not mentioning it once as far as I can see, even when it talks about the discrimination lawsuit). I know you can see it in the little "related article" box, but…

I want to like this essay, but I don't. In fact, I hate it.