Excellent point - think you nailed it

Well, this is one way to teach her kids to say no to drugs (even if your dad offers it).

I would bet $100 she caught him smoking weed with Maddox. He’s 15, which is usually the age where hippie parents who are otherwise good parents introduce beers or joints to their kids. I had a friend whose Dad did this and the mom (who privately, quietly smoked herself) went nuclear ballistic, basically arguing that…

Oh yeah, Brad is totally the dad that brings the weed to the kids’ basement party.

It better be something incredibly egregious, because otherwise it is a total dick move on Jolie’s part. Can you imagine if it was well known world-wide that your mother kicked your dad out over “parenting issues”? Not a huge leap to one or more of those kids feeling responsible for their parents’ divorce.

Also, aren’t all of the rumors that Downey anonymously comments online (like on CDAN) trying to expose shit like this without it coming back on him and damaging his career?

Yes, yes, and yes. We can’t let the normative beauty police steal a good word like “flattering.” When I was on the cusp of plus-size clothing, I considered something flattering if it was my colour, if it worked with my body (not hid my body), if it didn’t pull or look cheap and ill-fitting. Not to derail the…

I’m with you, girl. I am on the cusp between straight and plus sizes, but often find that a 14W fits my proportions (mostly tha boobs!) better than a 14 does. I wear dresses to work almost exclusively, and I want things that fit my bust properly, are made from substantial fabric, have shoulder straps or sleeves that…

People do not see the violence of being forced to cover up as equal to the violence of being forced to uncover. Mostly, I agree with you-but I think I am able to understand you because I have experienced oppressive gender based religion. Many people do not know how traumatic modesty codes can be for those who are…

I wonder if people who have had extensive exposure to “modesty cultures” will better comprehend your point. For many years after adolescence I experienced a distress when around people of my religion-because I understood how their dress-code was a direct statement about the sinfulness of my body. I experienced…

When I think of things that aren’t boring, I definitely think of internet memes of white men with male pattern baldness and leather jackets. Fonts of cool, really.

right back at you, friend.

Because they aren’t not fighting Zika, so they can press palms and they aren’t on vacation. They aren’t fighting Zika because they are dysfunctional.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a pretty common problem that it’s pretty clear based on the syllabus (even if it’s not outright said or listed specifically as a trigger warning) but people still complain. I knew a couple of kids who were up in arms (and warning people not to take a certain prof’s class/trying to get…

Office of Disability Services. Every university has one. Friend of mine won’t discuss a trigger warning without their involvement and respects any that come from them.

I have literally never been in a class where violent rape was discussed where it was not extremely clear from the syllabus and class description.

I wish I was a cool kid. I’ve been on Gawker and Jez for years and have never been let out of the grays. Nick Denton followed me for a while (I have no idea if that was actually him or just a spoof account) and then unfollowed me.

No, I meant the opposite- I meant that you’re right, often the attractive waitstaff ISN’T competent or engaging. So when I find a place that has a waitstaff that is all 3, it’s bonus points in my book.

Exactly, it’s absolutely outrageous for medicare to be paying retail.

PREACH! The “suspicious timing” argument irks me to the core. I remember when the debacle around Bill Cosby began to unfold and the conspiracy theorist were talking nonsense that the “accusations” only came out because he was “about to purchase a network”. NO, these are not instances of social stratification and…