Considering the vast amount of self-hatred it takes to be a *female* Republican?

Not surprising.

Can academia just put a suspension on insecure science and math majors who feel the need to piss on every other field of thought? We get it, you can do the stuff other people use calculators for. You can stop talking about it now.

I cannot begin to express how much I enjoyed this piece. Well-written, thoughtful, and thought-provoking. Grappling with our own accepted truths and seeking out a more nuanced understanding of the world, its inhabitants, and our position within it is something that humans too often fail to do. It’s a scary process. It…

“Chillax” is not good advice when offered to someone discussing the results of an apparently deep personal realization about herself and the world around her, following an apprent lifetime of emotional troubles (including episodes of self-harm and at least one suicide attempt). It is trite and stupid and makes you…

Really? It’s kind of crappy to tell someone to “chillax” as a response to a personal essay about their self-discovery over the past year. The author is asking serious questions about her life and emotional motivations and who are you to tell her how seriously she should take that journey?

As much as I sympathize with BLM, they’re acting in ways that are counteractive to helping their cause. Yes, people should be aware of what happened to Jamar and the racial issues that exist in this state and in the cities. Yes, protesting is a valid form of relaying that message and showing how much it has affected…

Next time someone tries to explain to me how smart Nicki Minaj is, I’ll show them this

I think “outrage culture” hurts us all when it becomes a tool with which to stop dialogue instead of promoting it. A lot of the time I see public figures issuing apologies that demonstrate zero understanding of what they did wrong or why people are upset and are only apologizing in an effort to stop the backlash/…

How do famous people get into relationships so quickly? I meet someone I can stand about once every five years.

I think she deserves credit for this. She does seem to be learning and I think that’s important. Like, when she was on Another Round, she talked about how even though she hates Gawker, they were 100% right about not paying people on her book tour, so she paid them. And that even though they are shit to her, it was a…

like Spike, I’m baffled at how people can accept, quietly, decades of rap, hip-hop music & skits, satanist murderous 3-6 mafia, mr ouija board references to their inner city murders, R. Kelly fetish with little black girls, R&B blatant under age sexual assault references and then...then...talk about the “execution” of…

Gee I wonder how many people learned from her original comments that to say in public that women’s rights are important is revolutionary to say.

I mean, you have Emma Watson who has tried to help in her own way, and you have the witch hunters on her ass mocking her project because she hasn’t talked about the experiences of black women in poor neighborhoods in America. The girl is from a wealthy family in Oxford! What is she supposed to know about the…

Ughhhhh. She never not included them. You guys keep being so hard on her still, as if she had done something awful on purpose. She said what she thought in the moment. Put yourself in her position. You have like a minute to give a speech. You’re nervous, your heart is racing, you just won the biggest award of your…

He’s using the term just fine this is infuriating. Migrant and migratory are totally different words. He’s comparing the family to something like birds who move with the seasons, not freaking migrant workers. He’s more intellectual than all the people misreading him.

That is a really shitty thing to say. I have a ton of friends in the industry and I highly doubt they’ve slept for the work they got. I have no doubt that can be the case but it is not a universal truth. Not to mention, most of my industry friends are among the smartest people I know. Again, there is no shortage of…

What the what? So many intelligent people are actors. Pointing to the casting couch thing is so narrow and offensive. I’m a filmmaker and producer, I have nothing but love and respect for talented actors. Don’t confuse “actor” with “celebrity.” Do you think Sir Ian McKellan and Viola Davis fucked their way to the top?…

Old stereotypes. Not many ‘casting couches’ anymore, really. And I know some extraordinarily intelligent actors (trained for the stage, usually, and well educated in history, world politics and literature, more than most of us). Brad Pitt seemed to be suggesting that his family is always on the move, but used a term…

Nicely written. I *love* Paris. Both the postcard Paris, and the funky, multi-cultural, reality based Paris. I visited a few years back, almost reluctantly. But after a week in Paris, and visiting other cities around France, I almost didn’t come back.

Really well-written piece. It's infuriating and I hope this pig Holtzclaw is persecuted to the fullest extent of the law.