I mean, I know that society is patriarchal and women are expected to be sexy and sexually available no matter what we do in society, but I guess now I need to explain that to my sons?

4th and schl0ng.

I feel actual anger for them. I have NEVER even been glanced at while being affectionate with my husband. To be handcuffed and humiliated is honestly beyond my imagination. Fuck those officers. Fuck them.

I don't think we're regressing. I think it has always been this bad, and was even worse in the past. The difference is that in 2014, incidents like this blow up on the internet. This isn't a top story in traditional news outlets, and never would have been in the past, but blogs and social media mean this incident will…

Beyond infuriating and the picture is just utterly heartbreaking. I can't imagine the anger and shame she felt and it makes me sick to my stomach. We should be past this degrading, racist shit as a country and as a civilization. I know the calendar says it's 2014 but lately it feels like 1814 instead.

Unfuckingbelievable. That photo is heartbreaking. Why does it feel like we are regressing on race relations?

AND she just did that huge show on the VMAs?

Great. Beer in my nose. +1 snort take.

"Pudendaproxen"

I lost it at "Pudendaproxen."

Any vagina-derived name would also serve as a great sci-fi character or planet name. To wit:

I'm really looking forward to seeing what names they come up with for vagina-bacteria-derived drugs. Hoohaazopram? Vagiloft?

HAHAHAHAHAHAA. Oh my god. That is amazing.

"A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane and ill-advised, and the whole species' existence counts on them doing it. I don't know how they...how do women still go out with guys, when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? We're the number one threat to women.…

Step One in the abuser's playbook is to isolate the victim. (I almost said "his victim," but it's also VERY possible for a man to be the abused person in a dysfunctional relationship. See, once you've cut off someone, they have no support group. No peers. No one to run to.

Thank you for this, it is very insightful and very good work. If anything this whole incident has shed light on the largely-ignored domestic violence problem in this country.

I am reminded of one of my favorite (and quite accurate) 30 Rock quotes:

Oh, JLaw, come on! You can do SOOO much better than the Coldplay frontman and ex-Goop hubs. I just can't. Cannot. Nope.

Before people get all huffy about going to the hospital for a migraine, intense head pain can be a symptom of stroke, even if no other 'classic' stroke symptoms are present. Maybe Kanye is being over cautious, maybe he has family history and is being suitably cautious. Either way, health worries blow for everyone.

How much do you want to bet that Steven has never had to work hard at a job in his life and that he came from a privileged background?