I was never a big fan of this photo to begin with, but once I was old enough to *think* about it, I was definitely uncomfortable with it being so celebrated. If someone has their arm around the back of your neck/braced against your upper back like that, there's not a lot you can physically do to get away. She can't…

*grumble* Overnight company. Front door that you have to make sure is shut, the fact of which is reviewed every time I have people over. Drunk guests fail at door-shutting after I go to sleep, and also don't put the chain on it. Door wide the fuck open and inside-only cat missing when I got up to feed the other…

Hey! First drinking game I ever learned! You pass the cup at the end, and go faster and faster until someone messes up. Then they drink. Or everybody drinks, because if you get a bunch of people together who are good at it, you can be tapping for quite a while before someone misses it or accidentally flings their…

Yeah, her flawed understanding was revealed among a group of friends who were talking about the mechanics of sex. I can't remember exactly how it came up, but we later referred to it as "So-and-so's three-hole revelation." I had known that basic information since... I don't know, probably preschool because my Mom…

Oh, fucking barf. And people are so ignorant about their bodies, especially and most unfortunately, young women about their own bodies. I knew young women who did all sorts of stupid shit with their lady parts when I was in college. One got a raging yeast infection with simultaneous UTI after she used dishwashing…

I agree. I see two sides of the same coin at play in the article. Most women know how fucked up it is to feel like your body doesn't look right in front of others, from "Oh no, I had a big lunch and now muffin top" to "Oh no, my blouse lost a button and now everyone will think I'm available for all the sex because…

Not just in gay porn. Plenty of unfortunate women have had horrible experiences with either "surprise" anal sex, or god-awful consensual attempts, at the intersection of curiosity and ignorance, inspired by vagina-to-ass shots.

I think that's the best argument for it. Thanks to porn, young dudes already think you just shove it up there, thrust furiously, and wait for the ecstatic screams. So perhaps the root of the problem is the fact that in all our sex-shaming, and not talking about porn except to say how you shouldn't watch it, we're…

Yeah. Where I am, they train and shoe horses in addition to selling all sorts of stuff. At one point, there was a big controversy about whether or not they could be made to put orange "Caution!" reflective triangles on the backs of their buggies, because several had been hit by cars in the wee hours of the morning. …

OMG, I have a massive nostalgia pang just hearing his voice. It's clear here, as it was on the show, that he is genuinely interested in and cares about children as children, not just future adults. He was so good at meeting kids where they were developmentally.

I'm not sure who the "you" is in "more mainstream than yours." Also, I'm guessing he doesn't have a ton of friends in his department with this shitty, judgmental attitude toward what they do for fun. I've known plenty of gamers for many years, who are employed, who socialize with real humans in public spaces, who…

See: GOP-led Mississippi state leg right now, with a Voter ID law that will (Thank DOJ) not be in practice this November, totally insane redistricting that is intended to split up Dem districts, opting out of ACA federal funds, and tried to regulate the only abortion clinic in the state out of business on a totally…

I'm fairly politically vocal, and sometimes people say things like "You should run for office!" It is at those times that I remember I haven't known the password to a Xanga account from over ten years ago since... maybe 2004. I just know I said something insane on there that would get me eviscerated for being an…

Thank you for posting well-rounded, sound advice about how to respond. I would add that Anna should consult a private attorney, via legal services or a clinical program if necessary, to help her navigate this issue. I'm sure you know this, but an attorney could help with the medical board complaint filing, obtaining…

I'm hoping he was leaving room for Biden to lay waste to Paul Ryan on women's health, equal pay, and autonomy. (Please, PLEASE)

Yeah, if you want traditional journalism delivered in neutral language, and without bias, get thee to Reuters. Jezebel is not my news source—it is a supplement to my various news sources, where I go primarily to indulge in some confirmation bias, and the comfort of knowing that I'm surrounded by commenters and…

Well, some asshole on another thread actually asked a poster to explain "how, exactly, the GOP is oppressing you," so unfortunately—yes, yes it has to be spelled out every goddamn day, no matter how many Paul Ryans and Todd Akinses basically say "Fuck all y'all" (to paraphrase) to all women on a daily basis. *sigh*

They'll certainly cite it as a ground for appeal, but to overturn the conviction, they would have to show that whatever the jury didn't hear/know was of such significance that it prejudiced the outcome. So even if an appellate judge/panel holds that it was wrong for the prosecution not to produce the information,…

Jez still doesn't have its private message system working, so a comment is my only avenue for asking: Is your username a shortened version of a username you've had in years past? Because if so, we know each other irl. If not, it's a coincidence, and I promise I'm not a stalker. :)

They REALLY compared horse breeding programs to human female reproduction. Hey, nuns, it's usually not the best idea to TELL people that you think of non-nun women as livestock. But since you did, thanks for the reminder to never go to church again.