I think it's pretty obvious that my responses have been both conditional and general and not a response to this particular instance.

You're not confused, per se. You're simply not interested in thinking, or maybe if I'm being more charitable, listening.

Q: Seriously, what the fuck do you think happens when you call 911?

Your response doesn't seem to be a response to mine, which takes no position on the relative dangers of parental decisions, lawmaking, or punishment.

The responses to this well-written, thoughtful piece are surprising.

For Christ's sake, Victoria's Secret has been hawking the string bikini for decades. It's not a revelation, it's literally the laziest/cheapest suit to manufacture. It's the Hanes Her Way of bathing suits.

I'd rather be paying for her dresses than his drones.

Just a guess, but I think the OP was referring to Jello pudding, not Jell0 gelatin.

Seriously best hand cream on the planet, stays silky but not oily through hand washing. Aveeno replaced it with some worthless crap with a blue banner that doesn't work for shit. Luckily, you can still buy this formula (with the "natural colloidal oatmeal"—whatever that means) in Canada, which is great (but weird to…

Give the child a bond that matures on their 18th birthday. This is supposed to be for the kid, right? They'll get all the necessities they'll need, and a bunch of crap they won't with or without you. Give that kid something that will actually tie you to them in an awesome way and that their parents can't fuck up.

"Partner" is problematic for academics like me, who often do have professional writing partnerships that leads to confusion that is not easily resolved because asking, "life or writing partners" is a really awkward follow-up. For years I referred to my (now) husband as my lover, but my academic friends thought that…

I don't really care if the ad is removed or not, but let's get real, real life people are wearing far more racy shit on the NYC subway.

Thanks for writing my biography, right down to the "Damn, what are vegetarians supposed to eat instead of Jenny-O lean turkey?"

I turned a corner and walked straight into Juliana Margulies, smashing my coffee cup between us and spilling it all over her. She was surprisingly chill about the whole thing.

I dunno, ever since the first one popped out male, I've pretty much lost interest in the royal family.

easily the best thing she's ever done.

After resisting the urge to pass knee jerk judgment and digesting all of the details, I've got no problem with this.

That is awesome. Keep these stories coming!

Aw, well doesn't that make my day!

As a junior American politics prof, I got to know the political theorists in my department quite well.