It's a question of how detail/word choices speak to the implicit fears and biases that inform this journalistic work. We all know it was largely black individuals/communities that faced the violence of lynchings in the US, but the article doesn't fail to make that distinction clear on multiple occasions.

Yea, but think about it like Obama's "Crusades" comment. Yes, we all know it was perpetrated by Christians, but talking about these Christians directly rather than just saying "Muslims have been persecuted before" completely changes the tone of the conversation.

As an animal adopter, animal adoption people can get out of control.

I kind of love how low-key this is? Like, I'm thinking about another time Kanye pulled in multiple huge name collaborators, and it was the enormously bombastic "All of the Lights". This is relatively simple. Note that I'm not an expert and know nothing about musical theory - if somebody wants to school me on like, the…

If I was rih rih vocal coach, if i didn't already think so, after this performance I would officially declare myself the beyonce of vocal coaches.

Jay watching:

Really good point.

I would like to take this moment to say: what this delivery driver did was unprofessional and uncool and so shitty.

Amen, RBG. Many of the toughest, most effective lawyers I know are women (and consider that the number of women in the Big Leagues at any given firm is not huge). What I've noticed is that they sometimes stun everyone else into submission. One of the best lawyers I know is the nicest person, and thenjust when the…

No place says "fun area to strip off and get wasted" like Antietam, amirite?

I had a high school teacher who dinged me for this for an entire year. I even failed an exam that was 100% correct because I didn't show work. As if finding the third angle in a right triangle triangle was not something one could do in one's head. I have no idea whether male students got the same treatment but now I…

that is a thing, but that is not this thing, since the study was comparing grading done outsiders on anonymous tests vs classroom teachers. So disheartening, esp since I bet lots of these teachers think they are active supporters of girls in math.

This. The case that was presented to the Supreme Court isn't about whether men can lactate, or whether it's okay to fire a nursing mum. It's about whether the plaintiff exhausted all of her options before suing. On that basis alone, and barring the fact that her employer acted abysmally, it's kind of compelling. …

Agreed but I lay more of the blame on the really awful magazines like We and Starr that get 'exclusives' by offering insane prices, and the really scummy websites. I can't touch those without needing to wash my hands. They need to regulate how much they can pay for shots.

I mentioned on the Gawker post that this must be traumatic for Bruce, and everyone is losing their shit about how I apparently don't care about the victim — as though it's either/or, or that somehow didn't occur to me. So look out — the SJWs may stop by any minute to let you know that rich white people don't deserve…

I know. This breaks my heart - knowing about the lives of total strangers is just not worth risking the lives of others.

The headline is false. The Supreme Court did not address this specific issue and did not rely on the fact that men can lactate as well in coming to its ruling. To quote the court itself:

Unlike humanities, answers in math are definitive.

How can one score more poorly in math if teachers see their names? Unlike humanities, answers in math are definitive. 1+1 is always 2. Are we talking about showing one's work?

The title is misleading (if not an outright intentional lie.) The study appears to state that the *risk* of FGM has increased — NOT the actual numbers of FGMs performed. While it is, of course, a terrible practice, let's try to keep from getting hysterical and seeing bogeymen everywhere. The thing about cultural…