Pope Francis really is very different from Pope Benedict, even if you don't think so. He's still the head of the Catholic Church, but he is, objectively, very different from his predecessor.

That is, I am *not* trying to undermine etc etc

I think that's OF people who experience sexual abuse, % who will it experience said abuse as children. Otherwise, given the number of people assaulted in/after college, overall stats would be much higher than they are. If I am wrong, though, I'd be interest to see where you got the numbers. (That said I 100% agree…

The hate that is dumped on her is so heavily tinged with misogyny AND jealousy, that I've never taken it seriously. Some of the criticism was fine (on the topic of racial issues, for example), but the majority of it was utter bogus.

Agree. I was involved in a lot of women's/pro-choice issues in college - about 20 years ago. Sorry to contribute to a stereotype but it was unfortunately true in this particular circumstance, I found some of the women in that particular group rigid and condescending so much so that I stopped being around them.…

If her friends know her well enough and if Lillian said she's happy, I don't see the point in questioning the motives of the girls who were looking out for their friend. Christ you've got them 'dropping her a morsel' since they are beautiful enough to win when there is nothing in this story to indicate that that's how…

This brings back memories of when my brother, who has significant disabilities, was chosen by the football team to run out on the field and throw an honorary ball at homecoming. He could never play himself because of his disabilities, but he adored the team and handed out water at every practice. Going out on the…

As another former bullied teen, I'm taking this the way it's been presented. Two girls agree to give up the crown for a friend.

Agreed. I'm 40. All that stuff we did in jr high and high school was pretty much done by people who were young in the 70s. Every generation feels the need to shock the one before it, at a certain age. It's kind of cute. :)

Oh yeah, that's what I was referring to - just the fashion. Music and movies are in a different league. :)

I went on this rant recently!! The youths in short black dresses (usually with sunflowers) doc martens, round sunglasses and long-chained purses. Stop! That's nothing new & it still looks bad! (Also, yeah. Nothing good ever came from stirrup pants.)

Hey, Your Highness, nice to seeyou back. And thank you for responding- that just threw me for a loop.

i don't know how you read that into my comment, but i'm just saying we can support fundraising for ALS research AND speak out about abuse of police power and racism without pretending one has anything to do with the other. doing the ice bucket challenge does not some how mean you don't care about what's happening in…

You're using broad strokes to draw no distinction between "looking down" on a person and "looking down" on a person's actions. I'm not suggesting her behavior isn't terrible; I'm suggesting that a person doesn't need to believe they have inherently more human value than another person to stop associating with her.

Why do Gawker and Jezebel insist on ignoring the fact that this series of videos has actually been incredibly effective in raising actual money to fight the disease? This goes way beyond "raising awareness".

Heh, these comments (and on Gawker) are hilarious. It's okay to give a compliment to somebody 's clearly generous actions without throwing in a negative that completely undermines it.

So most Muslims sympathize with terrorists? Really? Indonesia? Kosovo? Senegal? Tunisia? These countries are over 90% Muslim. Those entire countries sympathize with terrorists? Are you aware that there are different types of Muslims, with different philosophies, as well as many cultures that contain Muslim people? You…

Well.... that's down right Dickensian. You forgot to thrown in the part about how her dying decreases the surplus population.

My friends niece is a nun, and we went out to dinner at an Applebee's a while ago (because I apparently hate myself) and her niece met us there. And immediately started throwing back Sam Adams like it was her job. In general her opinions stack up to what you are describing.