The song starts with the lyrics "When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay" and goes on to tell his story and perception of "gayness". So I don't think Macklemore was attempting to make a "gay anthem" or speak for the LGBT community. The fact that the song became a hit and resonated with people speaks to…

• It sounds a little indulgent, verging on narcissistic, like someone who went to at least three different therapists before she turned 21.
  
  Speaking as someone who saw 5 therapists before 21, I don't quite understand the equation between that fact and indulgence or narcissism. Sometimes you see therapists because…

For people confused about the constitutional implications of this, or how one form of discrimination is prohibited but others seemingly aren't, here's the important bit of information missing from the piece: New Mexico has a Human Rights Act that specifically prohibits refusing services to someone on grounds of their…

Okay, I wasn't gonna comment, but I have to.

Step 1. Find a different publisher that will jump at the chance to promote a book with this built-in PR...

Is it bad that the only thing I can think about is "Well, shit, my lady parts don't look like any of those. Do I have funny looking genitals?"

I'm not sure either. But thank you :) I agree, I don't like the black and white thinking either, even if the subject we're talking about is heinous. I get really uncomfortable when people want to see something bad happen to someone else who has done something terrible. I see that as still participating in the cycle of…

I agree with him in the sense that I think he has a legitimate point in saying that being sternly against sympathy or at the very least understanding that sometimes victims do look like DiMaggio is a harmful position to take. I agree with you in that I don't think we must all immediately jump to defend or like or…

I long ago realized that a worldview that includes both the notion of the "soul" and life beginning at conception actually creates a really disturbing universe. (I like to think out the ramifications of certain worldviews, for fun.)

So the first one is totally ridiculous, but I 100% stand behind the second example (for both genders, of course) and I think it's great advice (of course the context of this being for ladies only makes it sort of weird). Every night, Monsieur cooks and I clean up... and we thank each other for doing that*. These…

The problems here are many:

Until we all say to our employers that our personal lives are important to us, none of us will be respected. I guess what I'm getting at is that workers need to stand up for their personal lives more. I know single people without kids who feel guilty for asking for a couple of days off because one of their parents…

I think this is a problem of capitalism and of allowing pharmaceutical companies to advertise on television, not one of sexism. I also don't think it requires mocking the 1% of guys who do have to deal with Low T, either. I'm annoyed by the ads too, but Restless Leg Syndrome apparently is an actual problem for people…

Wait- making treatments for low T isn't stopping the development of a male birth control pill. They're completely unrelated.

I understand and respect your feelings.

The white population of America really needs to get on board with the red envelope.

Just thought I'd point out that the diet soda study linked to in the story above has a number of problems with it. For starters, it's a three-person study. That's it, just three people. Two of those people were drug addicts and the third, the heavy soda drinker, hadn't seen a dentist in 20 years. Finally, the woman…

You guys sounds like fucking birthers.

Why is it so hard for people to understand that bad people can do good things and good people can do bad things.

Nice, but I'd rather it had been Ada Lovelace.