Necessary, maybe, but with likely far more limited effectiveness.

Canada doesn't have a lot of the social problems that the United States has, though. You have a lower poverty rate, a comparatively tiny percentage of low-performing students in schools, and much more governmental support for the ill and unemployed. Not to mention that your homicide rate overall, guns aside, is half…

I'm really bummed that Blake's turned out to be a homophobic gun nut. My roommate's really into The Voice, and I've found him to be totally charming—to the point where he was beginning to become a borderline celebrity crush. Oh well.

The average student in D.C. schools reads 2-4 years behind grade level. (So not a few 9th graders taking this test couldn't understand anything written at a 6th grade level or higher.) That means that students tend to score far lower on tests than their mastery of the material would suggest. A 62% passing rate is…

I hadn't even heard of "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"
 until this, but seeing those two actors in it made me want to. Not worth it?

A few months with cocaine healing under your skin? Knowing that at any minute, the bags might tear and you'll die from an overdose? Aiee. I couldn't do it.

Well-said on all counts.

So, wait, you shell out $90 for lingerie that you leave in a drawer 11 months out of the year? That's just ridiculous. And I say that as someone who buys overpriced sexy things on the regular!

I think it's more just an interesting conversation to have. In most stories about bullying, there's a lot of discussion about ineffective teachers and administrators in dealing with the issue—and I think it might be helpful for everyone to first agree on what effective adult actions look like.

I think you radically misunderstood the post you're replying to. The writer is saying that s/he doesn't believe that many people are able to compartmentalize to the degree that defenders of all kinds of porn (regardless of its offensiveness) claim is possible. S/he's saying that it's tough for Jezebel to say things…

I think you raise good points, but I think you're being disingenuous if you're saying that the things Jezebel has published from sex workers doesn't all carry the same "sex work is great!" message. Every post begins by explaining that the (white, well-educated) writer has a ton of control over their workplace, the…

I lost a ton of weight recently, so I'm basically having to re-do my wardrobe, which sucks. One nice thing about it, though, is that I can clear out all the many duplicated useless outfits that I had and learn from my mistakes. For example: I had roughly 5-10 dresses that, due to color/cut/degree of sparkle, could…

I see the fuck you series as being no different from, say, Glamour's "If it's OK if you..." column or People's "Guilty pleasures" page. It's basically giving readers the freedom to feel irritated by something that most people tell us we're supposed to feel grateful for and appreciative of, despite the fact that it's…

Hate that. Sticks you in the position of having to explain why they wouldn't hire you. "Yes, I have heard working at Google is great, but it's pretty competitive... Well, what I mean by competitive is... That's nice to say, but..." Five minutes later, you're simultaneously irritated and depressed.

Some introspection after this article left me with the realization that I'm not convinced that my kitchen counters are cleaner than my floor. Homemaker of the year?

Not quite sure why this was demoted so low—it's down here with the "is there even a gay gene?!?" trolls, but I thought these criticisms were substantive.

They'd be so earnest and genuine, with none of the I'm-too-cool-for-this vibe of some other recent hosts. Just so excited to be there and wanting to put on some spectacle to make it a fun event to watch. Love!

I imagine the host rehearsing for hours preceding this, just to try to get it spot-on. (No doubt in addition to singing it faaaar too frequently with all his fellow theater geeks in college.) So cute.

Ha!

So weird. I'm kind of feeling like I'm participating in a pre-scripted conversation and my comments aren't even being read.