I picked up cider black from the Farmer's Market yesterday and am enjoying the heck out of it. Currants and cider? Why isn't this a mainstay in every bar? I'm half to tipsy and unbelievably happy.

I adored Brussels. I was only there for a few days, but I honestly dream about moving there half the time. On top of the fact that it had fantastic food, beer, culture—and everyone speaks English, if that's a priority of yours—there's the fact that because it's the hub for the EU, it has easy travel to pretty much…

I think it's interesting that every story on this includes a line mentioning how Clinton was completely unaware of this. Is it because these things genuinely never make it up to her desk, or is it something that she might have heard/seen hints of, that she knew would be an awful idea to get involved in policing? (How…

Something that bums me out about this is that many people will not read this article and think, "Wow, it's fucked up that doctors keep prescribing these when they cause so many health problems," but instead, "Wow, where can I get access to whichever one of these sounds the most like the miracle drug that will solve my…

Do you seriously use them? I'm actually curious. I have yet to meet anyone who has used a dental dam before in their lives.

I teach in schools where the majority of students are students of color, and I'm seeing how much making observations about someone's skin color/hair texture/seeming racial identity is a common topic of conversation. Is that kosher, if it's said from one person of color to another person of color? Or should I be…

But conversely, it doesn't matter how many kids show up eager to study and do their homework if there aren't fantastic teachers, access to computer labs, and AP classes.

Er, it's not like someone just has to fill out paperwork. Faculty have to attend lengthy trainings to be certified as AP instructors, there's additional costs relating to testing, teachers have to rewrite entire course curricula to suit the AP exams, and schools have to come up with—and enforce, despite potential…

I don't know the situation here, but I think it can sometimes be tougher than that. I know that at my tiny liberal arts college, we had tons of different routes for students to report assaults and receive counseling: actual counselors, campus police, other students trained as peer health educators, staff members in…

It's definitely excessive, but Katie overstated it: Yale's tuition is $42,300—so graduating in four years would be 169,000—not "way more" than $165,000—and more than half of Yale students get need-based aid, with the average recipient getting over $40,000 to help pay for the expense.

It bears a lot of similarities to that MIT story from last November—http://jezebel.com/5963848/mit-st…. It's messed up because it uses homeless people's bodies to prove a point, making them a punchline rather than an individual.

Sure, but if you read his whole response, I think he's picking up on some pretty on-point nuances to this story. Everything A&F is in keeping with its brand and history, most of which is pretty offensive and reprehensible—in a way that is very attractive to its target market.

I call myself flakey all the time. It's an efficient way to communicate that you're shitty at checking your phone and following through on plans. Then people don't take it personally when you take an hour to respond to a text—they just know you're flakey, and it's to be expected. Should I find a new word?

I feel like there is something to being tan and feeling like you look more fit. I'm someone whose skin tone changes drastically from winter to summer, and I always look far more athletic and toned when my skin is tanner. I don't know quite what it is, but I can see why gyms would try to capitalize on that.

Such class and restraint.

I definitely appreciate that people can be motivated to work for a variety of different causes. I just know that, for me, it makes me question whether they have a clear idea of what cause they want to be working for, long-term. When the work can be so difficult, the hours long, and the pay shitty, people need to have…

Exactly! When I was working at a literacy nonprofit, I got a cover letter that was a long explanation of the applicant's experience with her close friend's depression and subsequent suicide. I was trying to figure out the connection with literacy when I got a humiliated follow-up email that explained she had attached…

This is spot-on. But I'd add on that there are some new subsets based on the bad employment market right now, with college grads who are passionately seeking out "nonprofit work" and don't particularly care what cause they work for. "Sure, I care about the environment! Absolutely, I'm passionate about free speech.…

I think Komen is one of those organizational brands that has become so entrenched with the issue of breast cancer awareness that it will never stop being pervasive. People in small towns across the country buy Komen-partnered products and participate in Komen-associated events—and most of the people buying and…

I wouldn't switch career paths yet. It sounds like you still have the passion for your field, but you have an understandable frustration/boredom with the "paying your dues" stage of the work. I don't know that much about your field, but my sense from other professions would be to stick it out, seek out opportunities…