"Palpable bitchery"?! The fuck? In the story of a rape survivor's lifelong work to try to come to terms with her assault? I'm so genuinely confused by this that I feel like I must be misunderstanding what he's trying to say.

Solid points! Thanks.

"Treated as unicorns" means treated as invisible/mythical, yes? If so, I'm surprised that you think that's a takeaway of videos like these. I feel like these presume that bisexuality is the apex of male-centric perceptions of female attractiveness.

I'll admit to being totally engaged. Those eyes! That hair! Shakira is honestly gorgeous.

At the same time, I think we can acknowledge that we get to have that experience of same-sex experimentation—with partner consent, even!—to a far, far greater extent than male teens. I got to make out with girls in high school in the situations that you're describing, try out pushing some of those boundaries into…

I remember being so impressed with her when she was a judge on the Voice. Smart, witty, incredibly knowledgeable about music. (And sexy and tough, for sure!)

…Why is Julia on the cover of this issue? Did she make any noteworthy movies this year? I certainly don't remember any.

Guarantee that the U.S. will finally move to having chip and PIN cards within the next five years. Britain uses them. Sweden uses them. France uses them. By this point, it's just us and one country in Africa that are still relying on magnetic stripes for card safety.

This is the picture she posted.

People will disagree with you and say that media consumed by "dudebros" is exactly the media we need to be paying the most attention to and critiquing, because it's those dudebros who are most frequently the perpetrators of assault.

No, this is her:

I mean, for all her horror that people don't care about her daughter's abuse, Mia Farrow has been an unflinching supporter of Roman Polanski.

Is every single actor and actress mentioned in Dylan Farrow's letter going to say something as simultaneously pseudo-sympathetic and noncommittal as Cate? I get why people don't want to end up at the center of a story like this, but it's going to be hard for me to look at Louis CK, Emma Stone, and Diane Keaton the…

I got my first gray hairs this year, and they were all kinky and coarse, too! Do you mind if I ask what you/your grandmother's hair looks like, in terms of natural color and texture? (I want to find out what my gray future holds.)

Hm—I feel like this might eradicate the issue of traffic cops offering a blowjob-or-ticket bargain, but it wouldn't stop cops from throwing around their authority when they're off-duty. They've still always got their badge and gun.

Do we have the numbers of people applying for police jobs that would enable us to raise the qualifications so drastically? My city, at least, has a real issue in getting and keeping police officers. The pay is pretty crappy, considering the dangers you're exposed to and the stresses you endure.

I dunno. I'm hearing about more and more measures about having video cameras in every teacher's classroom, too, and for some reason that kind of rubs me the wrong way; I can't quite put my finger on why. (Maybe some other commenter can better explain the potential issues it might raise.)

I didn't believe in this until I started teaching. Serious behavioral/academic trends across schools (age groups, demographics, etc.) that all seem to coincide with moon cycles. I'm blushing at how weird and superstitious this sounds, but it's true! Full moons = way more fights, lots of drama, usually on-it kids…

Why are so many famous ballerinas gorgeous? Is it that people who go into ballet tend to be naturally pretty, or is it that companies tend to favor conventionally attractive dancers?

I guarantee that someone is about to comment on this article to say, "Well, he didn't end up incarcerating her, right? Yet another example of how women have so much privilege—like, the ability to suck dicks to get out of jail!—that they don't acknowledge!"