And how many of those songs have less than two co-writers? If Beyonce drops an ad-lib “yeah” on a track she gets a writing credit. But keep living in a fantasy world where this wikipedia category means that she’s doing the heavy lifting.

It’s not that I’m saying #notallmen, but it’s certainly not all women.

Does every 20-something you know think the details of their life are worthy to be chronicled in non-social media print? There’s something about the impulse to record and then share your drug/sex life that takes it into trying-way-too-hard-to-be-edgy territory.

But statistical evidence only gains meaning from context, and is shaky ground from which to make blanket claims. That’s why we know it’s bullshit when a racist asshole says “Black people are more violent than white people! Statistics show they disproportionately commit violent crimes!”

This article is really enchanced by including the outside research. Thank you for including it; I wish more articles here relied less on knee-jerk rhetorical tropes and more on data.

So can someone explain to me why Jezebel loves Beyonce, who’s a ruthless capitalist that calculates every move she makes for the sake of public consumption, but hates Taylor Swift for being a ruthless capitalist that calculates every move she makes for the sake of public consumption?

singing and dancing along to the songs that you wrote

What would you prefer they call her?

Thank you for talking to me like a child. Now, since you’re a teacher, maybe you can show me

I don’t understand what’s offensive about that? The New York Times refers to men as “Mr. So and So” and women as “Mrs. So and So” or “Ms. So and So,” right?

Well not coming up with bail money isn’t a federal violation of civil rights. Illegally arresting someone, especially if there is a racial component, may be. (Not a lawyer, so I have no idea.) But you’re definitely right to point out how this whole butterfly effect logic can spin out of control, once you start…

I wasn’t being hostile, I was being snarky. Just like you posting “How Fascinating Tell Us More” to me was being snarky.

I honestly don’t think FluffyPuppies is being a cop apologist. He/she is just trying to think through the implications of this complicated chain of events. And they’ve said on multiple occasions that the cop should be punished for the illegal arrest, and is probably morally responsible for the death — they just…

But is false arrest a felony?

I know that you’re not actually interested in any response, because you were just looking for an opportunity to post your hilarious gif, but it doesn’t take many intellectual calories to think through their position: to them, abortion entails ending a life, so it’s wrong. The “special case” is when having the baby…

are usually conducted very differently than white fraternities/sororities

Just look at the comments — this one’s easy! They aren’t white, so we’re supposed to be 100% pro-Greek here.

Hot take: this was one of Britney’s shittier singles, backed by a nearly unlistenable beat.

No expertise! Just googled “murder charges from bullying,” since bullying —> suicide seemed vaguely analogous to illegal arrest —> suicide, in terms of an illegal action leading to another’s death without literally being the direct cause.

Right, exactly. The distinctions you are making are very important, since people seem to be conflating every aspect of this complicated, shitty, situation.