I don’t know about “most obsessed” but Ohio gets a lot of mileage out of the (very vague) resemblance to a heart.

This is the best take.

What is the benefit of implementing an arbitrary rule?

It’s not a question of “doing everything”. The IAAF’s eligibility regulations state (emphasis added) “These Regulations accordingly permit [athletes with differences of sexual development] to compete in the female classification in the events that currently appear to be most clearly affected only if they meet the…

If those are truly the worst-case scenarios, we’re in a position where that could be happening in hammer throw right now. Again, why is the IAAF ignoring that?

What is the worst-case scenario if Semenya is allowed to compete unimpeded? Presumably, the fear is that the sport will come to be dominated by people with a similar hormonal makeup to the exclusion of competitors with less testosterone. If that is indeed the fear, then your supposition—that the majority of…

Do you see how that contradicts their claim that the testing limits are to ensure “fair competition”?

There’s more. Their own research found that testosterone level gives you a much bigger performance boost in hammer throw than in 400 m (4.53% vs 2.73%) and yet the new rule doesn’t apply to hammer throw.

I don’t know where you are in the third season but the last third(-ish, I don’t remember exactly) pulls the season together in a really great way. I highly recommend finishing it.

Why do we need a naming convention at all? There are no “objective criteria” for naming conventions so what harm is there in individual couples deciding what works best for them?

Ah, sorry. I find the comment system here pretty byzantine so I’m never sure if people are joking about how annoying it is or if they legitimately don’t know how it works.

I’ve always found it interesting that a woman’s last name is considered her father’s but a man’s last name is his. And by “interesting” I mean “eye-roll-worthy”.

What’s the argument to change how it’s been since the days of your ancestors.

Speaking for myself and several friends and family members, chivalry does not make us feel loved. Speaking for my fiance and several other friends and family members, chivalry does not make them feel valued. It is a code of conduct based on the idea that one should treat people in a specific way based on their gender.…

How about the option of both parties keeping their names? No hyphens to frustrate you, no “dick measuring” mature conversation between people who ostensibly love each other. Seems pretty straightforward.

Gray comments get un-grayed if a non-gray commenter replies to them. I am fairly certain that Marx and Sparks is non-gray on Jezebel so their reply would have un-grayed Christian Lay’s.

Where I work our company email is structured as [full first name][full last name]@[full company name].com. Obviously this can get unwieldy very quickly so they just put in a character limit for people with long names. Works fine.

We had the same life, except I grew up in a suburb.

If their name is actually Aurora Firestorm then they are 100% forbidden from changing it.

That’s... really disappointing. I guess maybe the mother-in-law (assuming she has the father-in-law’s name) feels like it’s a judgement about her own decision? “It was good enough for me. Do you think you’re better than me?” sort of thing.