Thank god. Cleopatra was the inbred descendant of colonizers that very likely murdered her brother, lived in unimaginable luxury while her people were largely in misery and was directly responsible for leading her country into a war in which thousands died. Why the hell does anyone see that resume and *want* to…

Weird to take Twitter’s word for it that any of them are actually paying for their checks. If Musk can make it look like popular people are buying his product by comping celebrities - which he already admitted to doing - than why not assume that’s the case?

Once upon a time, “science” just meant knowledge. Merriam Webster still accepts “a department of systemized knowledge as an object of study” and used theology of all things as an example. Systemized gathering of information, peer reviewed and testable claims - which the best history is - is a lot closer to science in…

Jezebel’s ostensible principles are there for the purpose of criticizing other people, not to guide their own behavior.

Anti-intellectualism is the currency of the age. Look at all the good things that have come from it!

No, what I wrote was that the examples in the article are from one demographic group, and that I suspect the phenomenon looks different for members of different demographic groups. From that, you seemed to have concluded that I thought this article should have explored the experiences of those other demographic…

Brilliantly and original observation, Charlie, but it seems to be replying to what you imagine I meant, rather than limiting yourself to what I said. Let me help you: The issue is not that this doesn’t include the experiences of other demographies, but that it was written as if this they don’t exist. Had this…

This is good, thoughtful writing that pulls together a lot of threads. That said, unless I’m missing an exception though, pretty much all of the examples are white/European descent. I suspect one’s relationship to alcohol and sobriety looks different from other cultural/racial backgrounds.

If voters want to keep voting for the same Senator year after year, they should be allowed to. The problem is the party machinery and captured donor networks that shut out new and less well-connected candidates that might challenge people like Feinstein in a primary (or a general). The solution to bad democratic…

“Of course, given the wildly sexist reactions to Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn in 2020’s Birds of Prey...”

I hadn’t thought Jezebel’s proverbial barrel had a bottom anymore, in terms of writing quality, but Rich found it and chewed through that sucker like a termite. And that’s just talking about his proficiency as a writer. The actual content of his reviews leave me mystified as to why he has this assignment at all: I’ve…

Jezebel’s inimitable prose stylist criticizing a kids movie with similes such as “Action sequences should not play like half-hearted numbers in a middling musical.” Presumably, action sequences should be more like “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” or maybe “Defying gravity?” Comparing one kind of bad…

The backlash is... a tweet? Did I miss a second thing?

“but the point is that this conversation that’s now happening has been happening.”

“Her husband has been in politics for decades, which means she’s been proximate to politics for nearly as long.”

Sure, New Zealand’s 94th-most important export market demands the personal attention of their head of government, and Finland’s 60th biggest export market warranted a trip around the world for their PM.

“My first question is if anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were of similar age?” Ardern replied

Fun fact: This is why it’s impossible for a 17 year old to take a cab even one mile from the Missouri Kansas City into the Kansas one without a notarized letter from a parent or legal guardian. I kid I know got a lift from a friend’s mom to the mall, and she’s now three years into her sentence.

You should definitely watch those movies again then.... not!

“She and Sudeikis split their time co-parenting, yet only one of them has been regarded as an “absentee” parent.