Apparently Ricky Gervais and I are attending the same party tonight.

Your dad sounds like a great person. I really don't think enough children are given the empathy talk when they're young, people just seem to think it's an innate trait or something. It's really not, you have to teach people to think outside themselves.

It's the critical thinking and empathy that they were never taught in the first place.

Ugh, this needs to fucking stop. There is nothing that can be gained from imprisoning poor mothers who don't have the resources to keep their kids supervised 24 hours a day. Arresting these women and publicizing their case only serves to limit their chances of finding gainful employment. If we're not gunning down…

I don't know, I support the idea of younger kids having Nokia brick phones or something so that they have a way to call parents or babysitters or whoever they need to. Ideally they'd be older models so that they're not spending all their time playing games or cranking up your data usage on internet and stuff like…

Really. The fact that people's distaste for Kim and Kanye is extended to their child is just ludicrous.

I don't know about that. The government reflecting the attitudes of a large portion of the voting public like this might embolden them to continue to press their government for change. The Islamic Republic of Iran was founded on the back of a populist revolution, and even in their current iteration I think that the…

I don't really like that this post calls Kendall Karson's motives for publicizing this fundraiser into question. The porn community seems to be small, close-knit and supportive of it's actors and crew members in many ways. It's natural that when one high profile performer is brutalized and that her story is made…

Yeah, I suppose I should take a look at the article. I was reading somewhere in the comments that many in the mental health community consider pedophilia to be a paraphilic sexual disorder rather than an orientation, but in my brief research on the subject it seems that homosexuality was once considered as part of…

I think that the risk of pedophiles assaulting a victim is much, much higher than that of a heterosexual/homosexual person who is attracted to people of an appropriate age group though. The reason that I believe that is because for most people, it is relatively easy to come by consensual sex. Most people do not have…

Are the people in question actually victims though? I've heard discussion that many people who go on to abuse children sexually were victims of sexual abuse when they were young, but does that population fall solidly within the "pedophile" orientation, or are they more often the predatory opportunists that were…

You know, I'm not a great fan of Kanye's forays into fashion either but I don't think Kelly Cutrone could have been more condescending in her statement about him if she tried. She really seems to have some sort of disdain for rap as a medium of expression, which is unfortunate for someone who considers themselves to…

I am very torn about this picture. On the one hand, I'm highly aroused by the sight of Idris Elba's bare, rock hard pecs. On the other hand, I'm horrified at the thought of that gorgeous knit sweater losing it's shape because it's being stretched so much. Be kind to the sweater, Idris!

Yeah, I agree with that to an extent. It really does suck that people on both sides of the weight issue receive criticism and derision and people definitely need to learn how to deal with their hurt feelings respectfully rather than lashing out at the people they perceive as causing those feelings, but as someone who…

To all of the hubbub about the topless GQ cover - whatever.

This is how I feel about this song. It's not ideal, but it's pretty harmless. She's not making a sweeping declaration about the overall greater value of fuller bodied women over their smaller counterparts. This song seems like a direct reaction to being told that people like her are fat and unattractive for a good…

You have no idea how long I've wanted red hair. You are very lucky and I have no idea why people make jokes about gingers.

Writers and film makers get criticized all the time for writing gay or minority characters while not being gay or a racial minority. Isn't that the whole idea behind the "stay in your lane" style of thinking? Let the people who know first hand what minorities experience write from their point of view? It's really…

Well, I can already tell that I'm more of an expert than you are.

Congrats on your ignorance? What are you even trying to say? I don't understand your comment.