I mean I wish this was true. That this was “a small subset of dweebs in their basement” but literally the richest man in the world was decrying “wokeness” this weekend and hating diversity is pretty much the entire political philosophy of one of America’s two political parties. This is a huge issue.

I don’t know about that. If you ever look at Star Wars social media, the racists and misogynists are everywhere and they drown out everything. And that blows me away since the thematic arguments of Star Wars is a rebuke of hierarchy, domination, power-- and it seems more people don’t understand how that works than…

They said it right the first time. Downplaying it only makes you feel better.

Amy is describing women who, today, are more commonly known as “pick-me’s”—women who work overtime as apologists for some of the worst male behaviors, in exchange for the societal benefits of male approval. Women like this very much still exist—take a quick peak outside the courthouse where Johnny Depp and Amber…

I’m hoping she wins and he loses and he can’t appeal. 

Johnny: My career and reputation is ruined!

I think it’s relevant to note that we all saw the result of a “mutual abuse” case last year, when Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie were stopped by the police and Gabby herself claimed she hit him first and was in a bad mood and was being mean to him because of her OCD. The police even noted that she slapped him in…

If he says it was mutually abusive, isn’t that an admission that he abused her and she couldn’t possibly have defamed him when she talked about her abuse?

Gervais was able to ride the coattails of the Office (amazing) and prime Reddit, mid 2000's edgebro hot take four horsemen atheism (boring) to where he is today; which is trying to catch up to where he was back then.

Previous case in London dismissed in the judgement the picture Depp painted of Heard as this gold-digging abuser (https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/2911.pdf).

The backlash to the backlash of this has been “Well if you’re SO offended don’t go to comedy shows! The joke wasn’t even that bad!”

I sure hope it isn’t Sacha Baron Cohen, but I could see him doing something like that “as a joke” that a woman wouldn’t find the least bit funny. 

I just want to say that I had a crush on Pete Davidson the first time he was on Weekend Update riffing on why bathroom bills were so absurd. He was hilarious, and demonstrated through his commentary and comedy that he was sharp and funny and interesting. He’s cute enough. Tall, white dudes have always seemed to do…

I’ve been a diehard disc user since the mid-90s (Flex is another brand, and they ship to the UK). There are also reusable versions made out of rubber (that you just rinse out while on your period and after you boil it to sterilise it), but I find them so much more comfortable than anything else. Cups hurt (why do so…

The FUCK? As if all abusive situations were not the same at their core? Of course, you’ll hear the same sh*t, over and over! I would put Johnny Depp’s lawyers and all the people testifying on his behalf in the same category as those who chose to defend Harvey Weinstein, R. Kelly, Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, Dr. Luke…

I have a reusable disc and it has changed my life. The cups are way too painful for my van for whatever reason. They just exhaust my muscles, make me super sore, and give me god awful cramps. But the disc! The reusable one has softer sides than the disposable soft cups but I definitely didn’t have any issues with…

The Anti-Amber arguments are getting a little ridiculous now. They’re both describing the same kind of situation, and because they had very similar experiences, they’re using similar words. This is very obviously not a Melania/Michelle type situation.

Laura Bassett, thank you for writing this news in a kind, sensitive way. I too had a similar situation... Announcing way too early a pregnancy that sadly resulted in miscarriage.

Nuvaring definitely helps (it’s literally the only BC that works for me - everything else makes it worse, pain-wise, or makes me bleed constantly), but it’s not bulletproof. Normally I skip them, but this time my body decided it wasn’t interested in skipping and I’m on day 9 of my period. I am sitting here in a quite…

Andy Warhol?