Not in a snotty way, but — how old are you? Because I remember the entirety of the 80s and 90s being taken up with hand-wringing about why The Young People weren't embracing the label of feminism. Heck, when Lilith Fair was happening, Sarah McLachlan was all over the place explaining that this wasn't a *feminist*…

Nah. This has been the prevailing attitude among many younger women since I can remember. It just seems more prevalent now 'cos of t'internet. Even back in the 90s with "girl power"and Riot grrrl going on, you wouldn't struggle to find young women distancing themselves from feminism either because they genuinely…

There is a monumental difference between using a name that's not on your driver's license and not wanting your friends and family to know who you are. Surely anyone can understand this concept, particularly given the context given in the article.

Because this post shouldn't run without this virtuoso bit from last night's LWT:

Yeah, I did some more reading on this since I (probably too spontaneously) posted that, and realized the level to which I accepted Stanley's depiction of Rhimes at face value when I read it. I guess I assumed that she interviewed, or had talked to, or knew more than I did (which is not much) about Shanda Rhimes.…

I think you are coming from a good place, so I'll bite. I'm not going to elaborate too much because I am a white lady and don't want to dominate the dialogue here, but the main, BIGGEST thing was that she called Shonda Rhimes an angry black woman (and her characters) when Ms Rhimes herself never said such a thing. She…

This has been on my mind for the longest time. Many a time white men have shown anger more than any other emotion. Just go on Tinder. It's extremely easy to piss off a white dude there. But white men have the privilege of being seen as complex human beings who aren't defined by one emotion. Not only that, white men…

When 90's-era conservatism turned "political correctness" into a slur.

right on.

You guys! When did we let conservatives steal the First Amendment from us? Because last time I checked, we bleeding-heart liberal hippies all LOVED free speech and were all about the right to say whatever you want without government repercussions. We totally don't think people should get arrested for burning the flag…

So let me get this straight...this high school principal believes the 1st Amendment obligates the school newspaper to print a racial slur instead of an abbreviated form of that word, but does not protect the newspaper's decision to make a choice in which word they print? Dafuck? Do any of these assholes understand how…

What that tells me is hardly anyone is watching Outside The Lines regularly, which makes me kind of sad.

If you feel silly about that, name a charity you're fond of and we'll send something their way. This was a great catch, and aside from the underlying story it really showed something about how the press works: Here's ESPN just tossing out an enormous scoop on the biggest story in sports and as far as I can tell no one…

I explained in the article what spurred it. Did you miss that or not believe it? There were allegations last week that Sarkeesian lied about informing the police about harassment. A critic of hers had a person from the SFPD on audio saying they hadn't heard from Sarkeesian. That was certainly a story I felt we should…

Did she ever anticipate that making some YouTube videos criticizing the portrayals of women in video games would get her this much hate? I was familiar with rude comments and angry counter-arguments surrounding her work, but this sort of thing just takes it to a new level of depravity and sadism.

I've started to notice the people that say "Don't tell me how to raise my kids!" are the exact people that need to be told how to raise their kids.

"you stopped short" = I have no clue what follow distance means

Honestly, this is a small percentage of drivers. I run my GoPro everyday and just erase 99% of the footage because stuff like this happens so infrequently.

I just want to say how impressed I am by Deadspin's coverage of this whole thing. Just beyond impressed.

Thanks for this. I've been yelling this at my tv and radio for weeks now. I taught in a women's prison and had countless women in my class with the same stories. I had a woman whose husband essentially scalped her with a 2x4, beat her repeatedly, threw her through a glass door, brought home his girlfriend beat her in…