Basically, interesting Superman stories are stories where the problem can’t be solved by punching. Give Morrison’s All-Star Superman a try— he does a really good job of making you care about a guy who is effectively omnipotent.

No, Judaism is pretty clear that almost all other rules get superseded by a life-or-death situation. It’s like the First Law of Robotics that way.

Oh god, a 14-year-old of my acquaintance (I'm the after-school nanny/actually mostly chauffeur for her and her younger sister) was wearing one of those black plastic choker necklaces the other day when I drove her and her friend to rehearsal. I said 'wait, those are back? I thought you weren't allowed to wear them…

I was going to disagree, but actually I would hella let Steve Rogers hold the door for me.

I'll tell you the same thing I told my sister— think about the historical context. The women who wore extravagant hoop-skirted gowns in that particular place and time are not women you want to emulate. Sure, people wore full skirts throughout the 19th century. But somehow, for some reason, nobody ever wants to wear an…

She didn't name them, but I can ask.

My sister's a student at UGA right now. I asked her about this, and she said the only two frats who still hold these costume parties are known to be racist— one apparently stopped holding events with a sorority they had partied with in the past after the sorority admitted their first black member, and neither has…

Noooope, the cage crinoline was invented in the 1850s. If you're thinking of farthingales, those are a different thing and were in fashion in the 1500s but were not worn for the hundreds of years in between.

Oh, no, Nick's off the wagon again? That's a shame. He was lovely when I met him at Dragoncon a few years ago.

Lately, I have been living at the sartorial intersection of Ms Frizzle, a lady hobbit, and a Muggleborn witch who probably works at a library or something. Lots of cardigans with weird brooches pinned to them, lots of dirndl skirts, lots of novelty prints. I'm enjoying it, so far.

Actually, can I just have the dress the lady in the photo is wearing?

oh dude I told someone what my housemates and I pay for a 4br/2ba house in Mount Rainier and I thought I was gonna get punched in the face. I didn't even mention that it takes me under 20 minutes to get to the Hill!

this seems like a really appropriate time to deploy some Yiddish curses. So:

are you kidding? Tesla is a GREAT name. There's a comic book character named Tesla Strong who is one of my favorite characters of all time.

Oz would NEVER.

for the record, kids historically wore shorts (even for dressy occasions) because knees are self-repairing and your Sunday best isn't. Same reason vintage dresses for little girls are quite short.

Now I'm picturing Miss Piggy as this dude's assailant.

So, there are a lot of people in these comments calling themselves 'good white people.' Which feels like it's... sort of missing the point of this piece? You don't get to declare yourself a 'good white person' when what you actually are is 'not going out of your way to be racist.' Like, how low are we setting the bar…

I recently found out that one of my junior-high bullies grew up to be the Naked Dating lawsuit lady, which, I'm gonna be honest, was pretty fantastic for me personally. At least in terms of validating basically all of the life choice I've made since the age of 14.

Holy shit, I went to sleepaway camp with her. She does not appear to have gained a single ounce of self-awareness since we were fourteen.