A photo of the author discussing his “sex life” with “Kathy.”

Jonathan Franzen is so far up his own butthole he’s about to create a singularity

He is dangerous. In one episode (the last one I watched) a young woman, high school maybe?... asked him how to handle a guy who would not stop calling her. His answer... “That’s a compliment! You should be flattered he keeps calling”... He is a dangerous man.

What could the added value of a show entitled “What Men Really Think” possibly be? I’m bombarded with male opinions about things every day.

Yeah if you don’t agree with people doing idiotic counterproductive things you’re a bad ally!

I don’t consider people who condescend to me friends. Nor do I take seriously the “ally-ship” of people who are quick to pull said alliance the second they decide that they don’t agree with certain tactics. I certainly don’t think an alliance with someone who acts in paternally to be one worth keeping. I’m looking for…

“They are still stunned that this is how it has all gone down,”

Right-wing terrorism will be one of the greatest threats we must deal with, in the coming decade. Galvanized by a neoreactionary status quo that convinces them they are under attack; enabled by outmoded and timid government policies that weaponize their paranoia; and brainwashed within echo chambers that the Internet…

The whole point of the protest being aimed at white progressives at this point is to point out that white people aren’t entitled to ANYTHING from black people. Why is it so fucking difficult for white people to understand how condescending it is to think their ostensibly progressive politics inures them from issues of…

The most shocking thing I found out when Gov. Bentley of Alabama pulled the funding is that the state was only giving Planned Parenthood $5,000 over a 2 year period anyway. You can’t even get a decent used car for $5,000. All that means is that the move was purely theatrical.

There’s a GoFundMe already running to make…

I like Miley. She’s living her life and doing her thing. Her voice is unique; one doesn’t hear very many contralto voices in pop music anymore. Everyone wants to see who can hit a higher note than the next person, meanwhile I’ve played this video of her cover of Summertime Sadness over and over for the past few months.

...Brenda, who has absolutely no problem getting into and spreading around the business of strangers she doesn’t know for malicious reasons...

It may be

How to start your day like Mocena:

“Certainly, structural sexism exists in ______, but you’re overstating it”

It’s sad, but not at all surprising. I’m a small business owner, and many of my suppliers are men. About a year ago I created the alias ‘Dick Berns’ to use in purchasing. Since then I’ve found that on average my orders ship 2 days faster and cost 6% less when the person on the other end of the transaction thinks that…

A chunk of him will always come back. He’s the shit that won’t quit.

Amazing.

I guess that anyone who assumed that feminists would automatically back a female candidate can go eat their words. We vote on the issues.