Bobby, though I would miss you terribly if you ever left Jezebel, I think you have found your true calling, writing the scripts for the “reality” show known as KUWTK.

in an exploration of what that truly means to live life unbounded, unfiltered and uninhibited.”

I cannot, for the life of me, decide who I hate more - I read this, and set my rage on Ivanka. But then! I remember that Jared - a 36-year-old who fell into this position by way of marriage with zero credentials - is currently in Baghdad, “solving” Iraq’s complex, multi-faceted, interlinked, and very bloody crises…

I like “Zero Fucks” Zimmerman. Isnt rebellion against institutions what he’s been singing about for50+ years? Why is this considered weird for him?

this comment and kate’s made me rethink my own reaction to the interview, so thanks.

My nine-year-old randomly asked about this movie the other day. I told him they canceled it, but it might show up on Netflix in a year or so (when I won’t have to endure it). I got out of the Minions and Angry Birds movies the same way.

I completely agree. Like I don’t want to shit all over someone who’s obviously trying, but this whole thing was very surface-level, stopping just short of the real, uncomfortable work that is required to actually grow in a situation like this. The author talks about accountability but then also spends a decent amount…

That was weird. I also found it strange that the author tries to justify (at least a little bit) posting the invasive photograph in 2012 by saying that we as a culture didn’t wake up to how horrible stuff like this was until 2014. Ummmm, what? No, I’m pretty sure most of us knew well before then that it’s not OK to…

“Anne Hathaway was under no obligation to talk to me—in fact, given her feelings about Jezebel, she had good reason not to”

Rich - thank you for that post script. We are all constantly evolving hopefully for the better, though it may seem like the regressives shout loudest right now. Really appreciate your honesty and humility with this.

I got dinner with a male man who wasn’t my husband lord master and then got diarrhea on the way home, so yes.

I admire Pence for coming up with this common sense solution to a very real problem.

“take off ur cardigan... take off ur second cardigan”

What does this one do for you, tho?

“always pushing me to do the right thing”

I love you so much for this.

me to tom:

I learned to appreciate literature thanks to some incredibly awesome teachers. I found my people because of band classes (low-brass shout-out). I had a US history class that didn’t just focus “We’re #1" but actually talked about the darker things the US has done without sugarcoating it. My AP calculus BC teacher…

I had probably the best High School English teacher to ever exist, who was the reason I got my degree in literature (despite having numerous shitty teachers in the subject), and whose advice and lessons I still think about a decade later.

And then you dropped the hammer.