Where is that image from? I don't recognize it.

No, I don't think anyone else does.

I think I got your point: conservatives are more prone to falling for a cult of personality than more liberal folks are.

Again, I wish we could avoid this kind of topic on io9, a haven of accessible science, science fiction, and fantasy!

Oh for Pete's sake.

The picture of what Gawker's comment looks like does not, in fact, resemble what Gawker's comment section actually looks like - on my computer at least.

I think we are supposed to read the description as meaning that they share very similar orbits. That's as opposed to an Earth-Moon relationship where one body orbits around the other.

Are you the famed El Kabong of NDNation?!

"I mean, honestly. It's not like she was taking testosterone, she's just naturally that way. Some women are."

Sure. It's because almost universally women athletes would be uncompetitive against men. Women would not get roster spots, and women's athletics opportunities would effectively vanish.

When I was in college, my mom would call me at 7:00 a.m. Saturday mornings ... and I'm pretty sure that wasn't random.

Your comment to Dull-mauve referred specifically to "the dudes in this thread." I am one of those, so me responding as though you were writing about me is sensible.

In these comments, I think I've looked straight at the issue, looked at and described my own perspective toward it including specific examples, proposed a new factor to analyze, and incorporated new info from Dull-mauve. That’s not refusing to look at the issue, nor taking my outlook’s correctness "for granted."

And even that's not 51st state level of closeness, by any means.

What's further ironic is that, to counter my contention, and to support this post's contention that women are underrepresented in the awards, you cite Mantel's Wolf Hall ... the winner of the Man Booker Prize.

As a matter of logic, the sentence you mockingly offered is actually correct. It is even 'more correct' if you insert the word "necessarily" between the words 'not' and 'be'.

No, I'm saying pretty much pretty much the exact opposite.

What is the distinction in Australia between states and territories? I wasn't aware there was one, and I have a feeling I'm about to meet my quota of learning something new every day.

Yeah, that was a weird one. I clicked on this thinking we'd see Guam, the Marianas, Puerto Rico.

Yeah, I agree about Catherine the Great as a topic (see the later portion of my comment, where I state I would be interested in such a book), and Sarah's Key as well (see my follow-up comment). So the sub genre I mention is not based on the idea that a book about a woman is automatically women's fiction. I don't…