i don’t care about taylor swift or katy perry, but obviously the important thing about taylor swift is that she is all bout feminism when it’s to her benefit, but when a female presidential candidate is going up against a white nationalist troll she has nothing to say about it. i don’t care if a person is a democrat…

Eddie Redmayne Forever.

is it agist though to say that it’s creepy for a younger adult to date an older adult? Just wondering.

It’s all about McConnell. Why doesn’t that get pointed out more?

I really liked the analysis of these pieces, since I [embarassingly] don’t know too much about art. I also really like the concept of a man in power being depicted in a naturalistic setting. His power doesn’t originate in weapons of dominion, or in the wealth of the state. He exists not in opposition but in union,…

Also at what point to we begin to think that SJP publicizing KC as the block for the third movie is badgering? We talk about consent. KC does not consent to being involved in a third movie. She has publicly given permission for a third movie to be made without her, and even for another woman to play her character. …

also FYI when someone is in mourning it is most definitely not the time to be extending an olive branch. that moment is not about you, and it is incredibly self absorbed to look at a person who is grieving and think to yourself ‘now’s a good time for us to patch up our relationship.” That is, in fact, terrible.

I’m not sure you know how condolences work. It’s usually a card or flowers to the location names in the obituary, or a donation made in the name of the deceased, also mentioned in the obituary. obviously people who are grieving should not be in the position of having to have conversations with every well-wisher. …

Yes but she’s mourning her brother. She has been fighting this woman and now she’s poking her head up when she is probably out of her mind with grief. Of course she’s pissed. Her emotions must be bananas. I agree it’s an out of turn move, and I think the grief-stricken should stay off social media in general. …

My point is that public condolences can be a little insincere and are performative. I don’t care about SJP, and don’t know that Kim is unstable. When there is a loss in my circle I private message people, usually something more than a sentence. What I’m talking about here is social norms. We shouldn’t rely on…

I personally am not a huge fan of social media condolences. They are super casual, and I don’t like the public aspect of things. Send flowers, send a card, send a private message; there’s a tactful way to do it. ESPECIALLY if you are publicly fighting with a person and they suddenly experience a huge loss, be…

I have been shopping at LL Bean for years, because they have really reliable quality products, and their change in policy is not going to stop me from shopping there. Also I LOVE LL Bean Signature, which is my replacement since J Crew has become such a disappointment.

Could be cultural. Italians don’t use middle names.

i think what’s challenging here is that as adults we are accustomed to taking responsibility for our own choices. With fetal alcohol system, for example, someone else is actually living with the consequences of your decisions. just one of many ways that pregnancy/parenthood make forces us to see issues from a…

Quick appeal to science guys: it’s always possible to find someone who started smoking at 14 and lived to 100 without ever getting cancer. Anecdotal evidence is profoundly ineffective at drawing out relationships, especially relationships of causation. The power of the scientific method is using legitimate sample…

But we still hold those people responsible for giving out fatal doses. Ervin Staub wrote a book The Roots of Evil where he looked at how yes, humans are social animals and we definitely have a herd mentality. But then he looked at communities that had resisted calls to genocide, such as communities in Europe who…

I haven’t actually read the whole babe.net article, due to its length but also unnecessary graphic detail, so it is entirely likely that I am missing something. But one of the things that strikes me in this discussion is what seems to be an underlying expectation that people i.e. men should want to be good and…