What happened to the reporter doesn't feel scary to me. What happened to you certainly does. I recently received a complimentary text from an unknown person who referenced me doing something specific during the day which he only would have known if he'd laid eyes on me. It went through me like a lightning bolt.…

A sultry army of sexting vixens with an agenda aimed at political reform. It's so crazy it just might work!

Accidental suicides are a real thing and cost many lives; I've seen this play out personally. Person uses suicide as a gesture or expression, people around them become sick of this, almost immune, the ante gets upped, next thing you know you walk into the room 10 minutes too late. And you get to deal with the…

I hope me replying to you takes you out of the awful, awful grey! Anyway, another takeaway from that interview that stuck out like a sore thumb to me (and lots of others) was when he said that his actions violated his "brand". Not his conscience or his personal values. His brand. My eyes narrowed and all the brain…

You are very welcome - the entire story encompasses so much human nature it is practically bursting. And yes, it's quite the rabbit hole. As I was going down it I lost track of time and place, must admit. I'm curious as to if and how Jezebel will cover it.

Meanwhile, erstwhile Jezebel contributor Hugo Schwyzer quits the internets after fellow white males are mean to him. And he is caught cheating on his fourth wife. And takes some Klonipins, ending up in the hospital on a psych hold. Wow.

Men who 'have it all' seems to be defined as men who work outside the home - I'd just say that for the 99.9999% whose jobs don't land them on the cover of TIME may not equate working with freedom (the lineage of working is far more closely related with slavery) - and that being a stay at home parent may even be…

I'm thinking this is so "it depends" that trying to manufacture a rule is hopeless. I'm pretty much willing to bet that if anyone told me that I'm somehow doing sex wrong (insert standard disclaimer...unless it harms others blah blah) because I wasn't following the proper sequence of asked/answered, my vagina would…

I smiled at your last sentence. I have met many parents who wax on about how much emotional return they get from being a parent. As a mother myself I'll tell you (while I'm hidden by magical internet super-seekrit cloaking devices) that this is true, there are rewards. Those rewards are punctuated by long hours of…

There are ears perking up in huge numbers. Then there are the cynical antennae waving frantically at those ears trying to grab their attention. The antennae are all older than the ears. It's like some strange, beautiful interpretive dance number.

It's interesting the way Jez has framed this post - replete with historical contexts and ethical dilemmas. Could have just headlined it WHITNEY DEAD CAUGHT ON FILM ****CLICK ME****. Less posturing, more honesty.

It's a disease. It's incredibly complex. You wouldn't be invoking the cautionary tale screed if she had died of, say, a brain tumour.

Thank you for being this person. Is murder more sexy and exciting and DRAMATIC than mental illness and addiction, perhaps? I have always found this particular conspiracy theory one of the more revolting and ridiculous. Occam's Razor and all that. Oh well. I hope none of these fervent believers (or even the…