Why the hell didn’t they find another damned door? This has been my question this whole time.

Living in Minneapolis, 1) I get the significant and hard to describe cultural impact of Jacob’s discovery and it’s hard to hear his mother’s remarks—a woman who has dedicated her life to highly visible public service for the sake of other children, and 2) Jana Shortal rocks her look day in and day out. We need MORE…

Experiencing death threats? Well, welcome to every woman’s life in the public eye. Harsh, but maybe if more women outed abusive and/or harrassive men the overall experience of famous women would be better. Apparently, it’s only meaningful if there are personal consequences.

I only heard the excellent RadioLab episode on this and have yet to read the book, but what struck me as troubling wasn’t so much the lack of consent (as others have noted, typical for the time) or lack of monetary compensation (also typical), but was the great silence for so long on who the original HeLa donor was…

To be clear, however, the skirt must be extra short so that it’s easier to tell what equipment you’ve got down there. For the safety of the children.

Decidedly NOT a kid’s book, despite bunnies. Pretty clear about that as soon as you pick it up. No idea what possessed folks to make it into an animated movie, except I did hear that there was a lot of environmentalist publicity around it. Maybe they were cackling in back rooms somewhere about growing an entire…

bitter slow-clap from the life boats, who were thinking “guess there’s always next cycle”

There’s always time for Trump to announce Michelle as his running mate. That would just complete the entertainment value of Republican Party.

fewer fingers than family members

It has literally never occurred to me to worry about this. Now I’ve got to worry about my labia? mmmmmnope. Goddamn I’m so glad I’m not a teenager any more. Apparently this is yet another bullet dodged.