Yep. Girly things are inherently bad because they're *girly*—it's the idea that being a girl means all sorts of limits. I just saw a robotics team today where all the members were wearing tutus. STEM and ballet can mix—and why not?

Hayao Miyazaki movies—not Princess Mononoke or Nausicaa (not really kid's movies), but My Neighbor Totoro (wonderful), Kiki's Delivery Services, Spirited Away, Ponyo, later on, Castle in the Sky and Howl's Moving Castle.

We had a strict no-Disney embargo. Not sure if I can help with the movies, I don't remember what I would've watched at that age, but I did have lots of non-princess fantasy read to me. The Wizard of Oz, Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, the Pern series and LoTR when I was a little older. There are feminist fairy tale…

I grew up in the late 80s-early 90s and neither my sister nor I were ever into princesses. Make sure to give her alternative models of femininity so that when she gets to the age where she's into exploring gender presentation she has options. If you provide her with non princess associated frilly dresses and such you…

Your kid sounds pretty rad :-)

Don't worry, even if she ever has a princess stage, she will still like superheroes. <yet another voice of experience?>

I think you mean "Alexandria".

It was a long time ago, when I visited a production studio who showed me around, no questions asked (I got in through a friend of a friend, who accompanied me). I wasn't told to keep anything quiet, and they showed me and told me loads of things freely, so I didn't think of any of it as being secret. But after I…

Dear Albert Burneko, I don't know who you are, but you have now written two of my favorite pieces in the history of ever (this and "The American Justice System is Not Broken"). I just want to thank you for existing.

Look man, I love your work, but you're just wrong on this one.

I share both your approximate geography and your overall incredulity. And the dad thing (two under two, one under one (yes I can confirm that I have done sex)). As a non-native of this whole Southland area, it absolutely boggles the fucking mind to see how many people are so dismissive of basic tenets of modern…

How about a law that requires that you vaccinate you kids, with no exemptions?

Humanity has spent five thousand years gathering the collective knowledge to get us this far only to say "Fuck those people, I am gonna listen to Jenny McCarthy and Glenn Beck".

My kid is allergic to peanuts!

To steal a quote from Jezebel I saw last night, if I can't send my kid anywhere with a PB&J sandwich for public health reasons, I shouldn't be allowed to send them anywhere without an MMRV.

Showrunners Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas gave us details on Jarvis' never-seen, but totally real, wife:

The Howling Commandos, FINALLY!

What the fuck does this guy know, he believes in evolution?

They should let that man show up on AoS. I bet he would do it for peanuts, and they need more super cameos.