Right, because I was saying she's an unintelligent hack rather than making a comment on how ridiculously hyperbolic science reporting is.

The article stated that this invention could one day power your cell phone. This supercapacitor has an energy density of 20.1 Wh/kg, which is comparable to the top commercially available supercapacitors at 30 Wh/kg, lead acid batteries at 30 to 40 Wh/kg, but less than lithium batteries (such as the ones in your phone)…

Ya know, as a grad student who kind of occasionally advises high school students like this, it's kind of interesting to think about how these stories appear from the perspective of laypersons, compared to what reality actually is. I feel like people imagine this girl hunched over a lab bench by herself surrounded by…

Women shouldn't have to go to romance novels to find stories for them. Romance novels are often badly written and cliche-filled. Women should be able to find their stories in every book genre because women are humans after all, and men should be able to look through women's eyes since women have been looking through…

You have something better to do with your time but you're on Jezebel because you needed to take the time to explain how worthless it is and how you have better things to do with your time.

Wow, that's really interesting. Men don't care what others think. Let me expand on that..white male heterosexual men don't care what others think. Why? Because they don't have to! White heterosexual men and to a lesser degree, hetero men of color, have had more control over the stories that get told and the ones that…

Lego's only financially viable because of the licensed properties though. Star Wars and Harry Potter are the most successful sets, far above and beyond the non-licensed sets. As a pretty hardcore Lego person (I have been inside a Lego factory), that shit bugs me. I'll admit to owning some Star Wars Lego, but sets like…

I certainly agree that doctors are not exempt from mansplaining - but I personally think that this one (in this specific article) is not guilty as charged.

Please read the actual article. What Anna claims he was saying is not what he was saying AT ALL. In fact, you're precisely the kind of person he says SHOULD get the test because you had family history pointing to it.

To be fair, the executive does have a point. People do try to look their best for special events. I certainly remember how, much like Merida for her coronation, in order to look good for Prom I worked out a little more, ate better and had my waist, shoulders and hips painfully shaved down with a belt sander.

Anna -

Definition of irony: A story slamming as "mansplainer" a doctor for suggesting that maybe everyone doesn't need to get an expensive, flawed test that might result in them wanting to get expensive, invasive surgery, interrupted by a link to an article entitled, "Women are Being Scared into Traumatic Breast Cancer…

The concern is twofold:

He actually doesn't think that. Read beyond the sensational headline.

"Bad doctoring"?? Seriously?

If you read the actual article, the concern is a bit different than presented here. The doctor is worried about people with no family history of cancer getting the BRAC tests, which do have a risk of false positives. Those false positives can lead to surgeries on women who don't really need it.

I am not sure this qualifies as "mansplaining." Yes, he's a man, but he's a doctor... and a professor of medicine who is also engaged in public policy surrounding health. He isn't exactly unqualified to talk about this, just because he isn't female. Over-diagnosis is a real thing, and if we don't understand a test…

Those aren't illegitimate concerns. They definitely need to be a part of the conversation.

You're right in that her prank is ineffective as social commentary or promoting the kind of change I think she intended. However, she was not wrong to be offended.

So basically the idea is that the difference is that when you see an old spice ad, it's directed at men. In fact, old spice is a good example because the idea is that if you wear old spice you'll be like the old spice guy, and you want to be him. Basically as a man, you want to BE him, and that's what the ad is about.…