This is going to be the next dreary step in the progress toward equality. These businesses will cry religious freedom, and the courts will say "sorry, you are a business, not a religious institution". My biggest concern is that it will make its way up to the Supreme Court and they'll come out with a decision that is…

Almost always, it's not okay. A book on the bus or train or plane is not simply a time pass, it is a privacy screen, a desperate attempt to be alone while surrounded by others. Unless a person closes the book and actively appears to be interacting with their surroundings (and not merely in a "is this my stop" kind of…

I have deep faith in the ability of a teenager to be oblivious to current events and the ways they might apply to the teenager's own life choices. I don't doubt they knew they were doing something wrong, I just wouldn't be surprised to find out they were unaware of the sexual context of their guilt. And again, I do…

I'm going to speculate that most or all of the boys who committed these assaults are now utterly shocked to discover that it's considered sexual assault. That anal penetration with anything other than a penis could or should be considered rape. It's possible they do not realize that rape of a male is even possible,…

"Religious Freedom".

The "women want a personal story they can relate to" school of thought in sports broadcasting is why we can't have watchable coverage of the Olympics, ever. All I wanted in 2012 was to watch the Men's Gymnastics Still Rings competition. But no, NBC had to run another goddamn 20 minute personal fucking profile of some…

Unzipped boots: nope.

...but then she gets a job working for a Handsome Rich Guy and develops a strong attachment for him, only to find out that he's unworthy of her love, but the Earnest Young Man who runs the daycare center for disadvantaged children and has a special rapport with her daughter turns out to have been in love with her THE…

I consider myself a casually serious soccer fan. "Serious" in that when I watch TV, I prefer it to be sports, and when I watch sports, I prefer it to be soccer. "Casual" in that I am not willing to pay for eight HBO channels, five Starz, five ESPNs, and the Golf channel in order to get the otherwise unavailable…

I'm also a Portland fan, and I agree the play this year was a huge disappointment. But we still got the best TV.

To be fair to you, the NWSL has only had two seasons now, they have a total of 9 teams, and have only had a very few late-season games broadcast on ESPN2.

Yes he did, and as far as I know they are still married.

There are at least indications that both she and her husband (former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens) should be getting intensive anger management and couples therapy. They had a domestic conflict incident with police involvement the night before their wedding in which he was arrested for assault and she was injured.

I sincerely hope that these stories dry up, from a lack of sports-related domestic violence incidents for journalists to write about.

If I were Brian "I know everybody" Lederman, I would be very wary of dining out anywhere in the city of New York for the foreseeable future, because now everybody knows him.

Only if they do sex work in addition to working as a paid companion. Not all sex workers are escorts, and vice-versa, but the two can overlap.

I've been thinking of this lady's particular behavior as a "fight or flight" response to a situation she recognized as threatening. There's no "flight" option in an elevator. ETA: I'm not a psychologist or a sociologist: that's just my own observation.

Yesterday's episode of the podcast The Gist features a must-hear bit of clarity from Christopher Mallios, an attorney advisor specializing in the prosecution of cases involving battered women.

SERIOUSLY. I kept waiting for Mama Bear to come maul that dude who walks into frame.

it is extremely rare — if not non-existent — for a woman to have an abortion because the pregnancy posed a risk to her life.