Probably not. Cheerful mockery > earnest fussing.

Ah. Could you outline the situations in which you feel a woman "thinking she got what she deserved" is a meaningfully mitigating circumstance for IPV? There aren't any? Then why bring it up here?

"Merely bruised... got what was deserved"

"on the very rare occasions when it does happen by women to men the level of danger, threat, and lethality is far, far less..."

I don't actually disagree with a lot of that... except perhaps the notion that we can use sweeping sociological bromides like "socio-cultural norms" or "entitlement to power" to unlock the dynamics in any given relationship in a highly pluralistic society — much less one between two A-list actors at the peak of their…

Funny - it was a clear discrepancy with the CDC's definition of IPV that first caught my eye. Seriously, there's not a flicker of a doubt that what Huston meted out to Nicholson qualifies as IPV... in a policy sense, is there?

Aha. How about throwing up the "policy/public health" definition of "intimate partner violence" then? If we're gonna bandy semantics, let's do it right, eh?

In the event you get tapped for a national-TV gig, and opt to flout the established patterns by opting for an extremely bold hire by the standards of the day, then yes.... you too shall be absolved of sin.

"Uh, we live in New York."

The headline cites "Letterman's woman problem" — therefore it seems a tad disingenuous (or unaware) to gloss over the fact that the longtime head writer on his first show (known as "Late Night") was a woman.

"women comedians know that Letterman hasn't hired women in the past..."

This article represents a bold new advance on the "Don't talk to me!!!" strand of feminist thought, and moves right into "Don't think about me either!!!" territory.

Seems an abundantly obvious point, doesn't it? Judging by all the comments from offended librarians here, apparently not.

"her oh-so-derisive proposal that Jarrett re-employ herself as the Obama's librarian is beyond moronic."

You overlooked at least one. What I was actually thinking was: How refreshingly level-headed of the writer(s).

So... mindlessly parroting stuff from the Gender Studies 101 curriculum — while ignoring the underlying specifics — is something of a bad idea? Well, goll-ee. Dude.

Yup, I saw it too. Was darned good episode. From time to time, I like to reassure myself the knee-jerk ideologues haven't totally taken over here. Mission accomplished, as W would say.

Let me get this straight. Randolph Severn Parker III and his buddy Matt — two privileged middle-aged white guys worth a half-billion dollars - make fun of a 17-year-old female artist... and you're "uncompromising in your support" of them?

For those of you keeping score at home, the company is currently worth $16 billion. Who knew it was so easy to make money? Shocking indeed.

"Artillery"?! Very ill-advised. Even a modest 20-mm round tends to wreak havoc on the trophy.