I appreciate what you’re saying, but my dad was also a tenured college professor. He published two books and had finished the manuscript for a third. He absolutely knew that smoking was bad for his health. He worked in factories while he was in school and clawed his way into solidly middle-class status and had tons…

I find this fascinating, but she completely loses me on smoking. (She talked about this in more detail in Slate: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/barbara-ehrenreich-says-smoking-bans-are-a-war-on-the-working-class.html) My dad started smoking as a working-class teenager. He died a torturous death at 55 of…

I just read through her whole set and thought it was amazing. Everyone claiming that Sarah Huckabee Sanders was mortally insulted is a) humorless, b) complicit, or c) both.

The Daily Beast allegedly found her and asked for comment. She declined.

I fell down a Wikipedia hole after his arrest and read up on a bunch of serial killers. (Its a hobby, I guess?) The one unifying factor (beside them all being dudes, obvs.) were seriously fucked up relationships with their mothers.

OMG, WTF? Why not just send them home in a pink hat if it’s so important that everyone know you had a girl???

Kanye West is the perfect example of how having enormous skill and talent in one arena — say, music — may not translate into other parts of a person’s life.

Wait, did the HOSPITAL glue a bow to your newborn head??? My God.

Once again, I find Michael Avenatti unsettlingly attractive. I can’t tell if it’s his snazzy dressing, his fuzzy close-cropped head, or that I desperately want to believe everything he says.

That’s fascinating — thanks for sharing!

Was that red-and-white cotton dress really worn as an “evening dress
in 1949 by Princess Margaret? I’m wondering the caption is wrong — it’s so different from the other gown in the picture — high neckline, long sleeves, and floor-length. And cotton’s not routinely an “evening” fabric. It looks like a Victorian day…

WTF, Tennessee.

There’s a picture of him in a navy suit, a turquoise/teal shirt, and a coordinating tie pocket square that made me go “Hmm, I dig it.” Which would... not be my usual response. (https://theslot.jezebel.com/stormys-lawyer-says-were-in-for-some-fun-1825275090)

Well, I assume he’s got it as well? People with HIV can have sex with other people with HIV — it’s not like you can catch it twice.

Pacifiers have been shown to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). So Nikki’s off-base, at least for kids younger than 1.

I was never in a fraternity (wrong gender) or sorority (they weren’t really a thing at my college) but my husband was. To the best of my knowledge, the chapter of his frat never did “racist bullshit, sexual assault, or getting pissed on/whupped” as bonding activities when he was there. (It was pretty diverse, as frats…

At the very least B.J. Novak should give Mindy Kaling a copy of his kid’s book, “The Book with No Pictures.” My son runs around shrieking “Booboo Butt!” because of that book.

Yeah, I was a history major, but I wouldn’t call myself a historian.

I wonder what Seton Medical Center does with the bodies of indigent adults who die in their hospital? Somehow, I imagine they care less.

I’m guessing he passes on the STD with a bunch of emotional and psychological abuse — you’re tainted now, no one will ever want you but me, aren’t you glad I’m able to take care of you, etc. As for what STD it is, I’m guessing it’s either viral and incurable, like herpes, or an antibiotic-resistant strain of something…