So, here’s what your more nuanced explanation tells me:
A person whose job requires him to analyze pop culture did not do any research before passing judgment on a film/actress he knew nothing about. Said reaction was sexist and assholish. After realizing he was wrong, his back-handed apology only amplified his…

It’s true they can get gloopy, but I find that’s more common with the medium point. The fine points are generally gloop-less, especially in the nonstandard colors, so I specified fine point for that reason. Also, I’m not down with click pens. They’re sometimes messy and always feel stubby/inadequate to me.

It’s true they can get gloopy, but I find that’s more common with the medium point. The fine points are generally…

Pilot pens are smudgy sacks of inky horseshit. Replace it on this ballot with the elegant, reliable, affordable Pentel RSVP immediately. I’m a writer, and I grade about 700 papers a month. I know from pens.

Pilot pens are smudgy sacks of inky horseshit. Replace it on this ballot with the elegant, reliable, affordable…

Before anyone tries to tell me this is “generational” and to forgive the Dalai Lama being an old dude:

There was a nice story this morning on NPR about a gay couple being Boy Scout leaders in ultra-conservative Utah. They went fishing, everyone was fine, the end. Also, the Waking Life coffee thing in Asheville NC might seem super icky, but the two icky men in question have been actively shunned by every other guy in…

I don’t accept the apology because a) the qualifiers like “seems” and “sometimes” are red flags that their mea culpa is totally insincere; and b) I live in Asheville, and I know these guys. Trust me, these guys are NOT sorry. They’re only sorry they’re losing money.

I’m semi-sympathetic; I’ve had shitty, soul-crushing jobs. But honestly? A newsroom is full of jerks. This is accepted fact. Newsrooms are notoriously stressful places to work, and the only way one survives is by being a fantastic writer (which she isn’t) and giving as much shit as one gets (which she didn’t want to…

I can kind of vouch for the fish and chips thing, tho. British women do have larger breasts. We also have policemen who don’t need guns and riot gear to deal with criminals. British men aren’t raised on Froot Loops and toxic heteronormativity. They have bigger balls and more humanity than these ’Murkins.

Fascinating. You don’t realize your #1 option is the answer, and is in fact the answer for tens of millions of women, and has been proven statistically and scientifically, time and again. I have no hostility for you, only a reminder that you are part of the problem here. You accuse me of having some kind of false…

Uh, thanks (?) but I’m not trying to date you. I don’t talk to hot guys the way I talk to internet strangers.
Also, sexism is a thing, and I’m happily married now, so whatever I was doing eventually worked. As I mention above, as I got older I got hit on WAY more often.

So you agree that police brutality is a problem, and that no one cares enough when people die while in custody, even if they’ve committed misdemeanors? Great! Welcome to the fight against lethal policing! So glad to have you aboard.

Short version: the quality of men who actually DO pursue you will be ten times higher than the quality of men who pursue all your friends. They will be few and far between, but they will be nice, and they will increase in quality over the years. My husband is Paul Bunyan The Feminist, with big strong muscles and a…

No, it’s like I said: respect or fear. I’m super smart. I’ve watched men’s faces drop when they realize it. As I’ve aged, it’s made me more attractive to men, but when I was young it was a boner killer. One guy who fell for me told me, “Five minutes after I met you, I realized, I’m gonna have to raise my game if I…

YES. I totally agree. I am a smart, attractive, perfectly normal person, and men treat me like I’m invisible. As I’ve grown older I’ve realized that it’s essentially respect or fear, and I did manage to land a nice fella a few years back. But I had two decades of being ignored in my younger days. It sucks. I have…

Oh, wow. That actually explains everything. Seriously. You just answered like 57 million questions and scenarios from my 20s.

YEP. I lived in a penis desert until I got married in my thirties. And I’m cool and pretty and not crazy or anything. Seriously.

UGH. Been there. This exact thing happened to me, and I don’t understand it. Took two years of my life, that so-called “guy friend.”

As far as I know, there isn’t a male equivalent of spinster.

I support this. Reasons:

Someone made a Trump campaign poster.