The only thing I want to abort is the use of this phrase to congratulate black women for being awesome.

Tina Fey grew up in Upper Darby, PA. Her parents still live there. Upper Darby is a very short drive away from Temple University, where Bill Cosby was on the board until literally yesterday. Andrea Constand, the woman who filed the lawsuit he settled 10 or so years ago, worked at Temple. Makes sense to me that she…

I cannot tell you how many people in my FB newsfeed were claiming YL oils will help prevent Ebola at the zenith of the "scare" in the US.

I have a daughter with cerebral palsy and the number of people marketing YL oils as a "cure" for spasticity in CP support groups is downright DISGUSTING. CP is caused by damage to the brain, and no amount of lavender scented bullshit is going to fix that. I also have two kids that are adopted, and the amount of oil…

Ebola killing oil, modelled by someone from "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo."

Just because both this and the Chelsea Clinton stuff have a common theme (namely that Republicans are massive assholes) doesn't mean that they're all that similar. People can be massive assholes in various different ways.

"Classy" has completely imploded as a meaningful word. It's like someone saying, "I'm not racist, but..." It totally pegs you as the opposite of whatever you're saying you are/aren't.

Not that she should be tearing them down anyway, but these clothes seriously look like if Ann Taylor had a juniors department. I'm so sick of pretend outrage.

That shit drives me nuts. As I said over on Gawker, you don't need many hours of prayer to know you just slagged on two teenagers you've never met for nothing. You don't need five minutes. Jesus, to quote Anne Lamott, is drinking gin straight out of the cat dish and rolling His eyes so hard they're gonna stick that…

Good lord she is just a striking young woman. They're both perfect mixtures of their parents. Ignore the haters, girls. You're lovely.

This.

I always have a chuckle at people who passive aggressively take to social media to tell others they need to have more class.

I think Shia is having serious mental problems (some of his actions bring Amanda Bynes to mind), which makes this story even more disturbing. I hope he gets the help he needs.

This is the part I am struggling with. I'm all for backing victims - wherever, whenever, however - but am having a hard time reconciling the fact that he told people "do whatever you want to me". Oh, and here's a few weapons/tools.... That smacks of implied consent. I'm not saying that what the woman did was ok, but…

Just for clarification, saying "you can do whatever you want to me" is not consent?

Lawyer here - not rape. At least under the legal definition of the term in California.

Legally, I don't think it's rape. The consent was "do whatever you want to me", and it doesn't appear he withdrew that consent verbally or nonverbally (he may have, and just left that part out). Unless there was a disclaimer regarding removing clothing and performing sexual acts. Other people are equating it to…

Yeah this is the thing- planning a wedding without the groom kind of makes me think you're just planning a party where you want to be the center of attention and there's a floating silhouette standing next to you where any guy can get swapped in or out. What if he doesn't want to get married? What if he's allergic to…

If you tell someone they can do whatever they want with you, and they proceed to have sex with you, is that rape? Serious question. Not trolling. Looking for thoughtful dialogue here. Would that directive not be the same as consent? Obviously of course if he withdrew/didn't consent and she still proceeded that is…