Hey, wait, I thought everyone here said that Africans couldn't possibly understand contagion and they were all relying on charms and potions to keep away the Ebola? What's going on, commentariat?

One could argue that any picture taken by an outsider will portray the situation as "other," or that any picture taken by an insider but viewed by an outsider is immediately subjected to the outsider's othering gaze.

Ugh, that's such a big if.

Dunno, in the Orwellian sense, she was pretty awesome at it.

It was their Paris.

At the time of the recall, I asked my boyfriend, a liberal black Badger Stater, why in hell people hadn't gotten rid of Scott Walker. He said it would have been bad manners — that the guy had been elected fair and square and hadn't done anything impeach-worthy, and now he deserved to finish his term, no matter how…

I slept around a lot — for a while as a teenager I was even on the website AdultFriendFinder. In retrospect, it's hard to explain why — all I remember is that I was (a) really, really horny and (b) totally convinced I'd never meet a guy who could be my boyfriend, both because I hated myself and because guys never…

It seems odd that he would beat his kid for pushing another kid. Isn't that just learning well?

One thing you can do, without ever mentioning your feelings about her relationship with your wife's father, is simply make it clear to her that you will always love and support her. I think a lot of victims don't want to shame their families or be a burden on loved ones, especially in old age. I don't know what your…

Her parents must be so patient. Wouldn't a lot of people say, "Well, that's it, she's retarded," by age four or so, and just give up?

I came here just to see how many people posted this! Fabulous.