I’m so sorry for everyone who now has a hole in their life because of this. Useless internet brain hugs incoming... plus some gofundme money to be actually useful.

I don’t think “family man” really fits there, though.

That’s exactly the reason I stayed the eff away from Gawker and read The Slot in the first place. And now Brendan is here. The call is coming from inside the slot.

Super cringey. Especially considering that Gawker/Jezebel was approaching /r/politics level of Hillary hate and Sanders worship (imo). Like, I literally could not visit this site for a year because their spin damaged my calm so much.

My favorite is the infantilization/desexualization that tends to come after their “did you stick it in straight??? are you a virgin?? lololol”. It tends to go something like, “Omg I just can’t go around wearing diapers all day! It’s so unsexy” - which is how my friend segued in to try to shill a diva cup at me.…

Yes! My dad said, “Skip to the end, Bill, we know all this! Why is he wasting his time up there?” I’d had a similar initial reaction, so I turned to him and reminded him of all the young Sanders supporters who were actually paying attention (I heard the DNC has higher ratings than the RNC), all the freshly 18 year…

“I owe many dead women debts.” What a lovely way to put it, I might have to adopt this phrase into my Can You Even Imagine The Privilege To Feel Like Voting Is Optional tangents. Every time I vote I have similar thoughts (I believe all that will be left of me in 100+ years’ time will be my voting record and other such…

“they were trying to rig it from the outset” - what? A few DNC people let off some steam in some emails for a race that serious pundits were projecting for Clinton even before going into New York and that equates to rigging the primaries? All the so-called riggings never happened. The religion point was never brought…

Thank you. My brother shot himself in April after a fight with his wife. He had back surgery and was on pain killers. I don’t understand why we’re all supposed to just shrug off trying to reduce impulse suicides.

I imagine you are more focused on the DV aspect than Angelitos who seems to be trying to relate the discussion back to overall gun violence, and that we fundamentally agree on some level. I absolutely agree that domestic violence is a women’s health issue and that gun control is a very necessary part of addressing it…

In 2010, men and boys made up 84% of gun homicide victims (source).

For real, Gawker’s coverage of the Dem primaries was so one-sided; reading this without any mention of culpability on their part is infuriating.

I had a big ramble here about the multitudinous specifics of how my employer is pushed around by chain retailers like this (for better and worse), but it just looked like a wall of text. We’ve changed our packaging, even get our prototypes eyed by the buyers before we commit because they’re our main customers now.…

At least video game-wise I can kind of answer that... it came from the 1983 video game crash and the retail marketing that pulled the industry out of it, or so theorizes this in-depth Polygon article. Perhaps there was overspill from that marketing’s success into regular toys?

:\ I wish you would have just said "peers", but that's a quibble.

^— Relevant, I believe.

This is an interesting point that relates to another lady body image issue I've been following today. I apologize for the slight tangent incoming, but Jez comments can inspire a lot of cross-connections in my life sometimes :) My MMO recently released some more armors and yet another thread in their forums was started…

Oh man, your post reminds me of Michaela's commentary on the female dynamics in 12 Years a Slave that was published yesterday, and I'm depressed all over again. Will give free lady hugs (and feminist bro hugs, because inclusiveness) to all who need it. Or maybe Liz Lemon can cheer you:

I know I'm preaching to the choir, but yes! I've been so happy with NPR's coverage - it comes off as deliberately balanced and contextual. "Yes there are problems" -> "Industry professionals say that's to be expected" -> "If that's the case seems like we need more time before calling it an ultimate fail and like these…

I was an anthro minor as an undergrad, and one day an irate professor let slip that half of my college's Anthro department was leaving over a feud with the EP crazies who had come in and tried to dominate college politics. The remaining dissenting anthro professors were terrified the whole department was going to be…