I dunno. I think it's always going to be far worse for a person of greater strength to beat on a person of lesser strength- a person who has no hope of defending themself. Domestic violence is always abhorrent but size and strength shouldn't be ignored.

Believe me, I thought about it for a while before I wrote that item up, but the report is "they were hitting each other," and he declined to press charges. Not sure where I'm supposed to go with that beyond "UGH, VIOLENCE BAD."

I think it's bizarre that she describes the core of her article as: "this has been a profound social change that has happened over the past several decades and things have really changed since the time when my mom was going to college, when women, even if they were going to college and they were a minority then, kind…

I already posted this over on Gawker, but NyMag's response, The Seven Types of Women You Meet in Hookup Culture Trend Stories, hits the nail on the head with the seventh type of woman, who is pretty much the reason these stories get written:

Good God. I just...no.

I had this same exact conversation with someone at work, who said he was 'conflicted' about how he should feel about her because her demeanor seemed so 'off.'

Actually, I think people call it silly and frivolous because they don't want to admit (and maybe you don't either??) that it's really TOUGH giving up animal products if you've always eaten them. I'm not sure why every vegan I know has an obsession with convincing meat eaters that being vegan is totally easy. It's…

I was vegan for approximately 2 years. Eating vegan is the easiest part of being vegan. It's dealing with everyone else that kills your spirit.

My friends and I have been saying for years that we need to reform the "household gifts" tradition. Used to be that getting married was the first time you lived away from your parents' house, so it made since to get dishes and household goods then. These days, most people move into apartments and houses before they…

For the cost of a wedding, you could buy yourself a new Kitchen Aid mixer every year until you die.

One day, I realized that this too was the only reason I was still a little sad over the prospect of never getting married (my long-term husband-equivalent and I just weren't that into it). So then I bought myself a perfectly beautiful, refurbished red Professional model and have not looked back since.

I imagine it gets pretty windy if you spend all of your time on balconies overlooking the mass of peasants.

There is a Kardashian of some sort on 4 out of the 5 of those covers, so I guess I'm just done with the world and will have to commit to a life of Kardashian Kommitment along with everyone else.

Since when is 27 old enough to worry about being put back on the shelf?

Ehhhh, I think if you're in a small business, you DO have to do that stuff. I was Marketing/Advertising Mgr in an office of around 8 people plus a bunch of contract-type in-and-out staffers, and if everyone else is out/busy? Fuck yes I answer the phone. The phone needs to be answered. The assistant already have two…