The short answer is that we currently produce about twice as many lawyers as can be gainfully employed in this country, and with the boomers unlikely to retire as soon as they might have due to the economy and better health, that's unlikely to change anytime soon. Law schools aren't regulated the way that medical…

Ok, keep talking. But come up with better arguments. Just going "Call me a cynic, but that phrase ["I know you want it"] does not exactly encompass the notion of consent in sexual activity" does not make for a robust argument. Neither does decontextualizing the lyrics and superimposing them Project Unbreakable; just…

It's about a girl who was with another guy, and Robin Thicke was waiting for his opportunity with her because she's a "good girl" who won't cheat on her current boyfriend. "I know you want it" can be interpreted as harassment, I guess, unless it's... a true statement about the girl in the story? I guess that the…

I'll bet money that this step opens the floodgates to tokenism on a campus wide scale. I rushed at Arizona State in the mid 90s and got bids for houses that were way out of my league because I was the least threatening black girl the world had ever seen. I thought maybe I was just awesome until I got a bid from Delta…

I love you. Want to quit our jobs and travel around the country preaching the Don't Go to Law School gospel? I would seriously do this if I could. If I convince ONE bright young person who is considering law school not to go, I will consider my life worthwhile.*

HAHAHA. Rush is all about discrimination. It might not be just race, but maybe your family doesn't have enough money, your family members weren't in said sorority/fraternity, or you aren't cute enough. Get real. I hope maybe they can eliminate the race discrimination, though.

I feel like the biological clock joke should have been a hint that this was meant in jest? Although I'd second that it's not super funny and it suffers from a lack of a clear point-of-view—she doesn't seem to be able to decide who to laugh at.

Agreed. A man who's committing sexual assault could whisper Boyz 2 Men lyrics and it would be foul. Why do we have to assume that the woman Thicke is singing to hasn't consented? I enjoy rough sex. I enjoy rape fantasies. I was into S&M before I was assaulted and I'm still into S&M now. Until/unless I use the safe…

Or fair to the fact that some women enjoy and actually desire rough sex.

*sigh*

First of all, this song is terrible. It is repetitive, grating, and a fucking earworm. And Robin Thicke is a tremendous douchebag.

It is for all of these reasons that I hate to be in the position of defending this song.

But this song is not about rape. Period.

It is about someone making sexual advances, just like…

I dunno. Lyrics about vaguely rough sex aren't necessarily rape-y, sorry. "I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two" and "He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that" might be suggestive, but only of a big dick and rough sex... Nothing about it says non consensual and to read rape into it…

Ok, yes this is creepy and rape culture is everywhere and Robin Thicke represents male privilege, but, this is getting ridiculous. The amount of articles Jez writes on Robin Thicke and how he's a creepy, rapey douchebag is ridiculous. He didn't invent rape culture, and while he seems douchey and profts off it, and the…

This isn't really that unusual and it's not just a West Virginia thing. A lot of towns, and sometimes states, have racist/sexist laws on the books or in their constitutions/charters that have been invalidated by national constitutional amendments or by judicial decisions.

Yeah, that's the only thing this guy said that I agree with...college prices are inflated because they're subsidized by student loans (and I would add, the risk is not on the lender either) ... and I'm a big ol' liberal. I don't have to be a right-winger or a weirdo to think there's a gravy train going on…

Ah yes. I remember where it says in the bible that God (and Mutual of Omaha) will provide for the pious woman.

No. Was objecting to your implication that to believe that government subsidies raise prices is to be part of an inbred anti-education weirdo family.

Never forget.

By 'objectively' you mean you're completely ignoring the fact that beauty standards change over time- or maybe you're just not familiar with Baroque art.

Yeah, my 25-year-old Virgin Detector is pinging pretty hard with this one.

I've lost a fair bit of weight over the last year, and in another 17 lbs I'll have reached my goal weight (which won't be as dramatic as this was, but will definitely be healthier). I just realized a month ago that I won't be able to do any 'before and after' shots though, since I was so uncomfortable with how I…