Oh dang, I really like those blogs, thanks for the link. I’d love to see any of those pieces replace this useless piece.

I like what you said, but that’s not what Kelly said. I agree that we can draw a bright line around telling people to buy goddamn beads, but neither of the examples she cites do that, nor do they make it “about white people” in any direct way. She frames it not as “this moment is not about the stuff you’re selling”,…

The reason they “know” is probably because this is how all political movements work. A fundamentalist can watch this show and think that the Walkers represent the Gay Menace, and everyone else is enacting the various roles of accomodationism and opportunism they perceive. Dany is every Republican who promised to do…

Basically, I can’t tell from this article what makes a given post “about me”. If I looked at the examples she cites, they don’t seem particularly self-centered, and one of them was written by a Jewish woman. Plus, this whole article was written by a white woman, so it’s not clear why Dana Schwartz’s comedy is about…

There are a bunch of examples in this post, and in the comments, of white people’s opinions being discounted because of their race. For instance, if Lauren Duca were black, she probably wouldn’t be attacked for pointing out that Nazis tend to be dudes. If you spend a lot of time participating in discussions about…

If I’m reading this correctly, an industry watchdog group has proposed some regulations for TV ads. The headline in this piece (and the Mashable story) seems flat-out wrong: first, the watchdog group has to convince the government to turn their proposals into law. Then that law has to actually get passed. I’m sure…

Come on. No one who says this is using it sincerely. It’s always self-deprecating. You say that’s “even worse” than using it sincerely, but you don’t explain why.

And then, by throwing in the fact that you work from your house, you are using the exact same “charmingly self-deprecating” rhetoric you roll your eyes at.…

I'm not good with big questions about who gets to have it all, but The Heidi Chronicles is an absolutely fantastic, warm, hilarious piece of writing and also happens to be Jezebel: The Play, basically. I would kill to see Moss play Heidi. Go see it if you can.

But...maybe calling people idiots and morons is not very productive. Some people are idiots and morons, but throwing insults around without ever engaging the arguments, or treating them as people who might be nudged in the right direction, doesn't make anything better.

Really? This article, on the whole, actively hurts feminism?

It's great that you already know all the things the article wanted to communicate, except for the things you didn't already know. But some people who read Newsweek might not know these things. Maybe if your reaction to every paragraph is "YOU DON'T SAY," this article isn't really addressed to you, and you should…

"Birthing plans are over-rated and just another way for women to attempt to feel better than other women." I believe the whole point of the article was that people should think before they make judgmental statements like this. If you don't have a birthing plan, that's fine. If you do, that's also fine.

That Toast article is exactly what I thought of. It's almost as if writers should rethink the "Don't Do X. Ever." headline-writing trope.