Usually the news that is covered relates to women / Jezebel inside jokes in SOME way. Like, a stressed mother killed all her children, or someone choked eating a piece of pie. Unless I just haven't noticed, the site does not usually report on every single piece of news, otherwise why not report on every child death?…

The people who live in countries where deaths like this are fairly commonplace are the people who would not have a "Holy shit" reaction. It's not freaking weird, actually, on the Nile alone there are hundreds of crocodile deaths every year. Jezebel does not report on every child death, and as this is not a site whose…

Or maybe Cary Mulligan didn't get close to Fassbender because he's abusive towards women. Why does Jezebel seem to keep forgetting this in a "but he's so hot so who cares!" way? It's really distressing to me, honestly.

Why is this on Jezebel? It's a serious question. It's not celebrity, sex, or fashion for women. It has nothing to do with feminist issues whatsoever. So the only conclusion I can draw is that this author thought - wow! In other parts of the world people get killed by crocodiles, isn't that so freaking weird?

So, I actually haven't watched Two Broke Girls, but from the many, many articles I have read about it I get the impression that Kat Denning's character is supposed to have been raped in her past and makes the jokes about it as a defense mechanism. For someone who watches it, is that a correct read of the situation?…

It's just an incredibly unrealistic way of looking at things. It's not like the Republican party is just going to disappear. So there are two options - every Republican who's even slightly moderate jumps ship and joins the Democrats, leaving a hyperconservative, insanely dangerous Republican party. Or people like…

So, because the vast majority of the Republican party is crazy, a member of the Republican party who is not crazy should just go away?

I don't agree with that. If someone says "My religion tells me that gay marriage is wrong, but I also believe that all people deserve to have the same rights and religion has no place in government, and thus gay marriage should be legal," that's OK with me.

I wish most people were more sensible like you about it. All I hear is a constant stream of people telling me that I won't know what commitment is unless I get married, which strikes me as insane.

Amen! Hearted back! :)

See, I'm down with that. (Not with people getting fat ass tax returns for being married, but that's not your fault.) I live daily with people telling me that I just can't understand, because I am not married, how different it really feels. To me, those people are really missing the point of being in a committed…

Right, exactly. People who get married don't understand how difficult it is for those who choose not to get married - and how unbelievably obtuse it is when you pull the "different to me" card. It feels different to you because you're being awarded with a privilege you shouldn't have.

I'm totally not against this. I accept that one day I may have to get married just for practical reasons (though I seriously protest the fact that those practical reasons even exist.) And I have the judge-y religious family too (Catholics and Southern Baptists - a bad mix) so I feel you on that!

I love it that the comments section is inevitably getting filled with the "but marriage really DOES feel different" people mentioned in the last paragraph, the people I have to live with in my life on a daily basis.

I know that you mean well, but this comment is exactly the sort of thing that is problematic in society. It shouldn't take a civil ceremony to make people understand that you're committed, and I'm guessing my partner and I, who don't plan to get married, talk about getting old and retirement in just as concrete a way…

100% agree about it being disingenuous. I do think maybe there's some sort of medium to be reached though. I think if it was a once in a while splurge I also might feel differently, but the article says she goes at least once every other month.

As I said in another comment, this comes on the heels of them renting out Nobu for New Year's Eve. And the article notes that BLT Steak is one of the First Lady's favorite restaurants, where she dines at least every other month, so that's not a splurge. That's a regular thing.

Definitely not our business, and we shouldn't have a say in it. But I'm allowed to say that as a citizen of the USA, it makes me uncomfortable, and I think it's a bad PR move.

That's true. I don't think it's something that makes them bad people or him a bad president at all. I just sometimes think it would be in better taste to show moderation when the country is in trouble. But I hadn't thought about things like her clothing choices.

That's the price for the hanger steak, the cheapest thing on the menu. The rest of the steaks are significantly more expensive. When you add on the $20 sides, wine, tax and tip for 12 people that's a pretty expensive dinner. At least where I live.