He read that out loud on a mean tweets Kimmel thing.

God, shit like this makes me so sad. The grief of having a parent stop loving/caring about you is awful. I’ve patched things up with my own dad now, but reading stuff like this takes me back to that heartache and oh my god. It’s like getting punched in the gut. I love my dad, but I’ll never be able to forgive him. I…

They’re true.

I do not care for it.

Isn’t Dan Schneider the one that supposedly raped and impregnated and forced an abortion upon Amanda Bynes leading to her melt down? Yeah, FUCK THAT GUY.

Same. Maybe someone will notice these comments. Probably not, come to think of it, since they don’t interact with commenters anymore.

What is going on? This article was posted like ten minutes ago and all the polls are closed with zero votes.

Then run for office.

“I’m Eric!”

I feel like Gawker in general used to be a fantastic platform for young writers who have transitioned into prolific careers—like Kara Brown, Lindy West, Caity Weaver, and Richard Lawson. I don’t understand what’s happened.

March Madness and the scary stories contest are two of my fave annual things and if they discontinue them I will truly lose it. I miss Shade Court a lot, but you know what I really miss? PISSING CONTEST.

More humor!

<3

I became a PhD candidate this week! ABD!

Saaaaame.

My hypothesis is that when the editorial staff changed, we lost a lot of the a) really funny content, and b) actual feminist content. The Root is the only blog here doing any kind of actual political or social theory anymore. A lot of the old commenters are over there, albeit silently if they are white. I hope the Jez…

I have always been this person. I teach at a university and I get every illness those kids bring in the classroom. Until this school year.

Misogyny. The one doesn’t cancel out the other.

This.