That doesn’t mean the word isn’t a racial slur though. Part of the reason Roma are characterized as being nomadic is because they’re usually not welcome to stay anywhere for any length of time. In many places in Europe today it’s still considered acceptable to discriminate against the Roma; as recently as 2009/2010…

The correct term for a baby begat by The Rock is “pebble.” Come on, people, journalistic integrity.

I have a very common name (last name Smith...) and there were over 1,200 comments with my name. I actually did find my own in support of net neutrality, but it’s impossible to wade through them all to find if my identity was also used fraudulently. I with there was a way to filter by location.

Literally what you’re describing is rape culture in a nutshell—the idea that going on a date automatically grants consent to any manner of physical contact. Psychic powers aren’t necessary when you use. your. words. No, you DON’T initiate any kind of sexual contact until you have verbal consent. You say, “May I kiss…

I went to college with a girl who Understands Racism because her boyfriend of these many years is brown. She also Understands the immigration debate because her ancestors were Irish and unwelcome in this country at the time.

I’ve never seen this movie but my parents love it and refer to the room in their house that’s my bedroom when I visit them as the Tower Room. “Where’s Maggie?” “She’s in...the Tower Room.”

Okay but some of those houses are SO close together. What’s the point of living in a luxury mansion on a private street if you’re waking up inches from your neighbor’s bedroom windows?

My friend owns a store and has a sign-up sheet for her e-newsletter on the counter. I glanced at it recently and noticed someone’s email address that was simply a string of 6-8 random numbers before the @ sign. The mind never ceases to boggle.

I was bridesmaid last summer to an Alfred Angelo bride and I...almost wish this hadn’t waited a year to happen. I hated that dress. (I have broad shoulders, small breasts, and narrow hips and the cut of the dress was not flattering at all.) It got taken in too much so it ended up being a little bit too small, when I…

I was going to say something about, how would he feel if another head of state objectified Melania in such a manner? But he’d probably take it as a personal compliment to be recognized as having a hot wife.

Not a doctor and all I know is what I’ve read in other pieces about this case, but from what I understand I believe it has to do with quality of life. Doctor believe that prolonging Charlie’s life and seeking alternative treatment will prolong/increase his pain and suffering, which, as doctors, they’ve taken oaths to…

I’ve been saying it like “Cyril,” which is also gendered—in the other direction. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, as their doubtlessly precedent-setting legal case will probably keep them in the news for a while...

I grew up in Cheshire County (aka the one blue county in NH, basically a suburb of Vermont) and was probably in high school before I realized the rest of New Hampshire is pretty conservative-bordering on cesspit. Keene and its environs are definitely a kind of liberal bubble (in my parents’ very very small town, in…

Honestly I would cringe but I’m too busy screaming with laughter.

I read this in Alastair Simm’s voice.

I have my own goddamn Aeropress, and that header image makes me feel much closer to the NC’s taint than I ever wished to be.

No interest in seeing this film; as a resident of the north shore I can say with confidence that no teenager living in goddamn Manchester-by-the-Sea would have *that* heavy a Boston accent. Southie, maybe, but no way this far north. It’s a farce, I tell you!

Am I the only one who thinks the thing where men’s dress pants hike half-way up their calves when they sit down looks super awkward and awful? Like come on, this is a serious design flaw. Somebody fix it.

He looks like he’s about the cry. This is the most delighted I’ve been since about noon on Monday.

I love that!