My ideal wedding just has amazing food and lots of booze. I will slash the guestlist to achieve this.

I was working in a clinic in rural Africa when a kid came in with a large abscess (pocket of pus) on his cheek/jaw - roughly the size of a softball. It needed to be drained so I made a little incision in his cheek and the abscess basically exploded (think poking a hole in a balloon…only a balloon filled with pus). …

I'm a guy with two children, and with both pregnancies I refrained from saying "we're pregnant" for exactly the reasons given above (though I would have expressed them with less snark). Still, it was weird at times not because I thought I was pregnant (I wasn't), but because I didn't know how the person to whom I was…

I have a soft spot for bros (only the nice ones, and only in moderation) but it's always weird when you're hanging out with them, having a good time, being one of the boys, and then suddenly they will start saying the most vile things imaginable about women. Sometimes it's a good teaching experience if you find a…

Uzo was amazing this season. You can practically see the demons she lives with in every scene. Overall, I was really taken with the range this season allowed for each of the actresses. I'd say my favorite is Danielle Brooks, who plays Taystee. Her performance was so subtle and her face so incredibly expressive—it…

You guys, don't feed the trolls. Ever.

Addendum: a photo of me and my bun at White Castle

I put on a production of Once More With Feeling in college! (I was Buffy, which worked because I would say that I am about as incompetent at singing as she was in the episode)

How has the publishing process changed, if at all, in recent years? Particularly in light of the mounting popularity of self-publishing, predominantly via e-books. Though these days Amazon also aids self-published authors in printing paperback and hardcover books. Has traditional publishing shifted to accommodate…

I had the most retweeted tweet of my life about that Slate article, which was, "Dear YA, don't let the bastards get you down, your friend, Chick Lit." Wendy McClure, who wrote THE WILDER LIFE, had the best tweet about it, where she said, "Oh, look, someone from Slate found a circa-2003 story, changed "chick lit" to…

HA! Check out the screen name too! "Youcouldbemine." Killing me!

I call this trope "Male Gaze Rape" and it's why I seriously can't stand rape in fiction. What you're actually talking about is the best way that trope goes — it forms the nucleus of a generic origin story written by a man about a woman (Girl With A Dragon Tattoo is a good example). The even worse version is when rape…

Having not watched any of these people, it seems like there's a weird, triangular dynamic in play.

She looks FAB. I wish she would make good music again though. Is anyone even listening to her last album?

This is seriously the first time I have seen that series of symbols and realized it was a person shrugging. I always thought it was pubic hair and a penis between thighs. Is this an internet Rorschach test, and if so, did I fail?

Mekayla Diehl's body is normal. It isn't the average American woman's body, but it is absolutely normal. Her body is not abnormal or unusual.

Will no one speak for my people?

It's going to sound strange, but I'm disappointed that Bey is getting chummy with Gwynnie but won't go to Kimye's wedding and not-so-secretly hates RiRi. She doesn't really have friends that she hangs out with and supports publicly, and now Gwynnie? It kinda makes me feel like she finds everyone but this…