"Falcon Nest this is Deep Diver 1, requesting permission to execute Operation Freedom Hole."

It has to do with Greek Organizations weird non-profit status. You aren't supposed to look like you are actively supporting a political issue. That is what we were always told in college. We would lose our tax exemption if we started protesting as a group instead of individuals.

From the WaPo:

Look, I dislike Brietbart as much as the next person, but an investigation into an allegation of an extremely serious crime that implicates an apparently innocent person that has the same name, political affiliation and attended the same small liberal arts school at the same time as the person that Dunham named in her…

"Some names" were changed indicates some, most likely most, were not. And because Dunham in some instances in the text indicated names that had indeed been changed, a reasonable reader could infer "Barry" was not changed.

If it just says "some names" that's not enough to really clarify things and leaves open the possibility that any particular name and person could be completely real and accurate. Putting a note in that particular section that "Barry" is not the mans real name is the safest choice to make sure there is no confusion.

in my years as a fact checker at a few major magazines, stating that names have been changed is actually done to avoid these types of problems. I don't know if book publishers regularly do it too and this was an oversight, or if they just don't consider it an issue. but, really, it's the smart move to help avoid…

None of these videos are available to watch from the UK, unfortunately...

As the scene plays out, Don actually encourages Mary not to come on the show, not because it will be re-traumatizing to her, or because putting a victim in a "debate" with her rapist on live television is a really fucking terrible idea and adherent to the sensationalism Sorkin so loathes, but because she will be…

I hope Rolling Stone doesn't apologize to any fraternity including the one mentioned in the original article. Fuck them.

At the same time, I've gotten a lot of well-deserved criticism

The article was accusing that entire fraternity of planning gang rape every year as part of their initiation. You don't think they're owed an apology?

Did y'all know that March of Dimes began as a campaign for donations to the campaign to eradicate polio? People sent tons and tons of dimes to the FDR White House?! I learned this in the excellent Polio: An American Story.

It's already out there!

Distilled Hater Tears.

Albert always did speak of Marie glowingly.

Best postscript in a personal letter, ever.

I think my issue here is this: for adult men, sure, I agree. But for children who were assigned male? Are you going to require them to save themselves if adult men don't step up to the plate? I'm fine with this idea of men taking responsibility for men, but don't we all have a responsibility to children, including…

"Hi, people call me Quvenzhané. But you can call me tonight."