I’m living on mostly rice, these days, but still subscribe to the New Yorker.

I laugh like a crazy person if caught outside during a lightning storm, not because I find my perilous situation at the mercy of nature hilarious, but because it’s the only reaction that doesn’t completely shut down my faculties, leaving me utter unable to deal with the reality around me.

*hugs*

As a food scientist, I can tell you that sex is extremely important in food preparation. It’s not a matter of gender; it’s entirely biological. A few science facts:

I HAVE BEEN HERE. This place makes fucking DELICIOUS sushi.

Between that and the bit about menstral cycles, I need to ask: um, guys, is there a part of making sushi where you shove it in your vagina? Because if so, I’ve been doing this all wrong.

others believe that women’s higher core body temperature adversely affects fresh ingredients

But I like that she posted a bare face. It's refreshing (not for her, in general).

No, it’s not the same thing... but on the other hand: doesn’t it make the mom’s postpartum responsibilities and care for herself that much easier if the dad is allowed to help?

Actually, the reasoning is that parental leave is so ignored in this country because it’s seen as only a women’s issue, and thus inferior. If parental leave was normalized by both sexes taking it, then there would be less of a bias against it, and less unofficial trouble for women who dare to take time off from their…

The number of excellent long-time posters who languish in the grays is one of my least favorite things about Jezebel (and Gawker, but Gawker ungrays people with a lot more frequency than Jez does). There really needs to be some kind of consistent process for ungraying people, instead of what it is now, which appears…

Sometimes. I think a sustained general consensus has to emerge over time concerning what the major issues at least, but after that is agreed upon you can gain traction politically.

I posted this above but: obvs extremely woke 12 year olds are a meaningful gain! Like rip on tumblr feminism all you want: but 14 year old girls being able to recognize and speak out about sexism is fucking meaningful as fuck, imo. Even if they’re young and unsophisticated sometimes.

This stands for me as the single best “wrap up” for this tumultuous year.

So the cycle of offense should really be understood as consciousness raising that all movements do?

I enjoy reading your stuff Jia. I don’t always agree with all of it, but I don’t need to agree with something to enjoy it, and I appreciate that your pieces are thoughtful, thought-provoking, and well-written. They make me think about things in ways I haven’t done so before, which I truly enjoy.

No, it doesn’t. Read again for comprehension.

This article is really myopic, IMO. Discussion is valuable, and simply discussing these things regularly has changed the course of public discourse. Politics moves slowly by design. You can’t go from unequal pay to paid maternal and paternal leave in one cycle. That’s not realistic. But to discount the value of…

Okay, now I’m pretty sure you’re just trolling with all these Hillary posts.