I’m from India and while I don’t speak for all Indians, I think you’re welcome to. Honestly most Indian people are delighted that foreigners would like to dress up in traditional Indian wear. A lot of that delight does come from the fact that India suffers from a serious colonial hangover where being “white”-like and…

Beyonce was in it too but let’s just focus on Coldplay. God forbid anyone say anything bad about Beyonce.

Yeah. I’d have very little problem with a “we are not a monolith, we are a made up of different people with different understandings of what feminism is”. Also, it’s not like we want Jez to try to become Everyday Feminism or Shakesville. Variety is good and all. But the way “Jez is not a feminist site” has been used…

The “not a feminist site” always seemed like a little bit of a convenient cop-out. It seemed to be deployed mostly when the site was getting criticized (perhaps correctly, perhaps incorrectly) for not toeing the feminist party line. I don’t doubt that it’s actually true that the site isn’t explicitly a feminist site,…

People DO enjoy expressing frustration, rage, and anger. It provides a rush of endorphins and a sense of control in many cases. This is healthy in most people but some get caught in a positive feedback loop and become essentially, rageaholics. I bet expressing these feelings on the internet works the same way,…

I guess the problem people have here is the lack of internal logic to it all. Like, there has been such a long history of Jezebel authors being indignantly outraged because so-and-so made a comment about some woman’s body, and so there has been a huge culture against “body shaming” here... doubly so if has to do with…

I loved it too. Even if I didn’t agree with all of it. It was a subtle, thorough and very analytical piece that I wish we saw more often. I wish I had more time to sit down and really write a proper comment about it. It’s not the first time Jia has written a piece that made me react this way either and it’s why she…

What you meant: “It’s complicated, people. Let’s talk about it.”

It is nothing like the black friend defense.

Can you be both rapist and raped in the same act? The actions he took were under threat of torture, I don’t think anyone can claim that he was a willing participant, so he was simply raped just as Jeyne was.

Maybe. But it’s always dangerous to sacrifice the rights of a minority to benefit the majority. I’m not saying it shouldn’t ever be done, but I’d certainly prefer that other options be exhausted first.

...but you don’t know that that’s what all of those people actually think of you.

I don’t like Nicki Minaj but even if she had bailed him out, it’s bail, something he is entitled to by law if he can pay the amount, why wouldn’t she do that for her brother? It’s not like she was helping him flee the country. Plus, statistically it’s been proven that defendants who don’t make bail are more likely to…

No they’re saying that the police asking people to report “hurtful” language is really vague and an absurd threshold for investigating something.

Yeah, it’s such a fucking wasp’s nest. Like, losing weight is always equated to becoming acceptable in the male gaze, yet getting healthy feels amazing and really *is* something you do for yourself.

Competitive cheerleading is kind of cuckoo bananas. They always have the high, teased ponytails with GIGANTIC bows. I’m not saying it’s ok to kick a girl off the team for her hair...but there definitely is a uniform “look” that’s expected with hair and makeup. It’s not a surprise.

My very Catholic aunt posted a story about this ‘issue’ on Facebook and I expected the worst. Instead she wrote that people who give a shit about Starbucks cups are completely misunderstanding why we celebrate the birth of Christ. It’s a Christmas miracle!

It’s a cup.

Doesn’t it seem like someone is always angry about something? It’s like Outrage MadLibs. Add a name/add a noun(or verb)/add an action word

They’re arguing that the TTAB’s decision was arbitrary and capricious and thus not an appropriate exercise of government power. It’s an excellent example of why the government shouldn’t be tasked with determining what is “offensive.” Besides the obvious first amendment issues the government has a poor track record of…