Eep. First, congrats and well done on all the post-grad study. It is hard work and a huge achievement.

It's a really tough situation and I feel sorry for any conflict-averse person dealing with it. The best advice I have seen comes from Jay Smooth on how to call out a racist thing. He focuses on the racist comment/behaviour - not on the person. Which is a good distinction to make if you don't want to insult the…

Sweet Lord, I had forgotten that hair. Outstanding.

Yeah, it's quite funny in retrospect, but we felt kind of stupid and she was pretty disappointed. Given our given our fairly (racially and sexually) diverse family, that we could even consider she might be bigoted.

It is a very British thing.

Nope, she was right. I took the time to look it up - as you should before making unsubstantiated claims: Morton, M. 2005. Dirty Words: The Story of Sex Talk.

This can kind of work both ways.

Showing my age here, but I think they're members of the Wu-Tang Clan. But don't quote me on that. And I have no idea how you draw someone from the late 90s.

I was thinking the exact same thing. "Premium subscription" has cable-TV vibes for me. So I'm imagining a condom with holographic Real Housewives of Beverly Hills images.

Ah, Luke Malone, I have missed you and I remember why with your Billy-Ray-Squirrel moment.

Ze Frank recommends, when you are bored, contacting someone with the same name as you and telling them you plan to name your child after them. I'm still hoping to find someone with my name to do so.

#cotd seconded.

Even if people don't agree with her, what is with the hate?!?!? Suddenly it is fine to judge mothers because they are acknowledging the vulnerability.

I think other commenters have flamed you enough so I'll leave that aside.

What the hell, Kathy Bates. What. the. hell.

I feel the need to warn you, before you stock up on the cheetah spandex, of a few things:

Yeah. It is a seriously challenging print.

Oh, this makes me sounds like a sociopath, but here goes: I have an annual cull. This hasn't been as much of a thing since Baby Gideon came along, but I used to, every October, evaluate some iffy friendships. I left it to only one point in the year because by having to endure months of thinking, 'Do I want to see…

I'm probably overly critical. I'm a social researcher, by training, and so I look at things for depth, voice, and balance. The fact that they talked to the 'other Tyler' who knew neither Clementi nor Ravi and got his comment on the situation (unsurprisingly in Ravi's favour), made me think they weren't seeking voice…

I felt the NYer piece was a bit apologist.