I was 13-14 in the mid-70s, and I got a lot of attention from grown men. I was thrilled by it. Boys my age either ignored me, barked at me, or called me names. Adult men talked to me like I was a person, admired me, complemented me. At the time, it was bliss, and I felt it made me special. And thanks mainly to a lack…

I appreciate your willingness to write a story that reflects deep ambivalence. I think there isn’t enough of that anymore (everything is always strident and polarized) but you did a great job sitting with the murkiness of what this all means about Bowie’s legacy.

“...you can understand how Lori Maddox could have possibly developed not just a sincere desire to fuck adult men but the channels to do it basically in public; why an entire scene encouraged her, photographed her, gave her drugs that made all of it feel better, loved her for it, celebrated her for it, for years. You…

There is a century of bullshit that counters your assertion. Take the Nobel Prize in physics: http://www.slate.com/articles/healt… When old boys’ clubs are the ones doing the selection, this is no surprise (not sure where this years’ committee is, but here’s last year’s: https://breakthroughprize.org/News/17)

As we have discussed elsewhere, there are EIGHT seasons, not four. Fall contains the best season and the worst season. The correct and accurate rankings:

Edgy comment at the top of literally every post continues to be edgy and not at all completely tedious.

In case anyone cares to actually UNDERSTAND the issue, residential water usage is a tiny part of a much larger problem. Focusing on the insignificant stuff is exactly what shifts attention from the real problem. California agriculture uses the vast majority of the water, 80%. Residential uses just 20%. Of that, only…

I texted my husband a picture of my boobs when he was out of town once. He texted back a long response about the “dangers of the cloud.”

Settling in for this post like the creeper I am.