Yeah, ladies, you've got one site on Gawker already. Can't you stay away and let men have the rest of them without being bothered by the fact that you exist and have opinions? Sheesh...

Sincere question: why is it a problem to apply today's morals to the past? Because it makes it harder to do history objectively or something? I can see how it would make for a problem in an academic paper where it would help you understand a society to try not to see it through the lens of your own time, but outside…

College has value because you get an education, not just because you got in the cool kids club. The fact that some colleges are selective doesn't mean being selective is what colleges are for. I don't think you can compare a college admission process to rush, even if the criteria might look similar on paper. It seems…

He won't come over. He can't tolerate your intolerance of intolerance. Poor sensitive guy. It's a hard world for the tender-hearted pacifist. If people would just stop standing up to racism, everything would be so peaceful. He could stay home secure in his privilege and not have to deal with hypothetical food fights…

I would acquit her of food throwing by reason of reasonable response to an asshole. No question. You can turn the other cheek next time someone calls you by an appallingly offensive racial epithet. Check in with us when that happens and let us know how it goes. Cracker doesn't count.

I'm from Tennessee. I never even considered being in a sorority. I don't believe it had any impact on my life except that I didn't have to waste my time at meetings. There was another social life available.

My family got mad when I deconstructed commercials in high school. I didn't know the word "deconstructed" then, but it seemed obvious to me they were usually selling something besides a product. But my family would always defend the commercials, which baffled me, because why would anyone be emotionally attached to a…

I was SO DISAPPOINTED when I read that part. Except for that, we would have been a perfect match!

Your sweater's twin is further up in the comments, getting outside time! I bet you keep yours in the closet. I feel sorry for your sweater. That much pizazz deserves an audience.

I remember those too! That was more my sweater look. I hated turtlenecks and still do.

Some friends and I who were actually teenagers in the 80's went to a bar for 80's night. We went ALL OUT for the costume contest - it was funny that my husband thought I looked hot with my big hair. He'd never seen me like that. He figures his ideas of sexy must have been permanently impacted by fashions when he was a…

Maybe because our own life experience has proved it is not true for us. I didn't want to believe I didn't have total control over my weight, quite the opposite. But after 30 years of diet and exercise I have quite a lot of data of my own, with a sample size of one, the same size as your sample. I've also read a lot of…

But if my behavioral choices are the same as your behavioral choices, and they make you skinny and me fat, why do you think I'm lazy and you are not? That's the hypothesis in the first comment you say this study doesn't invalidate, not whether or not weight loss is possible by some extreme measures.

I am almost afraid to ask this, but do you think fat people are obligated to eat less and exercise more than thin people to compensate for differences in their gut bacteria and whatever else might be going on? This "well you COULD still lose weight if you really wanted to" argument in the face of increasing evidence…

I love her being a singer! And poor Branson will need some love eventually and it CAN'T be from Mary - yuck! He can't just get fully absorbed into DA and forget everything he is. I could see him finding a new cause in the way his girlfriend is treated in the U.S., and then they break up because? - lots of…

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You'll still have to watch him constantly, but if you put out lots of things that are safe to play with, you'll have an easier time. I bet there are a million things in your home that a baby could play with. Box of tissues? Magic! Two liter bottle with stuff inside is fun to roll. Pots and pans are drums if you give…

Mine are 14 months apart, and it actually helps that they are into the same things when they are both out of the baby stage. They play together really well. I didn't give birth to them, so I can only empathize with you about being pregnant or having a baby and a toddler. My youngest was 18 mos. when we adopted them.…

I'm interested! How would your daydream character fit into the show? Seems like a good place for some fanfic!

We managed to refer to "the artist formerly known as Prince." Shouldn't this be easier? I can pronounce Chelsea.