I was gonna ask for context, but I realise it's better this way.

RIMSHOT!

I can't be a conduit for any Gawker overlords though, because my conduit dance card is already filled being a spiritual vessel for the great Mr. Burt Reynolds.

It is very possible the thread creator is not talking to you but directly to your Gawker overlords (through you I suppose?) who do in fact put obnoxious ads that pop up every once in a while.

My name is not "Gawker." It's Rebecca Rose. (You're not even on Gawker. This is Jezebel.) You can call me Rebecca, "Burt" (my nickname )or Ms. Rose, if you're nasty. I believe those videos play sporadically at different times for different people but I do not know since I am not part of that aspect of our blog that…

Actually though, her birth mother was looking for her, too. She said she started about six months ago to try and find her daughter. She absolutely was not "smoked out" by any media. She reached out when she saw the story and asked an attorney she knew to help facilitate a meeting. Her identity has been kept private,…

I think before Monday when no one knew anything about her mother, a lot of the comments (from total shitstains who felt the need to be shitty all over this woman's plea for help) were along the lines of assuming she was a drug addict or something. I mean, this story should also be a good reminder for why you…

Yes, I'll have the Feel Burger with an extra large order of cries.

I know it might be tempting for some to judge her mother for abandoning her, but to be honest, after thinking about the facts of the case, I can't even a little bit. She was raped, and had parents so oblivious/neglectful that they noticed NOTHING. No signs of emotional trauma/withdrawal, not to mention her…

OMG. I can't get past the whole "I didn't pee on a stick for a month because the Lord asked me not to". What in the what??

Oh, your poor friend! In my case, it certainly does! I feel much more secure knowing that I have a pretty reliable and effective way to keep nausea and vomiting at bay. I also keep a six-pack of 7up on hand in case I must vomit (if I am able to drink anything while in the throws of nausea). Vomiting is much more…

Oh, I am so sorry! That is awful!

I'm 16 years old and a huge fan of Gloria Steinem. Somehow, my grandmother (who is very active in the Asian American feminism movement) found a connection to her so I was invited to her house to spend an afternoon with her. I think she wanted to be in touch with a young fan base because, as her coworker pointed out…

I have never wanted to be in Milwaukee as much as I do at this moment.

We have these in Milwaukee too:

Cecile Richards! All of the beauty and bad-ass-ness, none of the totally evil-ness!

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

I sit here astonished that Gloria Steinem is now 80 years old. It makes me realize how much time has passed since I was introduced to Gloria Steinem's writing and began to consciously embrace feminism. I was still an undergraduate in university, who stumbled upon a collection of Steinem's writing in the university…