They probably didn't know. That's why we medical people are screened once a year. TB has an indolent, nonspecific prodrome. In lay terms, it's slow, and the symptoms aren't glaringly TB. That's why we are torn whenever someone is admitted with an undiagnosed lung lesion. Do we need to put them on full TB precautions,…

"Oh my god. Oh my god," he repeated, looking up at his intended— a vast horror building behind his tear-filled eyes— wondering how it could have all changed so suddenly; how it would never be like it was; whether he could ever love her again. "Oh my god," he said once more, softer, before slipping away beneath the…

Man, I watched her videos and she starts off by saying, 'It's okay to like these games, it's okay to play these games, there's nothing wrong with liking and playing these games' and simply goes on to /show people what is in the games/. I never in my wildest imagination thought that she would get so much hate. I LOVE…

If Shepherd paid this surrogate to conceive and made promises to her ex partner that they would raise the child together, then she is responsible for the child legally as a parent.

Honestly, if you put a bun in the oven, you are responsible for child support. If it can be proven that Shepherd gave her informed consent and initiated the pregnancy process as a full partner in the endeavor, then she should accept her legal responsibility as the child's guardian and the associated financial…

I'm sure she expected some, maybe not to the point of actually needing to alert authorities, but you basically can't be a woman saying something on the internet without expecting to be called awful names, at the absolute minimum.

(Meanwhile, at the evil fortress of Game-Hating Feminism)

Totilo: I did just as you commanded, my mistress! I posted the story about the bomb threat on the same day a conservative feminist critic said something else about video games!

Anita: Excellent! With Kotaku under my evil feministy grasp of evil! I can continue…

OMG you should see the daggers I throw when someone calls something ghetto. It's almost always a dealbreaker for me. If it's someone I actually like I'll explain it to them because SERIOUSLY DID YOU JUST CALL AN OLD MACBOOK GHETTO?

If you were actually curious and not just concern trolling, you could read the article, which very explicitly states that Stephen was informed about the bomb threat last week while investigating some of Sarkeesian's other claims. But I understand that it's much more fun to ignore facts and to suggest that it's part of…

Yep, that looks shopped. I can tell by the pixels and from having seen quite a few shops in my time.

Solid strategy: stop reading the second you find something to be bothered about. If you keep reading then the rest of the paragraph might fix the problem, and you won't be able to feel put upon and make it about you.

If there was a tumblr for these, I would never work again.

Honestly, I have to stop and meditate to calm myself down at the sight of so many people posting comments about this story and acting as if there's some grey area of interpretation here because it's a parent-child situation.

this is a bunch of things but erin's dress is "backwards" and it says erin over her vagina and i can't handle it.

Hey, asshole, There. Is. No. Law. You do NOT have to show ID in California.

i say this with only admiration: this is the snobbiest defense a promotional product from Burger King could ever hope for

The scouting report is about a 3/10

"A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane and ill-advised, and the whole species' existence counts on them doing it. I don't know how they...how do women still go out with guys, when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat to women than men? We're the number one threat to women.…

I agree with you. The first tweet was a total fuck up, but what do we want from people? Like asking people to never make mistakes or be bone-headed is not realistic, so if the dude's apology wasn't enough, what do we want from him? What more can he do? I think sometimes we get so caught up in the issues we care about…

I'm getting so tired of the "Real men do X" thing. "Real men" hit women. "Real men" rape women. "Real men" make excuses for other real men hitting and raping women. "Real men" also (and overwhelmingly) don't hit women, don't rape women, and condemn men who do. They're all "real men." That is the damn problem. I don't…