@Penny: Here's one example: "(Also, reiterating that I hate the tiered system, it's hierarchical and anti-feminist, but I realize that's a discussion for another time)". I cut-and-pasted this from the post on the 13th on Questions, Answers, and Comments. Most of the criticisms have admittedly been framed in terms…

@Dodai: I do realize that the new system is Gawker-wide. But this site in particular, regardless of the larger system, seems to encourage a feminist standpoint (however broadly defined). The reason that we need a site that allows for feminist discussions is because "mainstream" conversations have a masculine bias in…

@PilgrimSoul: Actually, I've been looking on the site for the discussion/response to the critiques of the new system. I study feminist discourse and I'm really interested in how the marginalization can, or will be, justified from a feminist standpoint. I'm teaching my social inequalities class in the Fall and am…

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I'm guessing Betthany Frankel for the "unnaturally thin," since her book is "Naturally Thin."

@ellaesther: I could be wrong, but I took some law classes awhile ago for a justice degree and I believe she would still have to testify, if they called her, because they weren't married at the time of the crime.

@Kshine: I remember that backhanded compliment. Tamra told her she looked twelve, and Jo screamed, "yeahhhh." I was stunned. I shouldn't have been; but I was.

@londoner: Very harsh, indeed. I would be heartbroken if I were her (assuming that his not wanting to show up with her is true - you never know). Honestly, I've never understood celebrities who worked this hard to be private. I think it calls more attention to a relationship. And I seem to recall that she was with…

@quickqueenof: I agree. I've taught college courses for the last ten years and I'm baffled by the role that parents are playing in the problems with education by encouraging student entitlement and the mentality that everyone should get an award for mediocrity. I had two students last semester challenge me on a…