My Junior year lit teacher described Feminism simply and elegantly, and since that day I have no problem admitting that I, as a male, am a feminist.

Related to this: why do we all always have to pretend that we love our jobs? I just got back from a conference, which was generally great, and I do like what I do in that it's interesting and I'm pretty good at it, but the running theme seemed to be "be PASSIONATE about your job!" Especially since we work for…

I am a man.

Even I felt my ovaries explode watching this.

Or you could do like me and avoid the whole thing by not dating at all. Yay for desiccated spinsterhood!

I've been convinced for a while now that Lada Gaga is losing the plot and this pretty much seals the deal. She's also living up to her stage name, since *gaga* can also mean irrational and mentally confused. It's too bad, really, because it's not like she's devoid of talent: I've certainly enjoyed a lot of her music,…

Well, as long as the kids are "standing their ground" I'm sure it's legal.

I don't even think she's all that affected. It's fine that she's doing her thing. She's successful and good for her. I got tired of reading about her doing her thing all the time, but now that's died down too.

The first rule of Fight Club is don't read the comments.

That Apple commercial is really the only reason anyone needs to not like ZD.

Never have I wanted a subway train to come along more badly...

Deschanel is probably guilty of straw-manning a bit here — it's not just about the clothes she wears or her girly girl persona. Many people have put forward critiques that her characters (like Jess) are unrealistic portrayals that satisfy male fantasy in the form of a "manic pixie dream girl." They do tend to get…

I'm indifferent about her, but that #thuglife tweet was dumb, and then there was this commercial.

What I don't like about Deschanel is her singing voice and the fact that she has actual professionally-produced music. She sings like a fourth-chair second soprano in a high-school all-city choir.
I hope that's not too mean.

Yeah, I agree with this. I generally find adult people with childlike personalities annoying (not just Zooey); does that mean I am criticizing her femininity? I don't think that it does. Acting "girly"—aka, like a little girl—when you're an adult woman is just as annoying to me as a dude acting like he's a middle…

I don't think it's about what she wears, although lord knows there are plenty of bloggers out there ready to criticize. It's the twee, MPDG trope that she repeatedly embodies with the roles she's played. I know, I know, it's not like she's being offered very many dark dramatic pieces and tends to be typecast, so my…

Right, I'm not saying I personally believe it's an affectation, it's just not the same concept as femininity.

I think she's saying that's how she is, and it's not an affectation.

Mary Louise Parker is Zooey 1.0! #howdareyou

Are there really people who Zooey Deschanel pisses off with her femininity? I mean, obviously the Internet is full of unrepentant straight-up woman-haters, but I thought her detractors largely had a problem with her more for how affected her image was than anything else.

The gender disparity in live-at-home millennials isn’t too glaring — 40 percent of the nation’s couch-dwellers are male, while 32 percent are female.