I always watched this show as a comedy and I'm really glad they're moving back in that direction. There really aren't many sitcoms that have me laughing out loud multiple times an episode, but last night's episodes did. Set your expectations low and just have fun with it!

I know right?

Short men are considered fair game for mockery in a lot of places (including Jezebel) because they don't conform to culturally enforced standards of beauty for their gender. A lot of us think that's hypocritical of Jezebel. Is at as bad as fat-shaming or all the other things women have to endure? Obviously not, but…

The concrete pavement next to manicured hedges outside my flat is "nature"?

Uhuh. This reeks (pun intended) of dog owners looking for excuses after the fact. Considering the mountains of dog-shit that pile up in my middle-class neighbourhood people will use any excuse not to clean up after themselves. This just gives them a convenient reason to continue using public spaces as a toilet and a…

Thanks for the link, I'm bookmarking it for later.

A statistic I read once is that most rapes are perpetrated by repeat offenders, with the average being 18 offenses. I don't know how accurate that number is but it's fair to say that if the police actually got their acts together they could do much better than clearing one case for every rapist jailed. But no one…

Now I want to put on my online dating profile "Message me if...you want to be tamed liked a Subaru."

There was an article floating around a while back by a gay man who talked about how validating he found it to be complimented by other men. He sympathised a great deal with straight men who simply didn't have the opportunity to feel attractive, to feel beautiful, to be the objects of affection rather than the…

Like arguing in good faith, not being passive-aggressive, that sort of thing?

Experimentation. :P

I guess I'd prefer it if sites like this told me compatible I am with others, not how compatible people like me are with others. Some of the profiles I see online which I find the most interesting are the unique ones, the people who this model aren't going to work well for. Like how is a profile written entirely as…

Laura, you love dogs and children are just dogs that eventually learn to talk. This should be a no-brainer for you!

I don't know who either of those people are (Arnie will always be Conan to me) but you go with whatever floats your boat!

I think the real value in these is to counter arguments about how it's ok that female characters are half-naked and sexualised in the media because male characters are half-naked and muscular. No, in mainstream media the male characters are muscular as a power fantasy for men, not as something eroticised for women.

Ah, the classic tale of a talking dog and his owner the mischievous rapist.

OK then, I'm just going to sit quietly over here being intimidated by your credentials Dr. Professor.

Wait...what are you a professor of again? You seem to know an awful lot about this evo-psych business and it's making me mighty suspicious.

Isn't that the opposite of what most evo-psych tells us? That women are more selective in their sex partners because they're the ones who have to go through the risk of pregnancy? That women are the gatekeepers and men are the ones who fuck everything that moves? Not sure I buy it either way though.

Yeah, when every dating article ever (including on Jezebel) says that guys just have to be confident it's pretty dispiriting when you're not confident. Especially when achieving that confidence would involve a lot more time, money and suffering than going to the gym. Of course women need confidence too, but a lack of…