I'm not sure what your problem is with Dunham here exactly. She raised an issue she found problematic, discussed it with someone who agreed, and posted links to a blog written by someone with a considerably more important voice in the debate (that is, someone who is actually Native American, unlike Dunham and Wood).…

This is disgusting. I mean, I have rarely seen something so calculatedly tasteless. Is it supposed to be funny that they credit the tights with which the model playing Sanmao pretends to hang herself? Is it pretending to be some sort of commentary? If so, on what? Plath kept looking glam even as she stuck her head in…

I'm Irish (as in, living in Ireland, never been to the US) and when I saw the cinema trailer my jaw dropped. I can't believe this is acceptable anywhere, but least of all in the country that should nominally have the greatest understanding and deepest sense of shame about the treatment of Native Americans.

Seems a touch harsh — I think she was just saying that she found it offensive, and was surprised Hollywood was apparently okay with it. Like asking, "Am I the only person who thinks this is weird?" The "must know for dinner parties" bit was pretty obviously ironic. She also retweeted this great blog post on the…

First, your Tumblr is really brave, and second, your Tumblr is totally cute.

I'm always conflicted about descriptions of what the victim was wearing in cases like these. I totally get that it's important to get the message across that women are vulnerable to this constantly, literally no matter what we wear, but it also contributes unintentionally to the "and she didn't even deserve it!"…

Some of them just give Obama a sheen of Michael Bluth's likeability!

The corollary of this statement is that instances of violence against women should never be publicised, which would be immeasurably harmful to public discourse and to the push for legislative action around this kind of abuse.

I find it difficult to convince myself that predicating my happiness on consumerism — even if I closely and wisely managed the expressions of that consumerism — would be really fulfilling, though.

I really, totally, actually wish we could do this without having comment threads consist of the following assertions:

Yep! Obviously it is still culturally significant that people think this way about motherhood — I mean I'm glad I read the write-up and everything. But it's not Zadie Smith culturally significant.

When I saw this headline I was like "NOT ZADIE. SAY IT IS NOT ZADIE."

So, actually, I left this article on a comparative high. Who even is Lauren Sandler? I definitely don't care.

On all the "but how do we convince the ignorant" arguments:

How about you do it? How about you stop asking Lindy West, who demonstrably has plenty of other, more complex subjects to write about, to do it for you? Because, by your logic, no feminist can ever write for the feminist community, because that's preaching to…

I hate everyone who is still trying to make this a "censorship" issue. Firstly, no one anywhere in the debate has suggested government policing of comedic expression. Secondly, at the point where someone is being repeatedly threatened with brutal assault, the whole "but comedy" thing should really take a fucking back…

Yes! Mainstream media's treatment of science generally, but psychological research specifically, is like a dog barking about Rembrandt. Entertaining, but hardly informative.

Broadsheet is not a TV show; it's just the website that posted the transcript. Tonight with Vincent Browne is the name of the TV show. Good to see more stories about Ireland on Jezebel, though.

Wait, are you the kind of psych major who thinks evolutionary psychology is a thing? Because, man, come on. In like 99% of cases, it's not a thing. I agree Marshall Weinbaum is also filed under Not a Thing, and I didn't even read the thing about livers or whatever, but evolutionary psychology deserves all the bashing…

Hmm. Actually, after years of self-esteem and body issues, and a pretty horrible relationship in which I felt constantly demeaned and belittled, I appreciate being with someone who says nice things about me. It makes me happy. I don't mean to be at all defensive - I totally understand the argument this article makes -…

There was a stage a couple of weeks ago where I was on one caramel egg a day. It was difficult to come back from.

Yep! Along with raising consciousness of the ways we're oppressed (like coming to an understanding of sexism as a woman or homophobia as a gay person), let's all raise our consciousness of the ways our lives are made easier for completely unfair reasons! Global privilege and ability privilege definitely also on the…