I don't personally need women to be main characters. I understand there isn't a ton of room for characterization beyond Marty and Rust. My problem is that just about every single woman on the show is a sexual plot device. What I mean is, if you've got 10 male actors, 10 of them will be playing cops or bad guys or…

I don't understand this—we should criticize bad shows, but not good ones? How does that make sense?

Even if the misogyny in True Detective turns out to be unintentional (which I didn't believe, although recent interviews with Nic Pizzoletto have made me question that), I still really love the conversations about misogyny that are being brought up. None of these concerns are new to this show, far more female nudity…

I too would like to know how many get the opportunity to sit down and pitch their show to HBO.

I'm still waiting for Season 2 of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. That show just made me smile and the romance was so realistic and gently laid out. Step on it HBO! You'll get a great show back with diversity AND women! These are also likely the reasons it wasn't renewed :(

I am consistently baffled by all the folks jumping in saying things like "they're just making different choices than you would, we should respect that!" whenever they're criticized here. No. They aren't just making different choices. They didn't just choose to follow god. They didn't just choose to have a lot of kids.…

The average is only thirty seven minutes a day?!

It is necessary to attach the Duggar’s to this issue and homeschooling because they are all intertwined.

This is awesome. I love you science!

The Duggars are VERY involved in Gothard's cult. They follow his life teachings (remember Michelle's list of tips to keep your husband happy that included the crazy hair rules? That's a Gothard publication) and use his homeschooling materials. The homeschooling conference they go to every year is ATI, which is part of…

• Now, if you want to call that "sensationalism," please go right ahead do so. I call it reminding people (just like you, probably) that these "celebrities", just like some of the members of the Duck Dynasty "family," are promoting some pretty fucked up nonsense that really needs to be scrutinized a lot more.

Here's an excerpt from an article on Dailykos written about his teachings and practices:

The Duggars have built much of their homeschooling teachings around Gothard's seminars, they are featured prominently on the IPBL website and they promote his seminars through their website.The Duggars are public figures thanks to their celebrity they pretty much created for themselves based around an image that…

That was my only complaint about this article. The example has NOTHING to do with being a mind reader. It's about being an empathetic human being who can access a situation and think, "The person I love is having a hard time. I should help them." You should instinctively WANT to help them. How can you walk into a…

The fact that it is objectively better to breast feed isn't that important to those who simply don't want to, and those who can't do so for whatever reason are already aware.

As a currently breastfeeding mama (pumping in my office as we speak) I think this campaign would be awesome if it showed a dad bringing his lady a giant bottle of water and a sandwich while she's nursing. Or getting up in the middle of the night to change a baby and bring him/her into mama. Or keeping the toddler…

Sure he does - a swift kick in the butt!

How hard can it be to realize that when your wife is actively vomiting, you shouldn't go for a bike ride and instead help her take care of the child THAT IS ALSO YOURS? Many of these needs aren't that complex.

I was just wondering if we'd see a similar campaign about menstruation, with the same "If I could, I would" tagline. My answer's the same in either case: Well, you can't, so kindly run a load of whites and put away the clean stuff in the dishwasher while I experience womanhood in all its glory.

Yep. The most pro-breastfeeding thing my husband ever did was to regularly fetch me my 3am ice water and granola bar while I sorted out the wee milk vampire.