I thought Erin was less making fun of the Native peoples (and by less I mean not at all) and more making fun of the New Spirituals who like to co-opt exotic religions and tout them as "holistic" remedies for medical conditions. It could be dreamcatchers, it could be buddha beads, it could be quartz. It's all bogus…

I think we need to see the outfit first before we can declare it subtly racist. It's highly possible that she is wearing exactly what the aunts of 18-year-old American Hispanic superstars would wear should they want to party.

Yeah, I think my sister and I actually had the exact opposite reaction from all these mean Twitter ppl. We thought the way she wore it looked way better than the glitter helmeted Romanian team.

Maybe they all came from East London, which has a pretty high population of POC. Whitechapel is where all the Pakistani immigrants live while Hackney has historically held pockets of Afro-Caribbean people. Now with the influx of housing developments around the Docklands, that area has become quite diverse as well.

Yes, apparently they just couldn't figure out what to do with it after the Olympics. The venue is in the middle of nowhere (getting there from the bus stop takes 15 minutes of walking through a vast open space), too expensive for most people to want to use it, and badly maintained. The dumbest thing is that even if…

Oh gosh, the Derek Boogaard story was heartwrenching

I think there are matriarichal tribes who are well known for enslaving people, so at least the slavery part wouldn't be true. Sadly.

I had not until this moment realized there was a death threat tag on Tumblr.

Okay, as someone who's worked in the blogosphere in the same network, this is how these stories happen. We've heard of somebody (probably, in this case, Neil Gaiman). They support somebody who is experiencing something we find shocking (i.e. internet abuse for apologizing about a video we made when we were 18). We are…

Well, I for one, think you guys are awesome.

Actually, the "If I don't clean this thing it will literally never be cleaned" thing reminds me of the recent New Yorker piece about spoiled children. I think when someone messes up, you get the feeling that it'd be easier just to do it for them forever. It's hard to work against that feeling, but it becomes oh so…

No, I'm with you. Every time I hear "vagina showing" I automatically think of those stories where your insides fall outside. Ugh prolapse.

Actually, men's magazines have similarly silly advice when it comes to heating up the bedroom, though it's phrased in a YEAH WE DO THIS rather than a HERE'S HOW TO DO THIS voice.

Every other month, a Chinese-language tabloid comes out with a story accusing some actress of being an extremely extremely expensive prostitute. Gong Li, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Ling Chiling.

Yes, this was the reaction I was looking for!

After spending the morning reading the comments on various articles about Philip Zimbardo's new "Men Aren't Masculine Anymore" book, I am inclined not to believe this.

"Women aren't encouraged to be auto mechanics either, so most auto mechanics aren't women, but only the most misogynistic dumbass would suggest that it's because our tiny woman-brains are broom-shaped instead of wrench-shaped. "

I wouldn't say "hipster-feminist," just maybe that this article is yet another example of why diversity is so important. Maybe Lindy West picked up on what she picked up on because she's a white female and therefore has experience with female objectification but little experience with racial objectification.

Like many other jobs, the reason prostitutes generally aren't choosy is because they can't be. That's one of the many differences between high-end escort services and street corner prostitutes. But this is an example tied into Singapore, which may be one of the most "government keeps track of things and makes sure…

Same as what crocuta said, and I also wanted to say it's similar for Singapore. Unfortunately, when you legalize prostitution and then those prostitutes don't want to sleep with you, you bring in illegal ones from the third-world countries surrounding you.