Do you mean "Asians" in the British or American sense?

Her issue was with one person at Biology-online. Part of the problem here is that Lee didn't appear to try to resolve any of this before making the post. Did she ever try to contact anyone at the website to let them know this happened?

To me, there is a totally different protocol to follow in cases like these. Did Lee ever try to contact the person from Biology-online's boss? Did she try to contact anyone there to let them know this has happened. If you go to the website and read the post about this incident it appears no one there knew about it…

Totally disagree. This idea that we can go around and publicly try to shame people who we feel have wronged us is such a slippery slope. This is the same kind of mentality that gives us all this "revenge porn" and slut shaming we see on the internet these days. Its like people have forgotten how to properly deal with…

I see what your saying and I'm not sure "personal" is the right word to describe them, but a major issue Lee talked about was about being paid. Pay is something that is personal and not something that people are used to broadcasting all over the internet. I might be old school, but emails always have the connotation…

There is also a question of professionalism here at play. Bringing up a personal email exchange and saying what went down the emails can come across very very unprofessional in many arenas. I'm not familiar with the blogs on Scientific America, but I can only assume they are not meant to be personal blogs and have…

Usually the most meaningful thing you can do in these kinds of situations is listen. You don't always have to have the perfect thing to say, you can just listen to what your friend has to say.

How useful is Tinder for the gay/lesbian /bi crowd? Is it basically just a straights only party or is there a good number of gay/lesbian/bi users?

There definitely plenty of Saudi women against the ban. When I was living there though it seemed that women were angry with it more because of inconvenience as opposed to any larger ideas of "worthiness" as female drivers. The ability to drive is not the issue most Saudi women are concerned with. They are concerned…

Its not really about the "worth" of women being different vs. men, but about aligning laws with religious and cultural norms and ideas. Saudi is a very gendered society, but it also centers around family more than anything else and that is where women end up with most agency and "power," not the government, which is…

I was just trying to say that most people don't understand the cultural context that Saudis live in and don't understand where the ban comes from or how women in Saudi feel about it.

I know I'll never get out of the grey, but Jezebel's coverage and the comments of Saudi always make me cringe. I lived in Saudi as a teenager and know that most Americans/Non-Saudis really have no idea what Saudi is really like.

The reason women aren't allowed to drive in Saudi is not because authorities think women are inherently bad drivers or their biology can't handle it, its because there is the religious idea that women should not travel alone.

The reason women aren't allowed to drive in Saudi is not because authorities think women are inherently bad drivers or their biology can't handle it, its because there is the religious idea that women should not travel alone. In classical Islamic theology there is the thought that women should not be traveling alone…

Yeah, its all very convoluted. I guess having the producers call you about someone you are talking to could just be about facilitating the meeting. In the shows I've seen, the ones who aren't really being catfished seem to not be able to afford to travel and meet the person they are talking to, so it becomes about MTV…

The "reality" of the show is a little dubious also. Apparently the emails that Nev gets to set up the episode are usually sent after producers have vetted the situation and usually have talked to both people (the catfish and person being catfished). Sometimes its actually the person doing the catfishing who contacts…

Maybe this will be a sign TV networks should stop it with those stupid obtrusive ads for their TV shows that annoyingly play in the middle of a freaking show!!!!

Many Muslims (which Ansari's background is) in India and Pakistan have Iranian heritage. In fact, his last name traditionally indicates his family has either Arab or Iranian heritage.

Many Indians/Pakistanis have Afghan and Persian/Iranian heritage, especially Muslims, which Aziz Ansari's family is. In fact his last name traditionally indicates that his family has either Arab or Iranian heritage.

I'm American but I say "tuh-mar-uh," is that not ok?