The issue here is NOT that Greek life => rapes, and NOT that students are being limited from their freedom of association. There's no good way to contextualize this to the general public, but this is a SPECIFIC reaction to a very specific set of circumstances at one school.

Nope. This is Amherst COLLEGE. Not UMASS Amherst. No federal funding here.

this is beautiful and i love it.

This one is a slight variation on the theme, and the video is so dumb, but I absolutely love the song and the lyrics:

Christianity is so firmly entrenched in every aspect of American life and culture that we can't even have a conversation about the absence of religious belief without framing it in the language and context of Christianity. I'm American, but in my experience it's impossible to have any conversation about religion in…

Aside from the fact that his rambling very quickly goes off the rails into crazytown, is the original criticism really that Pharrell should be obliged to include a dark-skinned woman of color on his album cover?? As a darker-hued WOC myself, I appreciate the sentiment in that our aesthetic ought to be more celebrated…

Correct. Halftime performers are not paid, ever. The NFL treats it as a "promotional" opportunity for artists, which is the level of reasoning used by the local corner restaurant for not paying the jazz combo that plays on Monday nights.

So, apparently upskirt photos are legal - http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-w…

i cannot buy iggy's put-on fake rapper accent. Her dipthongs are outta control.

WHAT the fuck did i just see. My jaw was hanging open at the woman who wants to be smacked in the mouth "i don't date white guys anymore, they're all too soft"?? that is such a fucking disgusting racist and sexist double play. I cannot believe you are allowed to say that shit on network TV. Why doesn't the FCC ever…

i mean, if his face was as jacked up as Roethlisberger's, then it would be totally understandable that he would NEED to rape somebody, right?? That's reasonable and not at ALL insane.

Bravo! I agree entirely. I am not engaged myself, so of course the topic rarely arises. But the one time I mildly posited, in a conversation with friends, that I hypothetically would prefer not to have an engagement ring, I was extremely surprised to get reactions as though I confessed to cooking and eating kittens. I…

I think Sharleen gets perhaps a little too much credit for being "extremely intelligent" in relation to her dumb-as-rocks compatriots. I thought she was more awkward than anything else, not necessarily that she was SUCH an intelligent overthinker (though, again, smarter than her peers). Hasn't anyone SEEN those…

also...how can the language barrier be as bad as it is? He attended college in the USA but doesn't understand many, many fairly basic words (and not just idiomatic language, which can be tricky for non-native speakers). He asked one woman to define the word "bolt"...there have been many other instances.

Yes!! God, he's a total idiot.

Jason Dohring looks enormous!!

Took the words out of my mouth. He seriously looks smitten the whole clip.

Glad Sharlene (and her hilariously god-awful awkward kissing skills) will be leaving the Bachelor (or so i assume). I actually kind of love her and want her to go be an opera star, far, far away from that functional idiot/sanctimonious slut Juan Pablo. He's the absolute worst.

Also an excellent point. She is a grown woman who chose to be there, competing on national television for the affections of a complete stranger (who unfortunately turns out to be a complete idiot). It's not like we are watching a man be a dick to a random nice lady, in a vacuum. The entire fact of her being there is…

Dodai, your picks at the end should be the lede, not a footnote! I hope it's not weird to say this, but your taste in men is PERFECT. I would love to see your gorgeous, taste-the-rainbow (and more tatted) version of this cover.