Thanks! It was my understanding that the details in both cases were similar, so I was curious. Thanks for clarifying.

I have a question, and it's an honest-to-God one, so if there's a simple answer, can someone just clarify for me? Really, not criticism intended: why is Iman al-Obeidi's attack described as "alleged" while Mona Eltahawy is reported as fact? No, seriously. I'm curious.

Yeah, that's where I get nervous. No matter how far along your pregnancy is, that can be a "child" in terms of how you feel about it. That is 100% in the eye of the beholder. Shit, I call my dog my child, and I'm not being hyperbolic. But I think the Duggars are trying to conflate the emotional and legal…

To be honest, her voice is what makes me most uncomfortable about her, and I have a looooot of problems with her behavior. But the way she speaks makes her honest-to-god sound lobotomized. Once on the Today Show they asked her if she thought you could have too many kids (this was circa baby 17 or so) and she said,…

I haven't wanted to touch this story with a 10 foot pole, because the subjects of pregnancy and miscarriages are just...touchy. The only authoritative voice on the subject, I think, is that of the woman carrying the child—and her authority only extends to her own experience (that's not to say that non-pregnant…

Re Rihanna: there is a lot of crotch grabbing in that video. So much that it feels kind of stale by the end. But fuck you, The Sun. I have rarely seen a male rapper, let's take Eminem for example, not reach for his junk every other phrase.

Lindsay looks older than her own mother in that photo. That image makes me more worried for her than all the mug shots and lifeless eyes that even photoshop can't help in Playboy shoots ever could. That poor girl never really stood a chance.

That issue of Justin Bieber sold badly for two reasons and they aren't his failing popularity (though I wish):

I will now give my arguments for my two picks:

I grew up in a fundamentalist Christian environment and this idea that kids will stop believing in God if they found out you lied to them about Santa was extremely pervasive. I kind of suspected the Bieb's mom was cut from this cloth, but now I find his celebrity and the enormous pulpit he has from which to spread…

Ah. I gave up after Season 2. I'm shocked they were able to turn that shit around.

I gave up watching it long ago. But isn't that part of the point of his character? That he's a misfit because he can't sing? Didn't he sing a song about how he can't sing?

The dude on the left is so incredibly handsome, stylish, and dashing that I had to include him. Can anyone identify him?

I actually read this comment aloud to Mr. Slowtraincoming and we were both rolling on the floor. Whenever I'm in Orlando, I think, "what must life for these people be like? What do they do? What are their interests?" Now I know.

(Or people who beat up on any other people...)

Was that "you raised a hell of a son" reference to Chaz? I thought he was saying like, "my mom raised me to speak my mind." If it was a jab at Chaz, that guys a bigger douchecanoe than I guessed.

I applaud Cher's restraint, because I would've gone straight for the snark: "no, @scafbeezy, I've never heard of a rap metaphore..."

To all the people in the comments saying, "Well! This is so unfair. Beyonce is hardly the only person putting forward this booty-as-reward currency system," er, sorry, but what's that got to do with the price of milk? If you disagree with something, you point to examples of it, and critique it. There's no…

Seconded. This is me Thanksgiving weekend. The whoopee can wait—I've got a turkey to eat. And eat. And eat.

What? I just...who complains about Thanksgiving dinner to the cook? I definitely came home from that dinner and said, "what was up with the lasagne?" Here's the good news: whether you can cook for shit or not, there's certainly no contest with your in-laws in the manners department.