Exactly. It’s an adversarial system, and it encourages...adversarial behavior. The New Yorker Radio Hour had an excellent piece on John Thompson and the New Orleans DA’s office (headed up by Harry Connick, Sr., at the time) in which John Thompson, yes, blames the DAs and cops and everyone personally involved in his…

There is a very fine line between raising awareness and being cavalier and exploitative of someone else’s struggles, and I think Lisa went on the wrong side of it with this. I actually generally like her. She has a sort of “let it all hang out” approach that I find often misguided but at least refreshing. And I think…

I can’t stand LVP these days—for whatever reason, that transphobic Erika jab while playing BFF to Billie Lee over on VPR all season really underlined her hypocrisy for me. (I also think she’s lying about Radar Online and all of #puppygate.) However! I totally agree it will be a loss to the show. Even the statement…

Easily the most painful part of last night’s scene was watching Lisa in her talking head portions describe not knowing what caused Amelia’s ED. The woman talks pretty openly how no one in Beverly Hills eats and even among the women on that show, she’s teased about how skinny she is and how much she obsesses over food.

If everything written about Incels is true, Jesus, they’ve got to be the scariest bunch of freaks since Juggalos were born. 

Wait until he finds out there are 3 types of “there/their/they’re” and he, an author, used the wrong fucking one.

I think we need to get acquainted with the notion that all oppressive frameworks can get internalized, whether it’s racism or homophobia or misogyny. Do I believe that black men are just as susceptible as white men to the notion that black women are worth less than white women?  Absofuckinglutely.  Do I view that as a…

In the midst of the family separation policy, I had an epiphany: if corporations are people, why aren’t I demanding as much of them as I do my racist uncle at the Thanksgiving table (and less problematic people in my life)? Why aren’t I calling on them to donate money, supplies, whatever to help people in need? If I…

Re Bruno, I *absolutely* would.

Do they not know about Morrissey?

It’s normal to read and reread and then reread a third time this headline because you’re sure they meant “introduce new” not “remove” abortion restrictions, right?

It seems prettttttty obvious that LostAnotherBurnerKey just doesn’t believe Heard and will couch it in legal arguments (then abandon them for layman arguments) or vague assertions rather than coming out and saying, “Despite video evidence, despite having not a ton of information besides ‘woman accuses man of abuse,’ de…

It’s not defamation to say “I made an accusation of domestic violence in 2016 [this is a verifiable fact on which all parties agree] and here is the aftermath of that.” I can tell you that someone who is an actual lawyer definitely advised her and the Post about their liability in publishing something that might be…

I’m sure it’s facilitated by being much more powerful, accomplished, awarded, and popular than Moby (I’m not necessarily a fan, that just seems objective to looking at their respective CVs), but I dream of making as matter-of-fact but damning a statement as what Natalie Portman said. It’s just so plainly like, “I…

The Bravo editors have really been outdoing themselves lately, no? It’s like Andy Cohen heard the audience’s pleas to break the fourth wall and was like, ok no but how about some epic snark from my editors?

By your logic, Barack Obama—not white nationalists or Trump or corporate greed that disenfranchises working class white voters—is responsible for our current state of affairs. Misogynist, backward GOP voters are responsible for their votes, not a woman who had the audacity to say someone raped her.

Fine people on both sides.  How we live now.

THIS. My son sleeps with us when he’s sick and there’s honestly nothing lovelier—and that’s saying something if you’ve ever taken care of a sick kid. There’s a fine balance between fostering independence and cultivating intimacy, and my bet is every parent figures out what works for them.  What an idea.

Look. We’ve got women making choices for people that they are in charge of. We’ll have none of this “trusting that lady adults can make sensible decisions and be treated like fully realized human beings” attitude you’re trying to promote.

I don’t know many people who have healthy, full-term babies who do that. Or any, actually. But if your child has health issues (e.g. isn’t gaining weight) and you’re nursing and you really have no idea how much they’re eating, this is kind of the only way to find out.