Yes, I am aware that you were half-joking, and I am pointing out that, joke or not, it's about as edgy and hilarious as a rape joke. I've seen people joke about parenting licenses and mandatory sterilization more times than I can count. So even if it were, hypothetically, funny or something, it'd still be old, and…

I am aware that most of the time people are just casually advocating eugenics, and might not actually support such a program if it were seriously proposed. They are still, however, advocating eugenics; and believe it or not, it's a position that some people genuinely hold.

You know who else shared that sentiment?

So you'll cure racism with eugenics?

I adopted a pit bull type dog at a shelter once who had been surrendered by his previous owners for 'lunging' at people. They thought he was vicious.

I could read my boyfriend's email trivially, no hacking necessary. I do most of his computer maintenance for him, so I know where I could get his passwords. In fact, his email's often just sitting there open. And it has never even occurred to me to do anything but avert my eyes, so I haven't intentionally read…

Yeah, in that aspect, Jezebel is about as enlightened as reddit or something. It's kind of funny how a site that casts itself as some kind of quasi-feminist medium has no apparent problem with patronizing and othering women once they hit a certain age. You don't see them talking about men in their forties the same way…

Me too, although I'm thinking that a lot of the generation gap has to do with simple dumb experience. I'm 46, and I don't remember a lot of my female friends identifying as feminists when I was younger; and personally, it's been something that's hit home for me a lot more the older I get—particularly now that I've…

Is it OK to buy a $400 stroller with food stamps?

Huge downsides. I mentioned it just below, but they grind your teeth down to unusable nubs then cover them with caps and sometimes veneers, both of which only have an expected life of 10 to 15 years or something.

I've done websites for a lot of dentists, and the overwhelming majority of my clients were pushing cosmetic dentistry very very heavily. This may be a chicken and egg thing, but even the general practice dentists were emphasizing sometimes radical cosmetic dentistry.

There's nothing wrong with telling little girls they're pretty every now and again. However, it shouldn't be the first or the only thing you say to them, which it is a lot more often than most people like to admit.

The whole concept is just weird when you think about it for ten seconds or so. I boggle that we even have a word for a person who has never engaged in a particular activity, and that we spend all kinds of time and effort discussing the parameters of that activity and the proper designation, and that we attach such…

That's some fancy footwork on PETA's part. I'm not familiar with a pervasive belief that PETA wants to steal your pets and set them free. However, in their own words and in their policies, they do endorse the extinction of domestic animals. Of course, it is in their better interests to dissemble and evade on that…

I love that article.

Actually, yes. I have known several extroverted people who have suffered from its effects. Some can acknowledge the core issue, and some on the very extreme end of the scale seem to be oblivious but still regretful of some of its effects.

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Exactly. We're so immersed in our culture, it can be very difficult to point out inequities and biases without encountering resistance and denial. Being able to point to a simple formula that illustrates these phenomena is a handy tool. In fact, I told my son about the Bechdel a while ago, and the look on his face was…

Have you tried consulting with a pro?

I guess I just have so many negative associations with those types of shoes, I don't even think they're cute.