Yeah, but they’re still around enough that we can even have that debate. This is a case of something being better than nothing. In 1987 there were only *22* left (22!) in the wild and they were captured for the rehabilitation program; as of 2014 there are 219 in the wild and 206 in captivity. It’s obviously far from…

I always think of the orangutans I loved seeing as a child at the San Diego Zoo when I come across the palm oil issue. Those little personal connections do matter and can make a long-term impact. The ‘PR’ role of zoos should not be discounted.

‘ but some zoos do actually help and protect animals.”

Sanctuaries and wildlife preserves are essential to conservation efforts and making a meaningful difference for animals in the wild, but how do you get people to care about those animals and preserves half a world away? Like it or not, people care a lot more about stuff they actually see in person: it personalizes and…

I grew up going to the wonderful San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, so I generally have a favorable impression of zoos. That being said, there are still plenty of really crummy zoos out there. Some need to be shut down, some just need to not host certain animals. I think it’s great to embrace the conservation work…

I could care less what Wintour’s personal style is- I think it’s possible to have good taste in general and successfully predict/drive trends while simultaneously exhibiting rather tragic personal style- but she’s run Vogue into the ground and I’m so sick of her mean girl persona so it’s time for her to go.

She is not throwing any shade or tossing any words back at Wintour at all. She’s acknowledging the fact that people are gossiping about her husband and saying she liked the film anyway to try to show that it’s not bothering her and shrug it off. It’s about the least shady response she could have.

“I can’t even say she’s vanilla, because vanilla is actually delicious.”

It took me a solid two minutes to realize the guys in lifted pickup trucks were not just big Game of Thrones fans...

I love his smug laughter and when he’s a sassy asshole to the contestants. Trebek has mastered subtle shade.

Yeah, on one hand I like this ad because I rather enjoy ads that challenge the uptight American sensibilities regarding explicit sexual references (though I realize this ad is Australian) and I prefer a pretty direct hand job reference to the usual scantily clad woman eating a phallic object... but on the other hand,…

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This just means she had a minion hiding the trees near the top with blotting paper, powder, dry shampoo, and a fresh shirt.

Between her perfectly toned and timed response and Alex Trebek’s laughter of pure joy, this was one of my favorite moments in Jeopardy ever.

I think actors, especially top earners who have influence and don’t really ‘need’ the money, do have a responsibility to ethically choose their roles. Sure, we don’t know her familiarity with the source material or how the project was presented to her, but I’m sure she had the resources to do a little homework (or…

The thing is, it’s not a question of whether or not they’ve ‘learned’, it’s a questions of whether or not they care more about what they learned than about the money to be made (they don’t). They’ll keep pulling this shit until it’s consistently, financially harmful and obvious enough that they can’t try to blame…

No, I don’t think most white people consciously stay away from a movie with non-white main characters (though I’m sure some do and plenty get miffed when a character they imagined as white- often out of underlying bias- it portrayed as non-white in a film). But in a situation like this, they didn’t choose Johansson…

By the time pollination needs to happen, you’d probably need to keep the flaps open anyway (at least during the day) to prevent overheating. And this is really only intended to start seedlings, (or maybe house some herbs and small greens), not host mature fruiting plants that will need pollinating.

By the time pollination needs to happen, you’d probably need to keep the flaps open anyway (at least during the day)…

This will only really be good for starting vegetables or maybe growing some potted herbs. And, other than on the top shelf, only the plants along the front will get enough light to thrive.

This will only really be good for starting vegetables or maybe growing some potted herbs. And, other than on the top…

I took it as a more polite, tactful version of saying ‘I decided to refuse all jobs where I’d have to put up with that kind of bullshit.’ I’m sure the sexist environment at SNL made that job less than ‘really fun’.