When are white people going to address their culture of violence?

I agree — and, in fact, I think this lawsuit is just going to add fuel to the fire for folks who have been claiming the whole time that this was a manipulative plot to get attention politically and/or extract money.

Oh I agree with that. But I’m just getting the impression that his father is a bit of a huckster, plus that (let’s face it) publicity stunt with his moving to Qatar. The authorities should be made to answer and compensate him accordingly, but that doesn’t mean that I have to like them. Or even think that they’re on…

basically people, definitely not me, watched the kony 2012 video and reacted immediately and emotionally

Fuck that. This was the best thing that ever happened to this kid, and he was in no way ‘damaged’ to the point of 15 million dollars.

Isn’t this the plot of an Ann Patchett novel?

Someone’s going to make a lot of money with a Ascaris lumbricoides farm. Or maybe a travel agency that specializes in trips to Bolivian rivers.

Bolivian woman learns one weird trick to getting pregnant! Reproductive endocrinologists hate her!

Seriously. We stopped awhile ago but this just made me sit up and think, “Eh, I’d give it a whirl.”

I tried every other ridiculous thing while TTC, I probably would have considered it.

Would pay many dollars to acquire this. Did not read article yet. Maybe it also kills you. In which case I take it back. But based on the title, please send me the parasite.

Oh, honey, please what is this amateur nonsense. I am the Queen of Sleep. I am a sleep pro. You get an A for effort, but your execution is all wrong.

All “conservative” “plans” are always the total opposite of what they tell you they are.

In trial, Fogle reportedly sobbed as he recounted how he’d hurt his family and his wife, who would be a single mother should he go to prison.

Are you calling Alton Brown’s recipes shitty? Because they are not.

YES! So what, Ina’s rich. She’s a good cook and a good TV personality. And she owns it. Unlike Pioneer Woman and her fake homespun persona/story.

That neck tattoo article was seeping with entitlement. I really disliked her attempt to malign the artist and his work.

I forgot about the second baby on a plane article. That was the worst. It was like listening to a toddler having a temper tantrum.

I love The Slot, but it never lets me read the comments, much less write my own comment. :(

I will say, Gawker writers are notoriously bad a taking any criticism (except those who work at Lifehacker), but I’ve never seen anyone lose their shit the way Jane did. And the thing is, people were fairly light and polite in their critiques of her. The baby on plane piece, people were saying things like “the floor…