I find it so great as a writer — my inspiration boards aren't to-do lists, they're storyboards and photo galleries. Scenery, historical fashion, maps, artifacts, links to great history or archaeology articles — Pinterest is fabulous for collecting all of that in a way that is so much more efficient and easy to…

Pinterest is one of, if not the, most useful resources I use for both my personal and professional work. I use it like a visual filing system—I can categorize artists, palettes, inspiration by season or theme or whatever. I LOVE the secret boards as it allows me, to your point, to collect links to resources that…

That's a great point. Women are expected to be able to write men and people of color are expected to be able to write white people, at least if they want the option of appealing to what's considered to be mainstream audiences. Being able t only write about people just like you and still have our work be seen as…

I'd argue that "I've got black friends" goes in the middle.

Funny how nobody demands of men the shit they demand of women. You act like women have not been savaged by black and white men alike in their chummy view that women lie about rape.

I used to be a huge football fan, but I can't really watch it anymore. The QB for my favorite team (Steelers) is a rapist. James Winston, rapist. Penn State and Penn State supporters? Rape enablers. Notre Dame? Rapists. A local sports commentator in Pittsburgh said during the Mike Vick dog fighting scandal that it was…

Yes, this. Please, guys.

Reminder:

I'm guessing he's interpreting "patriarchy hurts men too" as "men deserve to die raaaarrrgh!" Because what I *have* seen pointed out to men raging about women not being drafted/in combat is that it's not WOMEN who had control of the armed forces and the government...it was men who held the power in those situations…

Actually we don't need to. I've already done that with my wife.

...b-b-b-but...

I know this isn't a meerkat post, but I just stumbled upon this cuteness and feel obligated to share.

Yep. At the end of the day, the main complaint should be with the partner who cheated, not the person he or she cheated with.

Fucking hell. You know what also happens sometimes?? The "homewreckers" the men or women are cheating with DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE HAVE WIVES OR HUSBANDS OR PARTNERS!