I was just typing a similar comment until I scrolled and saw yours. Here I am supporting my family, under intense pressure to finish my dissertation so I can be “legitimate” and also trying to be a good mom to my kids while we have zero savings or resources and someone just fucking hands it to her because she is rich,…

Seriously, I don’t doubt her good intentions here, and maybe this enables a program to get off the ground that might not have without her name behind it, but Angelina Jolie is about as qualified to be a professor at LSE as Donald Trump is to be President of the United States.

Not to be a naysayer, but how in God’s name is Angefreakinlina Jolie qualified to teach at the London School of Economics?!?!?

So many people have devoted 25+ years of their lives to obtaining a PhD, academic research, and writing to teach at a world renowned university. If Angelina Jolie was teaching my class I would want my money back.

Who’s more sensitive, someone who experiences emotional distress at discussions of sexual assault, or someone who experiences emotional distress over a sign warning people who might feel emotional distress at discussions of sexual assault?

My favorite moment of his was going to the Islamic Center of Washington DC right after 9/11, and told anyone who wanted to discriminate against Muslims in America as retaliation to diplomatically fuck off. Even as a Democrat, mad respect for reaching across the aisle. Here’s the full transcript for anyone who’s never…

it’s the 2016 version of the here there be dragons warning on the edge of a map.

Personally, I think the hug was genuine, and based on a recognition that he got a few things right.

GW Bush did do some commendable things as President, including, for example, pressing to funds to help fight AIDS in Africa. And one of those commendable things he did was to sign legislation instructing the Smithsonian to start planning for this museum, and saying he believed it should be built on the national Mall.

Team Jennifer

In the spirit of Deadspin:

My favorite line, “Oh, Jean, I just don’t know what’s good anymore”, delivered in a whiny, perfect deadpan. Bowie as Warhol was perfect.

Really particularly feeling the injustice of David Bowie being dead while Jared Leto is still alive right now.

I’m totally reading every last post about this divorce, but is anyone else starting to hate themselves for it just a little?

I hate to “actually” you, but the correct terminology is “football rink.”

its a football pitch, not a football field. thats why the man who throws the ball at the other men is called a pitcher.

Same

At first I thought “The Dentonite” was Nick Denton’s new rag and got unreasonably excited.

This is the best email conversation. Almost as good as the unhinged sorority emails from two years ago (but not really, those will always be THE ALL TIME BEST).