I mean, there are economic aspects to the issue, but I would be curious to hear why you say that. There are major economic consequences to literally all social policies, from healthcare to abortion to education—that doesn’t make them “economic issues.”

Aww, shucks. Thank you!

I do agree re: the sentencing aspect of it. I don’t believe marijuana should be a Schedule 1 drug, and you’re absolutely right to acknowledge the systemic inequities that the war on drugs has caused in our population. But sentencing policy and legalization are different problems. I’m open to the idea of…

Then petition for a new hearing in a different district. Don’t petition for a pardon. I agree he deserves a fair trial, but he needs a trial.

I mean, does NO ONE see the incredible irony in demanding that we abandon due process and simply release some guy who might be a murderer? I watched the whole show. The trial procedure seems very biased, small town sheriff’s departments are a nightmare, and the thing with his nephew is a tragic farce. But frankly,…

It really is. I think people forget that. For a certain generation of women, the pantsuit was a real signal that a woman intended to be taken seriously as a professional, and while it may seem dowdy to us (or laughable to Joe the Plumber, who doesn’t operate in a suit-wearing world) it’s really crucial that she NOT in…

I’m one of those people too, and while I wouldn’t advocate for a return to Prohibition...I also kind of think, why open another door that I don’t believe needs to be opened? I don’t think society at large benefits from people getting high more easily, the same way I don’t think we benefit from people getting drunk…

Exactly. I don’t know what happened, but either way, but bad marriages happen to good people. Doesn’t really affect how I feel about Hillary as a candidate, and it’s not like we’ve been electing men based on their good marital judgement this whole time.

You mean like how there’s considerable pressure for gay people to be/think/act straight? I got the joke, man. I was agreeing with you, and supporting your joke with an actual example of how that happens. I know you’re getting attacked all over the place here, but I’m not actually one of the people attacking you. Maybe…

Regular sperm, when actually being swallowed, smells like bleach or chlorine. Aren’t there any women at Deadspin? Men have NO idea. Really.

I mean, not to be a buzzkill but...happened to all of my grandparents, at least as far as writing was concerned. People have been trying to argue the difference out of other people since pretty much always.

That’s why it says “Victim, Juror React” — although I agree its unclear in that structure to whom that quote is being attributed.

Is it oddly fascinating to anyone else that the stills representing the shows of 6 white women, 1 black woman, and 1 black man are shots of 4 black women, 1 black man, and 2 of the whitest men on the planet? I don’t know what this says, really. But it must say SOMETHING.

Yeah, I know what you mean. You’re not old, and on some level you know that. But the second half of your 20s is definitely the time when it hits you that you’re not going to be young forever. Which FEELS like feeling old, but with less chronic back pain.

Yeah...every year closer I get to being an actual old, I realize how fucking annoying that is. I just turned 30 and it’s the first time in my life that when I say “ughhh I’m so OLD” and no one jumps in to disagree with me right away. And then I’m like, “But wait, come on. I’ve got like 50 more years at least! I’m not…

Oh funny, I haven’t watched it since it happened. Must have misremembered!

I loved Left Shark. I am also not a great dancer, but I think what was so hilarious about it was that it was such a lo-fi moment in the middle of an INCREDIBLY expensive, coordinated, ultra-planned performance. Like, this is the Superbowl, the most expensive couple of hours of television of the year. They managed to…

Katy’s left. Stage Left Shark, if you will.

“coming from a woman who, along with her team, practiced military-like precision when it came to making and pushing music.”

I mean, I think there’s what “people” think, and what the site thinks, but generally speaking, Jezebel rejoices regularly in people (mostly men) getting fired from their jobs for saying or doing things that are hateful and dumb. They frequently repeat the line that free speech doesn’t mean consequence-free speech. I…