26 is probably about the same time I went through my “date an older pretentious man so I can feel “adult” and mature” phase. It was over after like nine-ten months when I quickly realized he sucked and was just an asshole.

TJ Miller is my weird celebrity crush. I have no idea why, but I absolutely would, hard. I will say, I saw his act a few weeks ago when he was in town and I enjoyed it. “Pompous asshole” is his shtick- on SV, in his stage act and apparently in interviews, but I feel like a lot of it’s tongue-in-cheek? That doesn’t…

And, perhaps most fittingly, he’s the voice of the mucus in mucinex commercials.

I’ve seen a few episodes of the show and after reading these excerpts it has become clear to me the person he was playing on the show isn’t a character but himself.

How ‘bout a bill that requires classes teaching police how to interact with kids?

I’m gonna be honest.

Makes you wonder how much Man of Steel or especially Batman vs. Superman could’ve made if they were actually good. (Less so “Man of Steel” I suppose as there’s been several Superman movies, removing some of the excitement, but still.)

Do it! Do it! Do it!

Total Domestic Gross for Man of Steel (Box Office Mojo) in release 14 weeks:

You better work [the boulevard].

fixed

I straight up loved it. Sure there were some (very) derpy lines and I wasn’t a huge fan of the final battle, but it was a solid superhero movie. I also really dug WW’s score. It’s memorable. Gal Gadot is beautiful and fit, but it never goes full on male gaze-y. I actually thought Hippolyta stole the show for best…

Was on vacation when it came out, and I still haven’t seen it. Hm, maybe I should try to go tomorrow...

Knowing a bit a about art history, isn’t it actually very likely that many if not most Madonnas were modeled on prostitutes? Seems naive to think they wouldn’t be...

The Smithsonian has a long history of getting rid of women in this sort of way. A little over 10 years ago, a postdoctoral research fellow was basically fired because she got pregnant. More recently, a Smithsonian administrator tried to sever my ties with the institution (I’m a researcher there) because I went public…

Is there any way to pull this off without being forced to include some gotta hear both sides bullshit about Phyllis Schlafly?

It’s weird they are just now getting around to something Congress gave the green light two and a half years ago.

For those who are interested in women’s issues and the Smithsonian: I work at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and in 2011 I was subjected to sexual misconduct of a physical nature. This was reported here: https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13359794/smithsonian-sexual-misconduct-investigation-migu…