I have been active in this space since 2007. I have seen many prominent commenters come and go. The problem is not with the current system. The problem is with people thinking they ought to be top dog or have prominence in some way. People come and go. Sometimes they are men, sometimes women. The people who last are…

The core problem is that you don’t care how you come across to other people. You want to say what you want to say and you don’t care how it is received (or rather, how it is received will not stop you saying what you want to say).

Read the Guardian online.

“I’m not doing them for vanity’s sake, I’m doing it because even if it’s just a few people who enjoy it they still want me to provide them.” And

This was well done and well thought out but unfortunately not going to affect anything. MD has successfully painted himself as a victim of lady bullies and will continue his long winded disingenuous “I don’t understand why you don’t like me” b.s until we all go. He is a 20 something dude who constantly posts his 20…

YES. I read The Root but that’s all I do. Many commenters there make it pretty clear that they’re not interested in hearing the white woman’s perspective - if they want that they can come here.

*vomit* There must be better lawyers near you. I hope so at least.

You’re right, if we have issues we should talk to you directly. I’m just so rarely lifted out if the greys.

Also a burner so no1curr, I very rarely engage on Jez largely because of the attitudes held by MD and those like him.

I’ve never had a personal problem with you. I suspect we are around the same age, and we definitely live in the same country. I have noticed, however, that you do make yourself at online home in places where others wouldn’t necessarily do.

One of the problems of the “approval”, “ungreyed” aspect of this site is that it allows a small handful of people to dominate the conversation.

Is this the same guy who posts a picture of his dog every day, as some sort of love-me symbol? ‘Cause I won’t lie, that’s annoying as fuck. There. I said what I said.

Mortal Dictata: a call out

it’s for the best, as she’d probably do something ludicrous like heat it up with lighter before wearing it anyway.

Now, if she managed to get his face onto (into?) her vagina, and not, say, just onto her vulva, that would definitely be a feat of athletic prowess worthy of a medal.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a weird choice for a school play to begin with. Esmeralda is firmly in the category of beautiful sympathetic women of color/non-Christians who are doomed to tragic ends because they’re in stories written by white men. See, e.g., Green Mansions, Ivanhoe, Franzen’s Freedom. That whole…

An example of just how high the stakes really are. Students thoughtfully protesting active marginalization inciting active racists. They posed a question to authority that answered itself in real time. I’m hoping that their school and caring adults in their community are mobilized to support and protect these children…

The job market is very difficult for youngins right now, and it’s usually not just that they all want a big fancy job right out the gate. A person with that much debt can’t afford to pay it and rent every month on the salaries that are being offered for many of the entry-level jobs being offered. So sure, she could…

yeah I thought it meant that half the DNA was from some crazy organisms science is unaware of and I was like...what the hell? That's a high percentage. Even though that's not what the headline meant, it is still really interesting and a good read though so I'm not complaining.

This headline is completely misleading. The DNA most definitely matches known organisms. We just have properly matched them up yet.