This headline is completely misleading. When I clicked, I assumed it was a girl playing outside in her yard or in her neighborhood. Instead, it's a kid dropped off on her own for hours in a public park. Not as a member of a group of kids, but on her own. This is not the same as going 'Oh, my parents used to let me and…

It was Tumblr users who organized it, not Tumblr. Tumblr explicitly made clear that they were not involved in this at all, which is why they had to call it DashCon and not have 'Tumblr' in the con's title.

When I was 14, my family moved to Texas at the end of May from Michigan. The place we were staying on base didn't like us having our small dog so we had to take her with us when we left for the day as we went house hunting. In Michigan it wasn't so bad staying in the car for longer periods (I'd done it many times…

Does Jenny McCarthy know that you can change the batteries in a vibrator? If you don't treat them as disposable, they won't burn out as fast.

Does Jenny McCarthy know that you can change the batteries in a vibrator? If you don't treat them as disposable, they won't burn out as fast.

Does Jenny McCarthy know that you can change the batteries in a vibrator? If you don't treat them as disposable, they won't burn out as fast.

Heck, I'm surprised he didn't call it GRID.

Whoopi said 'the law will take its course' because her co-hosts were starting to advocate web vigilantism. They were starting to say how the people who posted the photos need to be 'blasted online,' which ends up with its own set of problems.

I just watched the clip and I have some mad respect for Whoopi Goldberg because I think she sounded the best on there. I loved how she shut down the suggestions of 'blasting' stuff online by saying the law should take its course. She apologized for talking over the other hosts for that, but I think it's good that she…

I agree. These folks were taking elements from stories that focused on actual oppression and appropriated it for their really not-oppressed situation of their nice expensive venue wanting money up front (even if that turns out to be false).

Now I actually want to join Tumblr so that I can have a dash full of feminism and funny women too!

It sounds like one of the key factors in making successful new cons is to know what you're doing, as the Sherlock Seattle folks seem to. A bunch of my friends who are involved in all sorts of cons have said that most new cons either involve folks who have successfully run cons before or, at the very least, get lots of…

Most of these fandoms also have their own conventions or are included in lots of well-established conventions. So I'm guessing the folks who put together those fandom cons are not the same folks who want to make 'Tumblr geekery,' and thus DashCon, happen.

That's because you're a professional and know what you're doing. One of the criticisms I've seen online is that DashCon didn't get help (or really involve) folks who had experience planning and running cons. And the lack of experience of the organizers really shows.

Please let your daughter know that she is awesome. I developed so much of my sewing and crafting ingenuity from making costumes and props for LARPing and Rocky Horror Picture Show (I was 18 when I got into that stuff). These skills also came in handy for making stuff on the cheap for Destination Imagination, a…

I'm sure the Daily Mail and all the other rags would absolutely love it if you moved to London, Lindsay. Nope, no gossip there!

Did it strike anyone else as odd that the 'Fox News fans in New York' all had very southern or western (like Montana or Nebraska) accents? Even if the interviewees were tourists from traditional red states, good on them for only critiquing the graphic design elements and being totally accepting of the people who would…

When I was a kid I went to several birthday parties at McDonald's. While hosting weddings and such for adults may be a little weird (but to each one's own), but to me that seems to be a natural extension of kids' parties.

Actually, there are really light frames out there. I think they're a bit pricey thought. For example, rimless frames are pretty light weight. (I don't wear them, as I use acetate frames because my prescription lenses are really thick and they look awkward in other styles.) You can also get anti-fog sprays for lenses.

While unpleasant, speculums are useful for medical exams. So there is a health benefit associated with the use of speculums. Douches (and their nozzles) are just entirely unhealthy and have no redeeming qualities.