I saw that comment after I wrote mine. I still think you wouldn’t have said that for any other minority group who checks most of those boxes. As in, yes, Reiner is white and male and old and rich, but the fact that he is also Jewish and working in the arts is pretty significant. You would be pretty shocked if, say, Mor…

This is way too generous and makes no sense. What do you mean by “stats”? See my comment. Maybe it’s just my own background, but he practically screams progressive Jew to me — almost to the point of stereotype, ie the kind of liberal Jew Republicans fucking looooove to hate. 

I wrote this in response to LottaOtter, but I think it warrants its own comment, as this website often doesn’t seem to recognize that Jews, however white, however privileged some of us may be, are also historically part of a marginalized, shat upon group (to put it mildly), and that’s why many of us (not all, of…

It should also be noted that Rob Reiner is Jewish, ie one of those “elites” that McConnell et al constantly refer to in coded terms. Yes, he’s also a white Ashkenazi Jew (and there is definitely tension between white Jews and Mizrachi Jews and Jews of colour in general), and yes, there are Republican Jews (including,…

“White trash” is definitely classist...but are they saying it’s outright hate speech?

Fair enough. I will admit I don’t know anything about this drama beyond Jezebel’s post. 

I like Jameela, not a fan of Kim, but pregnancy compression wear is definitely a thing and it’s not about hiding your pregnancy. I only found out about it toward the end of mine, when it was too late to do much about my swollen...everything...and was frustrated no one on my medical team had mentioned it until I…

I’m pretty happy with my stationary bike. I think I’d probably get a better workout with a Peloton, but I still manage to push my heart rate to aerobic and anaerobic zones every workout. Since I just had a baby 3 months ago, I don’t know if I really need/want more of a workout than that — this is boosting my mental…

If that’s the definition then it doesn’t really apply to Kelly Oxford. You could argue that there is the ignorant condescension of a non-mental health professional implying that someone she doesn’t know or treat is unwell, but is that the same as harassment? 

Whatever you think of the #freebritney movement (or Kelly Oxford for that matter), I think this may be a misuse of “Karen” even if you do think this is all just concern trolling. Unless every annoying white woman is a Karen, which...you know...okay, fair.

I applaud his Twitter game. Three and Half Men was total ass, though, with or without Sheen, and Duckie was a proto-incel.

The article was very much about abortion.

Tl;dr. Your writing is a lot duller than this author’s, although, to be fair, you don’t do this for a living (presumably).

This conversation is going nowhere. I’m not even sure what your point is anymore: “I’m not a dick, I was just acting like one”? I apologize that I misgendered your oblivious comment. 

As of 10:03 am on Friday it’s “monstrous,” but not sure when that happened.

Sorry, I’m nursing a 3-month-old here. I missed the part about a Y chromosome, etc. In any case, it still read like a shitty comment left by a dude from one of the related Gizmodoverse sites who just happened to wander over here. That doesn’t make me a gender essentialist. 

You seem like a nice enough person, but you haven’t said a single original thing that I don’t know already — or didn’t know when I was twelve. (That sounds condescending, but I don’t mean it to be — honestly.)

*Monstrous 

This is why I’m all about talking about and destigmatizing these experiences. The more common knowledge they are, the less bullshit these assholes try to peddle as fact. At least some of the protestors at that clinic probably know someone close to them who has had an experience similar to your coworker — they just…

I guess it would be to stupid to ask whether these politicians realize this pill is also used by women who have had miscarriages. I had to take it — as have other women I know — after losing a very much wanted baby. It was devastating but medically necessary. It would have been extremely dangerous to leave the…