The logical conclusion of a society that devalues women, while prohibiting abortion and contraceptives. And to think this is what conservatives in this country want.

actor makes a comment that was treated as a joke at the time and was later reported as a joke.

As the mother of an autistic son, I've hit "ZOMG what causes autism?!?" fatigue. I sort of don't care. I mean, I do, but after years of hearing vax bullshit and vague whatsits from small-scale studies, I'm over it. I'm tired of autism being portrayed like the 21st century plague. I have a son and I need to know the…

They aren't. They started with boys, but as the original article says: "Previous work in animals has shown that testosterone plays a major role in shaping the male brain in the womb. The latest study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, will now be followed up, to answer whether high levels of hormones lead to more…

Sorry you don't understand science and controls. It actually IS a really good reason.

I'm a hardass about these things but they should be tried as juveniles. They are so young they think Slenderman is real and they can go live with him. They are disturbed, and I don't argue that. They are unable to separate reality from fantasy. They are dangerous. But they're not acting from a basis of pure…

"Also, I wish the Winchesters would interview me."

I mean, why do we even have a separate system for trying children and adults if every time a child does something horrific, we're just going to try them as an adult anyway. We, as a society, have decided that crimes have a different connotation and weight when you're younger, and I think we either need to accept…

Because they are children. They do not have the mental capacities of adults and still have developing brains. Trying children as adults is both inhumane and ineffective.

I don't see how sending these girls to jail for 65 years is going to help or society. Locking someone up for their whole life seems extreme.

Here's the thing: I don't have a problem with your snark, because it's usually pretty entertaining and I like that it's something we don't get a lot of on here. But when it comes to BCO, you keep making the same comments about the veracity of the stories, over and over. A) It's not interesting, and B) it's kind of not…

There are white people all around the world, not just the US btw

Lol you're such a sad person

What really bothers me is that when I'm hunting for some bank accounts to pilfer from, it's these little details that stop me from robbing some people.

"Graphic Artist, $34,261. Family member recently committed suicide."
Well, fuck, I don't want to be THAT big an asshole.

"Bailiff, $42,552. Self-harms."
Well, no. That's…

Most offices are air conditioned, most schools are not.

You need to stop with the "this didn't happen" stuff. Seriously. Stop doing it.

No, she hasn't, and no, she hasn't. There is nothing stupid about calling out the obvious differences in motivation and therefore category between the male and female parts of this place's dress code.

Bad journalist. Bad! This is called editorializing, and it's a cardinal sin in journalism.

This is a blog; we editorialize here. It's fine if you disagree and you are welcome to stage a counter-argument, but you've mistaken us for a newspaper, which we are not.

I'm not entirely sure that fairy tales can be successfully "updated" for a progressive modern world, because there are HUGE regressive assumptions built right into the storylines—men possessing women, vanquishing spiteful old hags, winning women as prizes, etc. If you want to tell an ethically sound, "modern" story,…