Also, the quote implies that Kelly believes that if Zendaya hadn't been on the program previously, the comment would be kosher. Based on her past behavior, I think that's true. It's the whole point of the show to be rude and snark about people's appearance. Not until she is gone do we realize how deftly Joan walked…

OH MY GOD WHO CARES. It was said, offense was taken, apologies were made and accepted. Get the fuck over it.

Sing it sister.

Who's saying this?? Where are you getting that from the story or the comment thread or, indeed, the larger world of LGBTQIAs???

Okay, Dornan is a douchecanoe, but no, BSDM or even quasi-BDSM-Lite relationships are not abusive relationships. Get off your, high horse.

Another day, another reason to love Kristen Bell.

Oh, totally not restricted to Islam! But it's not part of Jewish culture. They've been hammered by that accusation in the past, and while no culture is without its faults, FGM isn't one that Jews have to answer for, you know?

Are you referring to the Beta Israel of Ethiopia? Because they have historically been so cut off from the Jewish mainstream and immersed in the greater cultural traditions of the Horn of Africa that they nearly form a different religion entirely. The exact date that Judaism was brought to Ethiopia is pretty obscure,…

Right on!

Thank you for posting here. I especially appreciate your contextualizing everything without diminishing the reality of what was done.

I teach World Religions and the text/my class covers FGM during the session on Indigenous Religions. It really did originate in the indigenous faiths as a rite of passage and just carried over to the Muslims and some Christians that converted in West Africa.

My sister and myself got this "procedure" inflicted upon us, which is misnomer let's stick with FGM, at least it captures the gravity of what is happening to these girls. We were In Somalia and my parents were out of the country, my grandmother took it upon herself to go against my parents wishes and to get it done.…

Worldwide more than 125 million women and girls have been cut in the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is concentrated. Of these, around 20% live in Egypt.

Perhaps these beliefs do fall away over time, but I'm not willing to let a generation be tortured in the meanwhile.

but white people curcumcision lalalalala christian crusades teaparty nutters. and guns, dont forget guns! lololol

That's enough internet for today. I'm out. Good bye y'all, I'll remember you all in therapy.

I'd happily kick him in the balls until they get gangrenous and fall off.

Man, even when companies are sexist against men, they manage to do it in a way that's sexist against women too.

Well, that and most jobs that are largely filled by women are jobs that men don't want. At least that's my guess.

I'm a female bartender, and it's funny because it is easier for women to get a bartending job, but the industry is still dominated by men. In upscale mixology it's almost entirely men still. At my job out of thirteen bartenders only two of us are female (plus one waitress who bartends sporadically). I don't know if…