I love both Serial and Welcome to Night Vale, although I'm not so sure that everyone will agree. I know too many people who love Serial who think Night Vale is too "weird." They are not wrong, but that is its glory.

Medicaid? Most of my clients go to doctor after doctor and never pay. Taxes at work.

She truly does sound like she has schizoaffective disorder (which is schizophrenia paired with another psychiatric disorder - in her case, perhaps Aspergers). This is an interesting article, and I don't love Bellevue, but I do work in mental health services in NYC, and one thing I've found with increasing frustration…

There are still terrible sexual assaults at UVA, the retraction does not discount that. I have a very good friend who graduated in '07 and who has told me, in excruciating detail, the process of taking her rapist to court. She is not allowed to say what happened after the court process was over, as a settlement was…

When you say "Upper West Side[rs]," that's a euphemism for "Jewish," right? Because if it's not, then that's a really bizarre prejudice to have against a whole group of neighborhoods. Full disclosure: I'm an Upper West Sider born and raised, so I am very aware of the euphemisms people use.

I voted Green party. I knew it wouldn't do anything, but I didn't want him to get my vote just because he was running under three party tickets.

It's fucking amazing, so I hope it comes onto a streaming service soon. Amazing, also heartbreaking.

Also, that line had already been taken to task for being unnecessarily racist. Also, those two characters are very obviously nothing alike. Also, fuck these defenses - they are utterly lacking and either oblivious or purposely coming up with complex reasons as to why such comments are not problematic. But A -> B, and…

My ex-boyfriend in college was really fucking emotionally manipulative and borderline abusive. He had no idea that his behavior was fucking with me so badly because his only previous relationship had also been totally fucked up, and I had a really hard time expressing these feelings to him. Now, 7 years later, he…

Did you notice at the end though, that the one "plus-sized" (she was tall, but not particularly large) girl was not included in the shots of him with the girls hanging out at the end? I'm not disagreeing with your point, I just thought that that stuck out.

Sure, but most doctors agree that it's just as shitty to be fat and sedentary as it is to be thin and sedentary. The exercise is so good for you that all those scary statistics people like to trot out and shame fat people with are rendered null and void. Joint problems excepted, exercise is so good for your heart and…

Quick note: I think you mean classic "rapist," not "racist!"