I agree with these suggestions, but I'm not sure I agree that one needs a major aside from English to do those jobs. I know many English majors (I'm one myself, though I'm a double major) who are professional writers, but not creative writers. Your first job out of college was a PR job and you didn't need to study PR…

I agree with these suggestions, but I'm not sure I agree that one needs a major aside from English to do those jobs. I know many English majors (I'm one myself, though I'm a double major) who are professional writers, but not creative writers. Your first job out of college was a PR job and you didn't need to study PR…

I think the editor was probably anticipating this. There's a reason other 11-year-olds don't tend to give major cover-story interviews: most will just be boring and rehearsed-sounding (and probably inadvertently humorous, but rarely).

No, it wasn't. At least in recent decades, the writing and content were never consistent enough to warrant the paper's distinguished reputation, in my opinion (the Style section in particular has pretty much always been a hotbed of dumb trend pieces that only affect upper-class Manhattanites— and now upper-middle…

My friends and I definitely knew and told jokes far more inappropriate than that at age 11, and I really don't think it was a big deal...? Our parents, many of whom were pretty overprotective about a lot of things, weren't concerned, either.

If someone finds that triggering, then why is this individual reading the comments section on this article?

Jenna is Marnie from Girls?

My boyfriend occasionally tweets at musicians and it drives me INSANE.

My comment about their possible friendship was specifically in response to a comment which implied that they weren't previously acquainted with one another. I would not have brought up their possible friendship otherwise; I agree that even if they are friends and even if she was not offended, it would not absolve him…

I don't disagree with you at all, and I think it was really disrespectful. I just think that Ms. Woodson can determine for herself whether or not they're friends and how she feels about the situation.

I've been reading that they are friends, which I think would make it more plausible that it was honestly intended as an innocuous joke. It was totally inappropriate, thoughtless, and generally offensive regardless, but I don't know that it necessarily suggests disrespect for Woodson herself.

You know the poster wasn't asking you specifically, right?

God, I'm so sorry that happened to you. It's so horrifying that his "punishment" was 48 hours of community service— I feel like that's more insulting than even denying that he did anything wrong would have been.

Is it really controversial to say that it's more shocking to hear that someone has sexually assaulted a very small child than it is to hear that he assaulted girls in their late teens (along with adult women)? I don't think we need to be ranking horrible crimes by how "bad" they are, but one is certainly more uncommon…

Black people are also statistically more likely to be HIV positive. Do you suggest a ban against all black people giving blood?

Okay, but it's probably better to tell your friend if you suspect that his or her significant other is cheating than it is to just leave it alone and assume they have an arrangement, yes?

That is the worst thing I've ever heard.

This is definitely stupid and whiny, but I'm not sure what banning these parties is going to do, really. It does seem like a punishment for a whole bunch of people who were not even tangentially involved.

They don't publish names of the accused because someone calls up the cops and is like "Hey, so-and-so- raped me the other day, okay bye." They publish names of those who have been arrested for that crime (and sometimes not even then). Why would someone accuse your stepson of raping them (and have a credible enough…

That would certainly be true if this were a discussion on a forum for lawyers, but it is not. On a news/pop culture blog, it is very common for people to say things like "This criminal should get the death penalty" regardless of their specific knowledge of capital punishment laws in the state or country in which the…