There’s not some sort of force field around Bruce Jenner. It’s not like coverage of him doesn’t massively affect the way we speak about transgender people as a group. Even you could say he wasn’t vulnerable (and uhm, unless you’ve gone through this process, I think you can’t say that), lots of other people affected by…

No, I moved over to Jalopnik, had a big change in my teaching career, and I’ve been really upset lately with all the in-fighting and “eating our young” mentality of queer activism. And the whole Jenner thing hasn’t helped in this respect. I’m so tired of us arguing about everything, and I’ve been particularly…

How about we make a rule that when someone not causing harm to others asks us for a little respect, we give them respect, since we would want others to do the same for us? This was the golden rule ... before the Koch Brothers’ lobbyists rewrote it.

Agreed. We had a discussion about this in my class the other day. My students wanted to refer to him as “her” (this was during a discussion of LGBTQI representation in the media, pre-interview). I stopped them and said, “Until we hear from Bruce on this matter, we should continue to use male pronouns as he has used…

I AM a divorced parent and I can tell you that you are NEVER going to agree on every activity or thing your ex does with your child (That is usually why you aren’t married any more) and for your own sanity, and your kids, you have to let stuff go. If it REALLY is damaging, you absolutely take care of it, but-for…

Actually, the father used the concert to incite abuse so he could have full custody and receive child support/stop paying child support. He’s a deadbeat, which makes you kind of a bitch.

So in your ideal world, anything that one parent disagrees with, the other parent must concede not to do or else she’s “a bitch”? (nice gendered insult there)

Agreed, I absolutely love her voice on softer songs. It’s so much prettier than what you’d expect based on her more well known sound.

Right, she’s a bitch. Because she didn’t kowtow to his ridiculous and petty demands and took her daughter to an age appropriate concert with adult supervision. I guess she should call him and beg for permission every time she wants to take her daughter out for a hike, or to go see a PG movie too, right?

Talk about living your best life. She’s so fucking badass.

If anything, this little girl just gained a badass role model. Pink is the goddamn bees knees.

So the dad dragged his kid through some litigation bullshit.
And the mom gave the kid this:

I liked Pink when she first came out but it wasn’t until after her Behind the Music special that I absolutely grew to love her. Clearly the dad’s just jealous because he didn’t get to go to the concert and experience her greatness.

Rather than a Kickstarter — which isn’t a bad idea — how about giving this HEROIC woman a job with a company that would appreciate her quick-thinking and pay her a living wage with benefits.

I scratch at the part of the hair that is ingrown until I’ve scratched the skin away and then I pull it out with tweezers, but I’m not really recommending that. Probably not a good idea.

1% of the population are gluten intolerant. The other 99% of us are fucking sick of hearing about it.

It still bugs me that Steve Motherfucking Jobs avoided treatment. This kind of deception has ripple effects especially in areas where people are very uncertain about medical professionals.

I had a really bad sprain that led to repeated sprains that led to weakness and chronic pain. My mom (a self-diagnosed celiac) tries to tell me that my problems are all from “inflammation from gluten”. It’s then that I have a hard time saying words one should never have to say to their mom...

I re-grew a limb by avoiding GMOs!

One time I ordered my usual Filet-O-Fish (no cheese, light on the tartar sauce) and when it arrived, someone had put crispy tortilla strips (the ones that come on their salads) on it. I thought that was strange.