That was definitely my impression, too — but after speaking with women who have had abortions and feel the same way that the author of this piece does, I realized that it's way easier and less complicated for us to get behind the cause than (some) women who have actually terminated a pregnancy. Read more

To underline how important it is that we call out people like Tosh that perpetuate hateful stereotypes under the guise that "it's all a joke!" or "we just don't get his deep, subtle humor!" here's an excerpt from an email I got from someone after the last time I wrote about him: Read more

Hi! I'm wondering why you decided to write your novel from a woman's perspective, and how you got into the female mindset during the writing process. Was that something you struggled with at all, or was it a non-issue? Read more

When I saw my first Badoo ad I thought it was (very bad) slam poetry! Read more

anti-choice math: innocent unborn children > impure non-virgin mothers + anyone else living outside of a womb, really Read more

Given that the Pope and other Catholic leaders have said that condoms don't help stop AIDS in Africa, I doubt the Catholic church is going to be devoting much money towards the cause. Read more

Maddie made an excellent point yesterday when she said, "I don't get why we need a composite sketch of Christian Grey. We all know that he is supposed to look exactly like Robert Pattinson." (BECAUSE IT'S TWILIGHT FAN FICTION, YOU GUYS.) Read more

I WISH I had photos. Maybe my mom does somewhere at home. If I ever find them I will post them on Jezebel, I promise. Read more

I'm pretty sure most people (who aren't overconfident 13-year-olds) can't stand grinding. That was why growing up was bittersweet! Because I no longer HAD to grind but I felt compelled to prove I could! Dilemmas. Read more

I am reading I Love Dick right now too and it is AMAZING. I enjoyed Gone Girl but I Love Dick is brilliant, on an entirely different level. I would love to read it for book club but it didn't do so well in the poll! Like 200 people voted for it as opposed to 2,000 for Gone Girl, which bummed me out; it was my first… Read more

I think it's okay for some words to be associated with gender. He wasn't rationalizing, he was telling women who were upset that their bedmates had taken photos of them while they were sleeping that it was their actions that got them into the situation in the first place. It's also frustrating when women have similar… Read more

I get what you're saying, but I love the term "mansplain." I think it's crucial. And it's not the same as "bitchy" IMO because bitchy connotes an angry tone only associated with crazyyy emotional women while mainsplaining is more about being condescending from a place of privilege; like, of COURSE he knows what he's… Read more

Salivating. Read more

Do you think it's cruel if the girl herself is okay with it, though? If my mom had told me that I *had* to fix something about myself that I thought was fine or hadn't even noticed, that would have felt way worse. Read more

Yes, THIS! ME too. Read more

I'm frustrated by the "Felicia Day is okay, but some women ARE contrived" takeaway. Both men and women try to identify with sub-cultures for superficial reasons, but it's easier to jump to the conclusion that a woman is pretending to be geeky because we're used to thinking of geeks as male. That issue is kind of… Read more

"The Ghosts of Romneys Past" Read more

Or hair-cutting bully Romney http://jezebel.com/5909261/mitt-romney-was-a-little-shit-who-bullied-kids-he-thought-were-gay Read more

/1994 Romney http://jezebel.com/5915971/why-cant-1994-mitt-romney-run-for-president Read more

I still love and subscribe to a few print magazines, but I don't think teenagers really care about that? At least, I definitely didn't. That's true though — you can't bring a Tumblr to the beach. Read more