Definitely. I had no idea. I remember the day my boss at my first full-time job gave me a salary offer on the phone; I said an emphatic "YES" before the words were out of his mouth, because I was so excited that someone wanted to pay me something. (I had had a LOT of internships.) The pay was fair in that case, but I… Read more

Thanks for the validation! (Srsly) Read more

Ah. Did not know that. Figures; still kind of uplifting, though? Read more

The title isn't even a pun. Couldn't she have at least come up with a pun? Read more

The Catholic Church isn't taking an abortion-related issue at face value? I'm honestly shocked. And thrilled. Read more

My feelings.

Stars: they're just like us! Read more

(the piece is balanced, too, it's not like Cosmo was ever a feminist text or anything, but you know. It wasn't 1000+ ways to literally tickle his balls or w/e) Read more

But when I think of HGB I don't think of what Cosmo is today, I think of early Cosmo, which actually published good stories and made women feel like it was okay to be sexual. This recentish New Yorker profile (which I quoted from) is really good:… Read more

She has so many good quotes! I love the one I included above, but also: Read more

No, we don't have to respect acid attacks and honor killings. Read more

But this seems less a lack of poor judgement or carelessness and more a misunderstanding of privacy controls. I don't know, maybe you're right/maybe I'd be singing a different tune if it was my naked body on the internet for everyone to Google. Read more

I'm not sure I agree, at least not in all cases. Not everyone knows that if you hold your mouse over a photo you can see the file name, and I actually had no idea that Google searched based on picture file info. (It doesn't surprise me though; what doesn't Google know about us at this point? Cue paranoia.) I think any… Read more

Lauren, you beat me to it! Read more

Exactly. The idea that men can do these activities or things only associated with women if they make it into a joke with the cutesy name is what bugs me the most. Read more

There are many neologisms that make me gag: Tweetup. Webinar. Ladyblogger. I have no problem with tweetups or webinars or (obviously) ladybloggers. Read more

I have absolutely no problem with guys doing whatever they want to their nether regions. But the term boyzillians is ridiculous. Read more

I can't figure out if I'm into this because it's actually funny, or if it's because I think Penn Badgley is underrated/attractive, or because East of Eden is one of my favorite books and I love that Zachary Quinto wanted to make a short of it. More Cathy though, pls! Best villain ever. Read more

I feel like they could probably add a few more, given that the Games were originally constructed without gender equality in mind. If that's the eventual goal, they're going to have to move things around a bit, right? Read more

Her columns make me sad :( Read more