NAILED IT Read more

Oh, thank you! I will fix! Sorry, I was just hustling to get the post done and didn't remember exactly how that case played out. Read more

Yeah, I know. But baby steps. Read more

"Obesity" is in the headline of the original article. If you think I'm "shoehorning" my pet issue in here, blame the international media for framing it that way: Read more

Also, plenty of incredibly "popular" people are incredibly lonely. See: celebrities. Read more

Seconded. Read more

Oof, I know. I couldn't even get to everything, man. Read more

It's a long-running meme (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/black-pe…) that imposes a narrative of black disdain on photos of white people being ridiculous, clueless, or gross. The joke isn't that ALL BLACK PEOPLE HATE ALL WHITE PEOPLE (although, whatever—"reverse racism" is an absurd white fantasy anyway). The joke is,… Read more

I was wondering about this exact thing! I figured there must be protections, otherwise EVERY MUSIC VIDEO would be filmed there. Read more

YES. CONGRATULATIONS TO ME. Read more

Because it is a story specifically about homophobia. Read more

Relevant, somehow:

How do you think blogs work? I searched for a photo of Nancy Motes on all of the image banks I have access to. When that came up empty, I looked for a video of a news report instead, but didn't find anything that would work. I can't just steal a photo from anywhere on the internet, because there are laws and breaking… Read more

Yes. That's a great piece. Read more

Eh, I'm not a sportsologist. Read more

Totally. I've moved to L.A. three times and moved back three times. My parents are from here. We all went to the same high school. I should probably move to New York or something for my career, but being away from Seattle makes me unsustainably miserable. Read more

So, only the people oppressed by the actions of your "bad family members" should bear the consequences? Because they are. It's indisputable that the descendants of slaves are still experiencing the socioeconomic repercussions of slavery, while the descendants of slave owners are still benefiting from it. Read more

To address allegations of "surgery shaming" further down in the comments, I want to post what I wrote on Facebook while discussing bariatric surgery with friends: Read more

I am not anti-reparations. I was criticizing the characterization of black people as unreasonable predators for wanting them. Read more

The infertility just happens to be the major complication from her surgery. If her leg had fallen off (and she expressed that she definitely had wanted to keep her leg), I would have written "Woman's Leg Falls Off After Gastric Bypass, She's Still Happy to Be Thin." Etc. Read more