Well motherfucker. A law school, in progressive crunchy Berkeley, in which the accused admitted what he did. It doesn’t get more clear-cut and accuser-friendly than that. And a sister still can’t catch a fucking break. Read more

Except...she doesn’t show her flaws, nor does she accept herself the way she is, and neither does her husband. Read more

If you’re stupid enough to ask such a dumb question, the answer for you is no, because you’ve demonstrated that you have the social IQ of a grapefruit and would be incapable of doing it respectfully. Men who think “don’t ask your coworkers out” is a reasonable guideline for the sake of making women feel safe at work… Read more

I have my masters in a STEM field (forensic biology) and worked in the industry for 7 years before quitting and shifting careers completely. The terrifying and extremely persistent offers on late-night scenes, comments in the lab, and straight-up harassment from police officers in the field meant that I had to be an… Read more

I can’t tell you how many women I know in STEM have at least one anecdote of an extremely inappropriate situation like this...its horrifyingly ubiquitous from a lot of these older male PIs. Read more

Can we also get a shout out to Dahlia Lithwick and her sharp, comprehensive SCOTUS coverage? For years she has done a great service by distilling frequently dry and convoluted supreme Court arguments for Slate and I think the internet is a better place because of it. Read more

As someone who teaches at a Uni I cannot express how terrifying this idea really is, and how wrong headed it seems from a staff POV. Read more

It’s so, so paternalistic for men to tell women that they can’t have the choice to end a pregnancy because they might regret it. Don’t just control our bodies, feel free to pop into our heads and predict our thoughts! Read more

I started using clue a month ago! I’ve used a few period tracking apps that I just didn’t vibe with but this one is pretty great. Read more

You can pry “The Communists are in the funhouse” from my cold dead hands Read more

Off topic. Read more

I have never been less sexually attracted to a group of males in my life, and I’ve been to a ghost hunters expo. Read more

Can “Send Anna on a Thing” be a regular feature pls Read more

Yep! We got an email from a lovely commenter being like, “Send Anna on this thing” and my bosses were like, “OK” and I was like “wait I was mostly kidding when I said I wanted to go and wrote a pitch” and they were like “No, too late,” and I was like “....” and then I went. Read more

like a Spiritualized concert, all light show and dissonance. Read more

When I had my third kid, I was dilated 4 cm for an entire month before I gave birth, so it’s very possible. It’s very miserable, but very possible. Read more

OH MY GOD DO YOU GUYS EVER TAKE A BREAK, GO READ A BOOK AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA AND DO SOME SUDOKU OR SOMETHING Read more

I feel like we should leave hares alone. Bunnies are really nice.
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Your insistence on properly identifying parts of speech is what’s keeping us from the revolution Read more

Yeah it’s really surprising... here I was thinking I would be going against the grain for mocking her misinformed views about vaccination and GMOs, but people are already piling on her for other shit! Read more