Weekend excitement

From the newspaper : -The awfulness of Penn Station is difficult to convey, but Lawrence Downes has done a fine job of it . -One step forwar...

OK, so maybe I don't get fashion

Short of donating to an objectionable individual or cause, this  - a clutch, which is always ridiculous, a bag without a strap or handle , a...

Equal-opportunity romance

Amber brings our attention  - and Dan Savage brought our attention - to a post  by Jos about why women who say they only date women or tran...

At least I'm not dressed like Napoleon

Thank you, NYT, for tossing this WWPD-bait in my direction. Because my current environs don't lend themselves to roaming around Broadwa...

Making sandwiches, obvs

Sometimes, a college freshman whose far-right conservatism has not yet been honed into something palatable to mainstream audiences - or who...

Out-of-context quote of the day

"Father Landry aimed his cellphone camera at one of the men and 'snapped a photo of his derriere,' he said. 'Because it’s e...

The 'ship has sailed UPDATED

Every so often, we must remember the unpaid interns. Accustomed to working for no pay as students (albeit working for themselves ), it'...

"That's why men hunt and women nest."

Amanda Marcotte asks , "Is there any facet of life that can't be filtered through the bizarre belief that men and women are fundame...