Posts tagged as From the Comments
From the Comments: Brief Thoughts on Hyphen Usage
From the comments: "I would like to discuss a point of hyphenation, please.... At some point in the past, water-fall grew up and become waterfall, drive-way aged into a driveway and mother-fucker matured into a motherfucker."
Kanye Video Casting Director: "One of the worst professional experiences ever."
Hoo boy, a very special update to yesterday's I Was Not A Rap Video Ho: "I was the casting director that sent this call out.... The stipulations included 'models with video girl bodies but high fashion model faces' also bothered me along with Kanye's request that the men in the scene not be 'too tall or too handsome' as not to make him look 'GAY.'" It goes on.
From the Comments: Mansplaining the Currency of Outrage
Unsurprisingly, people had a lot to say about feminism and The Daily Show and Jezebel and Emily Gould and the attention economy yesterday. One very, very long comment came late in the game! READ MORE
Less Stupid: The Internet Is 10,000 Unanswered Questions
A long weekend with refreshments restores the refined spirit and intellect. We returned to a shortened work week, full of dreadful creativity and wonderment. We had questions-and commenters were going to ask those questions, answers be damned. READ MORE
Less Stupid: Who's Cisgender Now?
And now we turn our attention to the comments section of this website. Earnest political discussion! Apparently, it's not just for people with Aspergers and the elderly. It's also for those who take issue with Bill Henrickson's pleated pants. READ MORE
Less Stupid: Two for the Road
It seems like only yesterday when this website hit the 100,000 comment mark. Which it was. In recognition of that auspicious event, I asked if The Awl would consider regular posts where less stupid comments are highlighted for awl to enjoy. READ MORE
From the comments on our list of Best Obama-Related Right-Wing Photoshop Movie Posters, a winner speaks: "May I say in accepting this glorious honor that it is only honest, right and moral that I return the the racism and contempt Barack Obama has for his mother's white race by equal racism and contempt for his father's black race. Obama is the scum of the Earth-this is only way to treat the psychopathic racist." [NB: We do not endorse this point of view and actually find it confusing, fascinating and made-up!]
PTSD, the Military and Secondary Trauma: An Expert Opinion
From our comments, regarding the Fort Hood shooting: "People who make psych diagnoses based on news articles and tv segments are indeed idiots. People who make racist statements are indeed racists. That understood, let's not deny the reality of secondary trauma and PTSD-related violence. Secondary trauma is a genuine phenomenon that occurs with counselors and psychologists who work with other people who have experienced primary trauma.... Counselors on the GI Rights Hotline-877-447-4487-assist people in the military to obtain their rights, including the right to obtain discharge and to have accurate information about the consequences of going AWOL and UA. These counselors often experience secondary trauma related to this work.... It is literally criminal that there is inadequate care for people in the military who have PTSD, that people in the military with PTSD may be harassed and otherwise discouraged from obtaining treatment,and that this condition is often misdiagnosed-sometimes intentionally to avoid giving pensions to people with PTSD."
