Irin Carmon's discussions

@NewsBunny: Lived in Boston for four years. Still calling it the subway! Sorry. Read more

@haguenite: Check out the comments on the twitpic. Read more

@brunetteburdette: If you reread the email, there were originally several slogans. Two of them were pro-ana. They removed one and replaced it with the other. Read more

@kookla: It appears they changed the article, because it originally had a lot more stuff about gender identity. Read more

@LazyHippo: email me. Tip of the Shutterstock iceberg. Read more

@corndog: That's the point of the poll! Read more

@rodmanstreet: It's in the post. Read more

@RizzRustbolt: Most of the photos available were of white men, but we tried to represent a greater range of who was there (and considered who was able to come out that day versus population.) Read more

@PrettyB is like Whoa: thanks, clarified! Read more

@mochaapple: Sarcasm. All of it is irrelevant, but Shales has previously discussed her heritage. Read more

@TheJubjubBird: Shales has tried to hint that her vague parental connection to Islam is significant. Read more

@LauToThouPow: The rest of the email was all about Jez specifically! We are too modest to pub that part ;) Read more

@MelissaMahoney Misses MizJenkins: Thanks for the heads up — it was labeled as a burqa in the photo database. Read more

@CrackedEg (NOlita89): It's not Israel, it's a religious authority that has power over whoever chooses to obey it. Read more

@tankearae: Good point on the career girl front. Maybe they think she makes moves on their husbands. Which, well, not exactly... Read more

@That-Dude: He didn't have to time it such that she got her bonus the exact moment he was dealing with the fact they'd slept with each other, and he certainly could have worded it in a less harsh way. I think he did it on purpose because he was embarrassed by how needy he was in front of her, begging her to stay, and… Read more

Question and observation: Did anyone else notice Peggy not introduce her boyfriend to Trudy and Pete? And Trudy gave them a kind of cold look? Does that mean Trudy knows something about the secret baby? Read more

@MessyBessy: Read the linked Times piece — that was reported but then disproved. Read more

@ink: Paterson, Huckabee, Buck, Spitzer — all doing things that sucked *around* women in politics. But I see your point. Read more

@Admiral Babyruthless: Good one! Read more