It pains me to have to type that there may actually be a bourbon shortage, but we'll get through this together. The most important question to ask ourselves: Is this news real or bullshit?

After over four years of running the good ship Jezebel, I'm finally hanging up my commodore's hat (those things are hideous anyhow) — today's my last day as Editor-in-Chief. Emma Carmichael will be taking the wheel; I hear she's a pretty bad feminist, so I imagine things around here will continue apace.

On Monday, we posted an open letter to the management of Gawker Media, our parent company, regarding an ongoing problem that we here at Jezebel could no longer tolerate: horribly violent rape gifs that were consistently appearing in our comments. For months, we asked Gawker Media HQ for help with the trolling — but…

Working at Gawker Media is a dream job for many of the women on staff here at Jezebel. This is a place that takes chances on developing writers, that has always stood behind us no matter what. But it's time the company had its feet held to the fire.

This corporate memo really nails the disconnect between human relations and corporate culture. While whoever wrote this (and it is likely a team of people) probably had the best intentions at heart, their understanding of how to welcome diversity in the workplace is a clumsy and insulting attempt at best and…