Annalee Newitz's saved articles

eh fuck you, pal, that’s not what it’s about at all  Read more

If true that I hogged the mic at my friend’s karaoke birthday party, and in fact sang so many songs that I was the last person in the room while a nice man turned on the lights and began clearing our glasses, that would be unacceptable behavior—but I’d need to know who your sources are. Read more

A panel about dealing with online harassment was shut down due to online harassment? Read more

The problem is not that she’s a white person leading an NAACP chapter. The problem is that she’s a white person who seemingly lied about being black and then headed an NAACP chapter. Read more

At first, I thought that the conviction and sentencing was fair and just, but once you bring a burka and lightsaber into the conversation, well, it really makes you think, y’know? Read more

I'm not familiar with Torso. What's the story?

Actually, it's a road movie — a sad, lonely torso leaves home and travels across country to find some stranded limbs, only to find itself. Read more

From what I heard, some masked hoodlums kidnap a woman. They take her to an island, strip her and kill her. Then they chop off her head and limbs until all that is left is her Torso. Read more

Early 70s Italian giallo, and while heavily censored at the time was never officially investigated for possible crimes as the ones in your article had been. Read more

Don't you mean #FISTworldproblems? I'll see myself out (slams door). Read more

It makes damp miserable horseback riding look almost romantic. Read more

Lets look at the facts:

1. Chuck Johnson shits.
2. Someone shit on the floor.
3. Chuck Johnson has provided no evidence that he did not shit on the floor.

Conclusion: Chuck Johnson is a serial floor-shitter-onner. Read more

Hi Robby! Thanks for stopping by! One small correction: I don't think you've ever "reported" a goddamn thing in your life. (And because I know you're going to do this, either here or in my Twitter mentions, which you and your friends are currently stink-clouding up with your Feelings, I have a master's degree in… Read more

What Anna leaves out is that I already wrote a story that presumed the allegations were true. Last week, I wrote that expulsion would not have been a sufficient punishment for the UVA rapists: http://reason.com/archives/2014/… Read more

Frankly, the Golden is way smarter than the rest of them. There are a number of huge sausages just lying there, and no little treat or bit of play with one's owner is ever going to make up for just running past them. Read more

Something like this, I imagine?