Wednesday roundup

The Kenya attack was so, so tragic.

This woman has been through so much. I'm heartened that the comments are compassionate.

Journalism and photography matter.

Trout fishing is environmentally harmful.

Should women be allowed to do things?

Traister on Clinton.

Critical thinking is at the core of science, but, in lieu of the Gawker take-down of Food Babe, I'd prefer to direct you to Keith Kloor's. I also want to take this opportunity to readdress the "food choice is a privilege" issue: it is and it isn't. Sometimes eating well, costs less.

Don't be creepy.

Mind the hype about the Ronson book; not all shaming is equivalent.

There's good to be had in being rejected.

I loved this piece on quote drift, as well as the quote that inspired it:

You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked “female”.

Pair with the "idea" that women who eschew certain norms are "mentally ill."

Women are less casual about sex not because they're not interested; it's because we have low expectations.

What do you do with an element like lawrencium?

In Italy, you never know what you'll dig up.

This roundup was brought to you by... the nightmare being over (start around minute 20, or 30 for our part).