RE: HEY BABY. Ann‘s post on street harassment is important. My post on Ann’s post on street harassment is frivolous. But this is too good not to point out:

“It depends on what she looks like,” adds Daniel Smallwood, a 16-year-old in a red polo shirt and a visor turned backward. “If she’s a slut, you have to treat her like a slut. If she’s not, I say, ‘How you doing young lady?’ Everybody says ‘baby’ or ‘shorty.’ I say ‘young lady.'”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it should be pointed out, never made catcalls. He didn’t need to.

All joking aside, isn’t there something comforting in the fact that a douche like this guy got cursed with the name “Danny Smallwood?”

–Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.