I've got this awesome hippie Wiccan facebook friend, and she posted a link to an article about vaginal steaming the other day, and no lie, Facebook's top "suggested link" underneath my friend's post was a link to a food.com recipe for steamed clams.

I keep reading this in Archers voice.

"Perpetuating myths"? All I said was that I'm uncomfortable with it. Good God, you're basically an ass-eating Jehovah's Witness over there; no I don't care to have a pamphlet.

Somebody tries to school you with stories about Kitty Genovese, you can just tell them the truth. While the later research into diffusion of responsibility was good, the story about bystanders who watched and did nothing was made up. The newspapers thought it would be a good headline. The fact is, a very small number…

I think I MIGHT understand it.

If you were trolling us on PURPOSE you could not be more frustrating. Lots of people have made excellent points, and NONE of it has been abusive. Disagreeing with you =/= abuse. And yes, multiple people disagree with you. Doesn't that in and of itself tell you something?

Numerous people have clarified - you insist on remaining upset. Everyone's trying to talk you down off the ledge and you see it as attack. She clarified her language, and yet you remain wounded. You now take up the posture of a victim and act like you're being bullied when your biggest enemy is your own refusal to…

We don't coordinate our Girls ass-eating coverage with any other site.

PARENTS KNEW AND DID NOTHING LOL OK I DONT CARE HOW MUCH OF A FAIL PLAN THIS WAS, DO SOMETHING, DAMN.

Do you get this upset when people tell you you're a member of the class Mammalia?

But then why would you listen. I'm only a transgender woman trying to give you advice on how not to seem offensive when you don't mean to be.

As another trans person - what on earth are you talking about? I don't understand why you are taking offense to this, unless you are misunderstanding the meaning of the word "class" as it's being used in this context. If you're objecting because the word might be considered derogatory in a different context, then…

Asking for more considerate phrasing assumes that the original phrasing was inconsiderate. Just because you misunderstood it doesn't mean that it was inconsiderate.

Sigh. Again, I was literally quoting from Saks' motion and from the language of the ACTUAL LAW at issue in the case. It's not an assumption that you don't understand, it's a fact, seeing as how you don't understand. I don't know how else to try to explain it. You seem intent on being offended or thinking I'm being…

I KNOW WHEN I'VE BEEN INSULTED! I KNOW WHEN I'VE BEEN INSULTED!

I thought it was a dumb scene, and I tweeted about it, and then Erin made me write a post because that's how editors work. We don't coordinate our Girls ass-eating coverage with any other site. I haven't talked to the man, but I doubt Nick Denton gives a shit about that show one way or the other. Also, I think Allison…

What?? You are not understanding. This is an article discussing a "legal situation" and a court filing in a pending court case. It is not "my phrasing;" it is the phrasing used in federal employment discrimination law, and the phrasing used by Saks' lawyers in their motion. I was quoting their court filing, as well as…

I'm using the term that is used in employment discrimination analyses. "Legal class" is not the correct term or even a recognized term in employment discrimination. Also, this article is discussing the legal court filings of Saks, which state verbatim that "transsexuals are not a protected class." You are making…

Transsexuals might not be a protected class per se, but gender stereotyping is considered "discrimination based on gender." Companies are prohibited from discriminating against individuals for failing to abide by stereotypes of a specific gender. If she was told to "display more gender normative behaviors" i.e. start…