You’re in Toronto, right? As far as I know, all the Eaton Centres across Canada have done well. I think it’s partly climate - add some pedways and put it on the metro/LRT and people flock there for lunch during the workweek and for shopping whenever they want to stay indoors in winter. I can see downtown malls not…

My life is full of magic/synchronicity, but nothing I can tell as a simple story.

Like Ninotchka said, fewer people but better!

“First catch your dog.” “You’ll never catch him now.” Good stuff.

I was laughing so hard I was crying, and I couldn’t see to read the rest of the article for a while. Now I gotta watch it again.

I wasn’t intentionally mirroring Trump. I don’t really follow his speeches (am in Canada), so I’m not familiar with the way he talks. And I know *most* trans people are fine. (And most immigrants.) Probably the vast majority are just people trying to get by.

Your first paragraph: we’re not talking about intersex here.

I’d much rather be transmysoginist than homophobic, sexist and ableist, if that’s what my choices are. And, once again, I’m so glad transitioning wasn’t widely available in the ‘80s when I considered it because it would have made my life so much worse. Not everyone benefits from transitioning, and not all trans are…

Sex organs are markers for biological sex, manifestations of it. Phenotype. This isn’t hard. (I know you can mix things up with intersex, but we’re not talking about intersex.)

Reproductive organs and chromosomes are pretty much central to biological sex. (My background is science and I’m not backing down from this. We use the term “sex” to refer to reproduction and chromosomes and we can’t afford to dilute the meaning. If you want to talk about something else, call it something else.)

I didn’t say it was easy. I’m frustrated by how simplified the discussions are when as far as I can see it’s quite complex.

Mr. Grimm’s sex is female. His gender identity and gender presentation are male. Sex ≠ gender.

Drip drip drip. The pressure works on you, so one year you would never do “x”, then a few years later there you go. She’s in an industry that doesn’t really take no for an answer. I mean, she didn’t want to have to kiss anyone in the Harry Potter films, and said so, but she still had to do it anyway. Some would call…

Even Amanda Tapping has done it, and that’s totally not her thing.

I hope you win big!

The other responses here are good. My first thought (not necessarily a good idea) is “I haven’t decided yet.” Or “I don’t know.”

It can take a long time to deal with bad people legally, but if you’re patient and consistent and as logical as possible, it will become increasingly obvious that he’s the one who’s in the wrong. If he hasn’t made it already completely obvious. That doesn’t mean you can get money out of him, unfortunately. Good luck.…

It might have been a biohazard after six months with a dead body.

I don’t assume *everyone* is powerless to make correct choices, just that there is a pattern of problems associated with power, so that employers and lawmakers tend to err on the side of “nobody is allowed” in order to prevent bad things happening. There are already all sorts of situations where nobody is allowed when…

You could argue that it’s not consent if one person is in a position of power over the other. You could argue that it’s never consent if someone is driving you around and you’re basically trapped.