Jane did a stunt once where, since models had twigs in their hair on one runway, one of their editors went out-and-about with a good-sized twig perched on her head, just to see what kind of reactions she’d get.

I have no personal experience with cows, but I’ve read that in experiments cattle will do anything to get outside. They hate being cooped up.

This. I eat a lot more poorly because I have to share a kitchen right now. I hole up in my room and eat junk instead of cooking more.

I wasn’t aware the rate of lesbian-on-straight-women violence was so high. /s And I’m pretty sure it was the libfems (e.g. Friedan) who were uncomfortable around lesbians, not the radfems.

I used to believe that trans women were just like other women, because most people said so. Then I started encountering them online, and seeing screengrabs of the bullying and death threats. I’m now genuinely afraid of some trans activists (who are hopefully a minority, but a very vocal one) and more than fed up with…

Thanks

Thanks.

Hi Donna, nice to see you again! /s

I considered transitioning (ftm) when I was younger, and may qualify as queer, but I don’t count as trans, since I settled into my female body in my 20s.

Sort of. Trans people vary widely, but there are some who seem to really hate women. But even if they didn’t, I really don’t want to get stuck in a group where we can’t even do 101 stuff because the range of experience varies too much. I’ve been in a group with all women but one, and the one man totally derailed…

There were toddlers at the one I was at today. Mind you, it was mostly a rally and only a bit of a march after. As long as you have a stroller or snuggly, you should be ok.

If you get a case number from the police that may help if you need to contact them again. When I had problems with my evil ex-landlord, the police told me to photograph everything, but fortunately nothing happened to my stuff. I hadn’t moved out yet, though (he was threatening to put everything to the curb).

I went to the March today, and it was ok (much warmer than last year, too). But I need so much more support. I will probably never find a really safe place online because they are all open to everyone, but I really need a support group IRL, too. I like the diversity here, but this place is also a big mess in some…

I was going to say you missed “porn” but then saw “pork”, which is close enough.

She probably wanted him to like her. That’s not the same thing as him having authority over her, but it still involves deference.

I recently re-read Obedience to Authority, in which Stanley Milgram describes how he asked people how they would act in a scenario that involved saying no when circumstances pushed a yes, and they all said they would stop and say no as soon as they wanted to, but when he put people into an actual experiment, very few…

I initially assumed it was menstrual.

I haven’t been here much lately. In the past I often had a hard time keeping track of who’s female and who’s male, unless someone pointed it out to me. Same with trolls - I notice if someone calls it to my attention, but otherwise am rather clueless.

I don’t know if anyone remembers my evil ex landlord forcing me out a couple of years ago and my suing him, but he paid me this week. It feels very strange. I’m not sure what to do with myself. (The ruling was a year ago, but he appealed, then tried to get a payment plan that would take ten years etc. He was…

Maybe. I don’t know anymore.