Ironically, as I fast approach that mark, I find myself less and less inclined to accept outdated mindsets such as yours. But, then, I find being able to change my opinions based on new information and understanding to be a strength, whereas you think it foolish. I do genuinely feel sorry for you.

So you’d gladly return to the values of 1900? Were you ever a cult member? I think the words “dignified,” “classy,” and most definitely “self-respecting” do not mean what you think they do.

I think owning it is important. We may never be able to change ourselves to be the people we want to be, but understanding ourselves lets us start to try.

I thought that was very clear in the book.

It was heavily implied that he sexually abused her.

No, she would agree that it’s not.

The language from the email doesn’t sound like they’re claiming they ran out of money. They’re saying they don’t consider it worth the money spent unless she’s in panties/nude. Clothes didn’t increase cost, they decreased perceived value. I wondered if there was some other info she was leaving out because interpreting…

I have read TKAMB at least a dozen times—a number of times during my own education (throughout middle school, high school, and college), and then a number of times during my brief career teaching 8th grade language arts. I’ve never enjoyed the narrative, or the story, or the characters, or really anything about it…

Your thoughts are relevant and interesting to me. Now, can I see dem TITTAYS???

THIS. So much. I wondered if I was the only person who actually read TKAMB to begin with, because it’s right there in the text.

Actual conversation I once had on a date, around 2005:

Caitlin’s also on Please Like Me, a show I really love on Pivot.

Point number 1 from this article http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/07/bikini…
Actually touched on why that is:

‘A 2009 Princeton University-based study led by psychologist Susan Fiske revealed how commonplace objectifying women — especially those who reveal their bodies in any way — truly is.

I’m raging at the editor paying male writers more than female writers. This is the Sydney Morning Fucking Herald and fuck this asshat for valuing men’s words more than women’s. Fuck him. I’m a writer and it’s hard enough to make a living. What a twat.

“Just because she’s fucked one guy she must be available to all of them, right? Just because she’s wearing a short skirt, just because her shirt is sheer, just because she is a woman, she must be available to me.”

It used to freak me out when I’d be out for lunch (with straight male co-workers (they’re the only straight men I know)) and their heads would constantly be turning. You get the feeling they’re not listening so I started spinning together weird stories. Say I’d be complaining about our boss or fellow co-worker, I’d…

Magnificent.

never mind that the website was the entire reason they’d gotten in contact with me,

She’s one of the most articulate Famous Feminists in the Western Hemisphere. Love the shit outta her.