Yeah, anyone who supports Trump is going to be watching FOX news and reading Brietbart who will paint this as “Cruz utterly DESTROYS Sally Yates”. By virtue of the fact that he’s a white male speaking to an intelligent woman. Same way they thought Trump “won” all three debates even though he sounded like a third…

There was an earlier moment in the Cruz/Yates exchange that really pissed me off and makes Yates’ response so much more delicious. Cruz asks Yates if she was familiar with 8 U.S.C. 1182 and she says “not at the top of my head, no.”

Are you sure what you’re reading into the looks of other gay guys at the gym is what’s actually there? Case-in-point: I was working out, noticed this extremely hot guy kept giving me disapproving side-eye, which made me paranoid about how I looked. Was it my messy, unstyled hair? The stained, hole-covered old T-shirt…

Don’t worry about their bodies. Don’t worry about yours.

I feel the same way. As a bisexual native american man, I will never fit into that caucasian porn model mold that gay culture tells me I should be attracted to or strive to be.

I’m not sure there’s a specifically gay male body-ideal. I think male/female body-ideals exist, which is what the media constantly shoves in our faces, and you shouldn’t buy into it. I’m personally not interested in shows where the people all look the same, nor am I interested in dating a guy whose stomach looks like…

I’m not arguing with all of that, I don’t think I’d be particularly popular in a place like Fire Island either. I definitely don’t have the arms and abs that appear to be required.

Oh good god. It’s a cheap reality show about the ridiculousness of Fire Island. I’m not sure this warrants anyone’s breakdown over their own body issues because they don’t see themselves here.

This is true of all reality tv, not just “gay” reality tv. So that’s a you thing, that many people can identify with, regardless of orientation or identity.

You’re right. And yet, all reality shows of this type, gay or straight, pretty much feature uniformly awful people—production companies go out of their way to find these kind of people, so it’s not an accident.

See, I am no perfect-body-worshipping gay myself, and I have never aspired to have a six pack. But the presence of these men and this show doesn’t make me feel remotely bad about myself or excluded from anything. I have a fulfilling social, family and professional life and I’m entirely content and confident with that.

This kind of thing triggers my eating-disorder and the need to have random sex to prove myself that I’m attractive enough. Like, I’m not saying it shouldn’t exist and that people can’t enjoy it (because those are my own personal problems and no one else’s) but there are more reasons that some people have for disliking…

Yep, we’re on Soundcloud and Stitcher.

I freaked out upon seeing that you got Tony Ortega on the podcast. I listened to it in the car and took a detour home because I wanted to finish it right then and there. It would be amazing if you somehow could get Leah to do it. That was a great episode, guys.

I am black. I have been to Medford (Ashland is really the college town but Medford is seedier and right next door). Can confirm; if you don’t mind being objectified it’s like being a bear in a salmon run.

Hahahah, was it the one in the converted bank? The worst punk band in the world used to play there. Like Oi punk and the led singer would spit on the crowd a bunch but only on the smallest of children.

This! I was recently stuck behind someone at a security gate who had a full-on meltdown because they wanted her to follow the same procedures that literally everyone else follows. She was just utterly shocked to find out that, no, you cannot wear your coat and jewelry and shoes through the full body scanner.

I’m in my mid-40s and those restrictions have been in place as long as I can remember.