I think in three or four years, there are going to be a whole lot more people who don’t think it’s necessary to figure out if you’re gay or straight. It’s like, just do your thing.

Not necessarily. It’s worth bearing in mind that nothing is ever just about making money, because money is made by appealing to people and that’s obviously extremely complex. Money talks and in a sense people speak with where they spend their money. Personally, I don’t care if positive change is motivated by profit…

Clearly we have different perceptions of “normal,” all of my friends with kids are excited for this (most of whom have bought most of their kids toys online to avoid this sort of thing). And incidentally, this sort of thing doesn’t need to have “a majority” to make sense. It needs to attract more people than it…

If there weren’t a ton of demand for this, Target wouldn’t be bothering to change anything.

Sure, but it’s disingenuous to say “we just market according to what kids like” when we know that what kids like is significantly determined by marketing. And I don’t think anyone would argue that kids are being forced into gendered boxes by employees at toy stores (it makes no sense to shame a kid you’re trying to…

Well, yes and no. You’d never see them tell a woman that, because if they’re criticizing men for prioritizing family, it’s because they assume women are prioritizing family, and not not promoting women as much on that basis. It’s definitely sexist, but it’s as bad for women as it is for men.

Sue Storm: I’m right here, guys. I’m not even invisible yet.

As one of many girls who played with my cousin’s swords and was vocal about hating dolls and the color pink (and who was given those toys anyway because most of my family thought that playing with boy toys would make me a lesbian, not joking), I can guarantee you that’s not true. What’s more, whether a toy is…

Well, that’s true, but that’s also how it should be. I appreciate good police, and they deserve all the credit in the world for putting themselves in danger instead of the general public. But you don’t get applause for simply knowing to respect civil rights. That’s the baseline for acceptable behavior, in terms of…

“Just because you think they were asking for it doesn’t mean you didn’t just commit a crime.” So many parallels!

I feel better having read the article, but the title made me worry. Jez, I love you and rely on you, but if you make me choose between you and Dan Savage, things will get messy.

Well it’s a complex thing, but while it’s probably never easy, for some couples it is easier than monogamy.

Given how many parents fight with schools to have them not mention this stuff, I think it’s highly unlikely that they’re talking about this on their own.

“Sex is like boxing. If both people didn’t agree to it, one of them is committing a crime.”

Or at least the company that made it needs to lose rights to it. I mean, that would mean we can’t have anymore Spiderman (Spiderman 3, Amazing Spiderman 1 and 2 were all pretty terrible), but I’m glad Marvel’s finally doing something worthwhile with it.

On the fucking contrary, I have several fucks to give for shameless idiotic outrage! One of the best fucking ways of replenishing one’s supply of fucks, I’ve found, is laughing at fucking dinguses! They will have to accept this fuckton of ridicule, and possibly fucking realize how imbecilic they’re being, and someday…

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Not necessarily. I’m very much a night owl, but have switched back and forth between whether or not I hate mornings. For me, the distinguishing factor seems to be how I wake up, whether or not getting up requires resisting cuddles, and whether or not someone has already started making tea.

In other words, “We promise this won’t be like the last several times we tried to make a Fantastic 4 movie so please come see it, also we already know we’re not going to be critically acclaimed so we’re going to pretend that’s because we’re too fun for that even though the MCU has plenty of movies that are both lalala…

Sure, that’s their pitch, but it still makes no sense because it’s never been a secret. You can’t rediscover something that never went away.