I live in Raleigh and if this garbage happened here, that business would be smoked, slathered, devoured, and shat out like pulled pork. And let’s not even ENVISION the patchouli-soaked carnage if it happened in Carrboro.

As a small-chested woman, I am VERY COGNIZANT of societal pressure on heterosexual men to want to fuck big-titted women, and on women to get themselves bigger tits/be ashamed of the small ones they have. I recognize that a lot of men won’t be attracted to me not because of some innate genetic predisposition but…

“If you’ve never fucked a fat person, take a minute and ask yourself why. Is it that you truly find their bodies ugly?”

Dang, I’m really sorry, I didn’t realize I was supposed to find every body type equally attractive? Is it okay that I don’t like beards and body hair, too? That I prefer men my height or taller? That…

As a denizen of North Carolina, let me assure you that such a report would be both accurate and comprehensive

That’s not GRRM’s Twitter account, FYI; he’s @GRRMspeaking.

“...but trans women and women are two different groups without much in common.”

Um, no. Trans women and cis women are two different groups. Women are just women.

...why does a thing lose meaning just because it’s mutable? That doesn’t make any sense at all.

I can’t really speak for why trans people “have problems,” because I’m not trans. My limited cis understanding of it is: your physical body is A limitation, but not THE limitation. The biggest limitations are…

“People feel like they’re under siege and that the terms of the debate are now you either applaud it or you’re a bigot,” said William J. Bennett, education secretary in the Reagan administration. “It’s like American culture is being dragged kicking and screaming not only toward acceptance but approval.”

Right. Because…

“Gender” is a personal/cultural/social construct, not a biological one. You can switch genders as often as you switch your clothes if that’s what suits you. Jenner will always have that pesky Y-chromosome, yes, but it’s really a moot point in terms of her identity.

Have you guys SEEN the Facebook thread about this? Holy shit. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cigars-a…

I did, too.

The "Google Glass" ad—which I put in quotes because it's not really an ad for Glass—is also horrifying and chilling.

It's pretty fucking chilling.

Yes. From Norway:

*raises hand*

Sorry, ladies. I'm the one. I'm the one keeping blow job week alive. I love it. I'm all BJs, all the time. And I get diddled back, pull-string and all, so that pro quo is getting fully quided on my end, too.

This was so, so good.

YES THIS YES GOD THIS DRIVES ME ABSOLUTELY INSANE (for the grammatical reasons as much as for the social/psychological ones).

When I was a kid, my mom once remarked that she didn't trust people without crow's feet, because it means they never laughed or smiled.

After that, I made it a point to laugh and smile AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE and now, at 31, <3 my nascent eye-adjacent rifts even though AS YOU CAN SEE they make me look like a disgusting…

Seriously. My mom and I went dress-shopping with my sister when she was looking, and while there were dresses we didn't love and some compromises to be made, we had a lot of fun! Everyone was respectful and supportive and constructive, and in the end my sister ended up with a dress everybody agreed was The Most…

I've never heard of Neil Gaiman doing anything especially assholish, and while I realize this is purely anecdotal/a single example, my personal experience with him is really really far from assholish. (tl;dr I had an anxiety attack before one of his signings; he tweeted supportively at me; remembered me later when I…