Yes, being nice to men who demonstrate misogyny—because it's a little less misogynous than normal!—has worked well for women in the past.

I used to love 30 Rock, but now it's dead to me. The last episode's Frank storyline—he was molested by his teacher when he was a kid but AWESOME SEX YEAH—made me realize how actually not-progressive it is at all. It's become the definition of faux-gressive, like liberal dudes who support planned parenthood but refuse…

"The Westboro Baptist Church is planning to protest at Taylor's funeral."

"Eventually I got so good at talking about feelings that I started doing plays, so I could talk about feelings I didn't even have."

Please tell me: Do you want men to actually treat women like humans, or do you want men to TRY to treat women like humans?

I'm pretty sure that the law already makes a distinction between raping a trafficked victim and havign sex with a prostitute. Having sex with a prostitute who has consented is not considered rape; raping someone is rape regardless. But "if the perpetrator can be shown to know that it was non-consenting" is impossible…

"We are demanding at least 35 percent female participation in all committees to be formed to change the constitution, at every level, as well as a secular constitution, a secular family code and total equality before the law."

Yeah, this is what quite confused me too. I was like—if you haven't had surgery (or, um, if you have? don't know how health or insurance works)—then wouldn't your health care provider/insurance need to know what internal organs you have? I mean, if your health insurance has you listed as a man, and then you get…

I assumed "overweight riders" was talking about the people as bus riders, not as just people. In the context of safety regulations and bus capacities, then aren't they overweight—since the regulations are meant for people who weigh less?

I know that. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

WTF is the point of a giant bunny if it doesn't have similarly giant ears?

Oh I know nearly nothing about genetic research. And Atwood is remarkably good at making apocalyptic scenarios seem devastatingly realistic, especially if you don't know anything about the field in question. O&C and Year of the Flood both freaked me out so bad—for different reasons. O&C is more science-fiction-y, more…

Is she working on another one in this universe? Brilliant. I'll read it, then inevitably be freaked out for days.

You're an American, either in the military or working with the DOD, training a bunch of Ugandan mercenaries? And the mercenaries in question never asserted their male privilege over you while you were in Iraq, on the base? They didn't try to undermine your position of leadership—as an American member of the military,…

Parents should be teaching their kids that it's important to help their classmate, but instead they're sending the message that it's okay to ostracize and harass people with disabilities.

According to the SPCA you're supposed to pound on the hood of your car in the morning during winter, if there are any outdoor/feral cats in your neighborhood. They like to climb up there at night because it's warm in there, and if they fall asleep they might not be able to get out once you start driving. So banging on…

This book was incredibly disturbing to me. Actually both books were. They were amazing, but be prepared to spend several days after you finish the book looking around at the world with new, terrified eyes. Or, that's what I did, at least. But, I mean, in a good way.

How frequently do men get called bitches? Unless, of course, what is meant by "bitch" is something akin to "pussy," as in "you are my bitch" or "I'm gonna make you my bitch" or "don't be such a bitch, chug that beer" etc? The word bitch is as gendered as "fag" is homophobic.

I think some might have a problem with the idea that the Christian version of the fertility goddess—mother—is a virgin.

"We turn victims into saints when the reality is that they tend to be just as ugly inside, or uglier, than the people that victimize them. "