The tongue wouldn't bother me if it didn't look plaque-encrusted in like every shot. I don't have a net worth of $100,000,000 and my tongue is not that bad.

Girl is on some Nigel Tufnel game with that "feminist"/"feminine" mix-up.

UGH I KNOW. The selective bullshit people step to trying to defend Gaga's self-righteous racist slant-rhyme-writing ass is just embarrassing. Intersectionality is basically Internet 101 these days, people.

Let's also remember that Gaga's ~acceptance anthem~ (slash half-assed attempt at one) featured some racist ass slurs in its lyrics.

I'm loving the Check Your Head-era Beastie Boys vibe. Omg, a record of all sexy slow jams in that style would be sooooo goooooood

I thought of this, from Bossypants:

That is a great explanation! Thank you for taking the time to post that!

I am not religious. I do not understand how a "women experiencing a completely natural biological phenomenon aren't allowed to participate in our ceremony/be in our religion/do this/that/the other thing" clause is not just straight-up outdated-ass bigotry on the part of a religion. I need this explained to me.

Right, but pedophilia is way more socially accepted in Japan than it is stateside, so there's a different dynamic to the overall culture.

(THIS COMMENT IS NOT AN APPROVAL OF LOLICON/PEDOPHILIA.)

Do you know if there's a connection between Lolita fashion/culture and the Japanese term "lolicon"/"lolita complex" for, like, socially acceptable pedophilia? (I'm genuinely asking—I speak for the native Japanese speakers, but not for the lolis.)

I don't know, while there's nothing wrong with being overly apologetic externally/socially, I think being overly apologetic has kind of put me in a mindset where I take responsibility, and therefore guilt, with shit I really don't have any reason to feel responsiblity/guilt for. (OVERSHARE TIME!) I come from Japan,…

Mostly quizzical looks, but sometimes, knowing looks from other young/young-ish ladies.

I really need to learn to stop apologizing for other people bumping into me on the bus/street/elevator/wherever. But for the life of me, I can't seem to ingrain it into my thought process/general life-living. So instead, I've taken to just rescinding my unnecessary apologies out loud. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Right. Like the "bagel heads" thing. "Oh, here's a video of 4 Japanese people and a white person doing it! LITERALLY EVERYBODY MUST BE DOING IT OVER THERE A;SLKDJFA;LSKDJF CRAZY JAPAN"

Is this, like, for real? I'm so used to "omg crazy Japan" stories blown out of proportion by westerners on the Internet that I can't help but be skeptical of this one, as legit as the AP video seems.

OTOH, if LW can't acknowledge the truth that religion is basically Bronze Age fairy tales and magical wine, I don't see how that's Sarah's problem.

Nobody's mad about AC breaking. But if your AC breaks on a 90+ degree day, you should send your employees home, not only because you are a multi-billion-dollar megacorp who can afford to close one of your locations for a few hours, but because it's illegal.

Yeah, I doubt a bitter old fogey like Brooks would use "things" to refer to "men and women," because men are people and women are, well.

It's actually pretty simple. If you're a woman, your desires are bad and you should feel bad. The only way to guarantee Christ's love is to consider your desires and do the opposite.

Like... as in, people design for Nic Cage and then John Travolta wears the final products...??