I have honestly never heard any of the trans folks I know demand that we not use the word vagina in reference to abortion issues. In fact, I've never heard any trans folk object to using vagina except to remind us that vagina =/= woman. Do you have examples of this?

I have been catcalled, harassed, and sexually assaulted. And only two weeks ago, I was propositioned by a man who believed I was a (cisgender) sex worker.

I don't agree with you, but you've your freedom of assembly. Just don't be surprised as those assembled decrease in number over time.

Mark made a weird mental leap by saying the woman in the article could suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder - there's really nothing in that article that leads to that conclusion. However, it is patently ridiculous to say the people with BPD are more likely to self harm than harm others. If you go to any site…

Someone asked which personality disorders it could be, I guessed that it might be one of those two. I didn't say that all persons with borderline personality disorder are abusive, I didn't even say this one was, but as someone who has had intimate experience with a person living with BPD as well as working experience…

Yeah, I used to temp with a woman like that. Her food issues also translated into being very very concerned about absolute minutiae. She was screaming at me about some tiny issue, and for some reason, instead of getting angry I just felt overwhelmingly sorry for her, and said, "I'm really sorry for whatever happened…

The notion that the burden of adopting children stick in the system is primarily the responsibility of couples who have trouble conceiving without medical assistance is ignorant, short sighted, and downright discriminatory. There are not healthy babies languishing in the system. There are older special needs children…

Exactly! There are millions upon millions of healthy infants and children waiting to be adopted! Just go to the adoption store and pick one out! I hear they even occasionally have sales.

The problem is, it's not an actual review. And it's on a review website. The guy chose to post it to amuse himself, and possibly to show off on other parts of the internet. In order to inject humor, he relied on a medical procedure that will most likely never be a reality for him, and isn't really particularly funny.

Got curious about the One direction fic and is het? Why would anyone write an het One Direction fic? I didn't even know those existed. A mary sue het One Direction fic!

Also, settlements, even when wrongful termination can be proven, are based on lost potential wages mitigated by expected earnings. In other words, it's not the payout that we've been led to believe by ambulance chasers.

Every sequel represents millions of dollars that could have been spent on a new, original film. It also represents the way studios see the audience as full of idiots who will pay to see a movie just because it's a new piece in a franchise, not because has genuine artistic merit or is even solidly entertaining. They…

I would eat it too. In the middle of the night. While crying.

For fear of not properly arming our daughter, we have taught both our kids that they are permitted to hug or high five ANYONE requesting a hug or kiss goodnight/goodbye/hello/etc. This specifically includes GRANDMOTHERS offended at the notion that their "favorite" granddaughter (out of a total of 4) won't hug them…

My completely non-academic gut feeling guess is that she has her own issues and gets off on it.

Nope I can't remember either

It's bad to take data that correlates and then just make up whatever causality floats your boat. Science doesn't work that way.

Think about all the INFURIATING red tape we go through ALL THE DAMN TIME to prevent this and how difficult it is for us to get our basic jobs done in order to protect patient privacy and then these people go and do this.

I didn't see it, but I think it's an interesting idea to explore, and one that might be enlightening for the audience - the normal funny guy as almost-rapist, potential rapist...He's not a monster, he's not a stranger, he's just a guy acting like a lot of guys act - in a way that hurts women.

Does Jezebel have any sort of legal journalists of its staff? Because I understand legal analysis can be difficult without background in the field, but the author clearly did not convey the actual meaning of the judge's actions.