I'm a blast at parties, let me tell you :)

4chan and the other anon boards are a great place to go if you want to have all semblance of social nicety and human decency ripped away and all of the most horrible things people think exposed for all to see.

A lot of it would actually be pretty funny if it didn't have such a real-world impact. Poe's Law definitely comes into play a lot.

There's actually not that much written about them, unfortunately, particularly regarding sex and gender issues. My own work has focused mostly on Islamophobia, though I've been seriously considering putting together an article on MRAs after some of the shit I've been seeing lately.

Nope, somebody named "Kelly Newton."

One that's obsessed with "purity", where every problem we face in the world today is due to a corruption of that purity by sinister, Satanic forces that seek to undermine society by attacking its core pillars: masculinity, whiteness, and Christianity.

I'm about 99% certain that it isn't. I study online hate groups for a living, and these narratives are very firmly established (and frightfully common) in many, many groups.

Bleh, the comments section is (predictably) depressing.

Oh, Canada.

University of Texas may not be anywhere close to Ivy League for prestige or connections, but it was probably better than most of her other options.

Getting into prestigious universities in the US these days is a big deal not so much for the education - or even the prestige - as it is about the connections.

Ironically enough, this is basically the "converts are the greatest fanatics" phenomenon at work. Those who consciously choose to change their belief system inherently have a deeper starting investment in their new system than those who grew up with it, and attacking those who follow their old system is a way of…

I'm starting to think that rich, nervous parents are the only thing keeping the economy going anymore.

As an atheist who used to be a hardcore believer, let me say: Amen.

This makes me think of the old cliché about how "privilege comes with responsibility." In this case, male privilege is something that comes with the "responsibility" that one must act as masculine as possible when called upon to do so. If you fail to live up to that responsibility, then the privilege gets revoked to…

A thousand times this. I moved from Iowa to Rhode Island a couple of years ago and I'm still staggered by the blatant racism that I encounter all the time around here and in Massachusetts. Iowa was no racial paradise by any means, but at least there it seemed like most people knew it was something to be ashamed of.

Bleh, double post.

Now, now. This example doesn't count. See, this was when he was applying for jobs in the late 90s.

It gets fairly nasty with the princes as well. I have a friend who worked the US side of customs in Saudi Arabia for awhile, and the thing about Saudi royalty when they travel is that they often take their entire entourage with them.

Try adding the Chariots of Fire theme in the background.