I once told my very bald dad that he should just shave his head like Bruce Willis or Michael Jordan. He countered that it would probably make him look like a redneck white supremacist. He might have a point, a 50-something white man with a shaved head does conjure up certain stereotypes. And it doesn't help that he…

I wonder if it might also be because the gay community itself is very supportive and tight-knit, and there's one just about anywhere there are gay people, including pretty conservative areas. People with large, supportive, loving social circles are probably going to be happier, even if they are in Texas. Still…

I always liked Green Ranger, too! I think just because I liked the color green the best though, since he was always evil. I don't remember any real plot or character development, or even what the Rangers did outside of their suits, so I can't comment on the human characters. But green is a nice color.

Yes, exactly!! We could write a thesis on this. White Supremacy: Race and Ethnicity in Power Rangers. At least the Black Ranger wasn't evil, that was the Green Ranger. For a while at least, they switched that shit up a ton. Oh wait...

The Power Rangers definitely had some weird race and sex shit going on. Yellow Ranger was Asian, for one thing, and the Black Ranger was black. Yellow and Pink Rangers were girls and Red, Green, Blue, and Black were boys. I WANTED TO BE GREEN RANGER DAMMIT, NOT KIMBERLY SHE SUCKS!

Ha I like imagining O'Brien saying this. Girl, whatchu know about shrooms? The 60's haven't even happened yet!

What about the good/evil binary that animals get categorized in? Like in all the Redwall books- the good animals are the cute ones: mice, squirrels, badgers, rabbits. The evil ones are the ugly/sneaky animals: rats, stoats, weasels, and predatory birds.

I've literally never fantasized about my hypothetical wedding. The phrase 'fairytale princess wedding' makes me gag. I even decided at 8 or so that I would never get married because, horror of all horrors, people would see me wearing a dress. I at least grew out of that and I'm open to the idea of marriage, but I…

I like wearing heels for fun but I would be pissed if my work dress code required them. It's my choice and my choice alone, dammit! You can't tell me what to do!

Yep, when dressing up my dad always puts on his heels, aka his cowboy boots. He doesn't ride horses or live on a ranch, but western US culture is a hard habit to break. Dress shoes are considered effeminate or something, even to my liberal-minded dad.

Jesus. I just got into my first car accident last week and now I'm so overly cautious and paranoid I'm physically shuddering at the thought of strapping a child into my moving death machine.

Obviously the this is more of a band-aid than a perfect solution, but I hardly think giving women means (albeit not foolproof means) of self-defense is a convoluted plan to "blame" women more for their victimization. It's a plan to offer them some measure of control over their personal safety, which is only a plus in…

Seriously? I'm not going to be fighting Jackie Chan, just some drunk asshole who probably has zero training himself. I carried a knife during college and figured the fact that it would be dark combined with my element of surprise-I-have-a-knife! would give me a hell of a lot better chance of getting away than having…

I started carrying a knife in college. Sure, it was a dinky little pocket knife, but it made me feel so much better! My thoughts while walking home late at night changed from "oh no please don't be a rapist" to "Y'all better not even think about messin' with ME!"

I believe they're those shitty new puffy chips that are healthier because they aren't fried. They taste like styrofoam.

There are plenty of *ahem* less than strictly legal ways to watch stuff. I relied on Project Free Tv myself when living outside of the States. Google it and enjoyyyyy :)

Kumail Nanjiani :) He was on Portlandia last week! He funny.

Plus I'd much rather spend half an hour painting my nails while watching Archer in my pajamas than drive to a nail salon and spend half an hour making awkward small talk with a nail technician. Plus that one bottle will last me years, while that manicure will last a week.

The thing I find suspicious about it is that out of all the bajillions of white people who've appeared on the show, not a single one of them has been fired for having an arrest record. And surely, considering the sheer odds, plenty of them must have had records as well. Ergo, kinda racist, yeah.

I'm quite pleased with pop culture right now! Divergent is a pretty great book that I am not ashamed I've read even though it's YA!