No, I the issues I have are with the sometimes cluelessness that his class, race, and gender have caused. Not the fact that he belongs to those groups. But as I said, he's at least open to exploring the problem. If he were a close minded jerk head, then no, I wouldn't be marrying him.

I can empathize. I'm marrying a nerd-dude next summer who has $$$ privilege to go along with being a white male. He's never been at the point where he would mainsplain, even online, but he's also still not one to tell those who do to stfu. Fortunately, he's at least open to exploring how ridiculously sheltered he's…

Aww. I imagine that when you're Catherine Deneuve in Paris, it's pretty rare that you get mistaken for someone else. No wonder she remembered him!

Pshaw. My atmospheric diver suit with attached drill hand brings all the boys to the yard.

Ah, yes, the old "she's a girl playing a game! Clearly, she's trying to further her feminine schemes!" line of thought. Usually runs something like this:

Eh, I'd say Adrianne Curry tried in more ways than just playing WOW, dressing up is cosplay and attending cons. But as she was more famous for being that weird chick from a bunch of VH1 shows, she didn't get people to bite.

The point of the story is her transition and how she and the people in her life are navigating it ... so the birth name usage IS valid. If it were an article about "Oh, Against Me! has a new album out," then the birth name usage would be superfluous.

Yeah... Cruise's lawyers are too good for that.

The Daine-Numair thing especially caused a lot of pushback from readers. So much so that Pierce promised to tone it down in the future. A bit hard to judge in Aly's case, but Beka at least ended up with an age-appropriate beau.

Not just Ursula - the Queen of Hearts dropped a few pounds and a few years as well.

Yes. But our public transit leaves a bit to be desired... possibly because we get distracted every 5 years by something shiny and new. "Buses! Ooh, monorail! No, street cars! LIGHT RAIL!"

Eh, thanks to brands like Manglaze, you see more and more guys rocking pretty colors on their fingertips and toenails.

I wear makeup, not because I'm uncomfortable with how I look, but because OMG! I can put purple and gold shimmer on my eyelids?! YES PLEASE! Wheee, pink lipstick! Orange fingernails! Many are more interested in playing with the pretty, pretty colors than correcting perceived flaws. After all, it takes some serious…

Nice. I hope you pointed out some swings and a jungle gym that those guys could go occupy themselves while they waited.

I've known for sometime that eloping wasn't going to be an option. I'm an only child. The only grandchild on my dad's side. My paternal grandmother had a quickie courthouse wedding, and has been longing for a wedding to plan for the last 60 years (two sons, one had a quickie courthouse wedding, the other never…

Thanks, IO9! I'll be forwarding this to a friend. Her husband booked a trip to Napa Valley to start the baby makin' process/last vacation before kids ... and now she's getting a lot of concern trolls who are so worried about the potential for wine + clump of cells. Assuming, y'know, she actually conceives. Which she…

Scotland =/= Ireland.

Which is... exactly what I said. I'm explaining to all of the "OMG, she's blind! How can they be so stupid!" comments that blind ALSO isn't an obvious condition.

First - I'm at work, so I haven't seen the video yet and thus don't know how Becky interacts with others.

Clearly, she needs to wear the designated Nerd Girl uniform of loose jeans, a t-shirt from an obscure Con, pony tail, glasses, no makeup, Converse sneakers. How else are they supposed to take her seriously?! How dare she wear something cute and girlish!