I can't recall ever seeing porn with a white man and a black woman, actually, unless they were all in a group.

Reebok sponsores this ultramarathon in South Africa that my boyfriend runs in and if you run it in a pair of Reeboks they'll give you a coat. An actual coat.

I was so confused! I was like, "what else could it mean?!"

When she said the line about how she wants to be *The* Queen I was like, huh, I've heard that somewhere before...

And the internet anonymity allows it to devolve from "I see what you're trying, but I disagree" to "YOU'RE AN IDIOT AND PROBABLY UGLY."

Wow, that was awesome.

No. When you read texts you can discuss the textual treatment of sexuality in the Bible v. the Torah v. the Quran. Women are treated very similar in most religious cannons. But the treatment of women in religious writing is very different than how women are treated in any given culture.

I'm waiting to see how long it takes for someone to say, "but cognitive dissonance..."

Yeah, I once posted something about an article about rape (under my old name that I can't remember the password) and I felt like people jumped on me with a really uncritical read of what I was trying to say. At first I felt like an asshole but then I was like, wait, my argument was nuanced and I was trying to start a…

I immediately thought "beer coozy"

Exactly.

Yes, grad students can be spotted often because of this! "Couching" was another one. When they get to "deconstructing" just run.

Well, actually, I know astoundingly little about domestic food insecurity issues. I know what I've seen at conferences and people I know working in those areas. They all work in industry (pub health/social science as opposed to academia). I just know how complicated the issues are. At our last conference there…

Now I feel like a jerk. I'm not trying to be a hardass. I am actually curious and I think you made great points.

No, I did not mean it as an insult. You're very passionate. Your post read like a paper is all. Only grad students defend a point with 15 counterpoints.

I mean that encouraging not snarky.

Ok, now I see your point. Sure, farmers markets are elite. I don't know that it's disingenuous, though.

Have you ever read anything about global/third world/non-white feminism? Her argument wasn't that far off. Not everyone considers "empowerment" to be the same.

You know, I really appreciate what you had to say. Global feminism is complicated and you put it out there to engage in dialogue.

Wait, how? How is that even policy? You can't legislate urban planning so quickly. She's not legislating farmers markets.