"Flesh" is such a sexual word to me that I can't even imagine how uncomfortable I'd be if my dad started saying it all the time.

I have met plenty of obnoxious vegans and plenty of obnoxious omnivores. I think it comes down to: If you're an annoying little turd, you'll be an annoying little turd about everything.

Jeez thanks for this. I rarely eat meat, and obviously in an ideal world everyone would do their part to reduce the suffering of humans and animals and offset the awfulness to our environment. However, I never quite understood why people are so much more strict about food morals than anything else. What about the…

Ha. You're so encouraging <3

I'm not sure you are understanding the point of that section. The author isn't claiming that everything that determines what makes you attracted to another person is steered by the patriarchy. No one is advocating forcing yourself to date someone you aren't attracted to. She is only pointing out that some attributes…

I just tried to do this and it looks absolutely awful. I don't even know why I bother having long hair. I cannot do a single fun thing with it.

Obviously this is anecdotal, but at a certain point in my life I noticed that my best male friends, as well as my most respectable boyfriends, all had a sister (or sisters). I've found men with sisters to be more empathetic when it comes to women's issues, which pretty much precludes their ability to identify as…

To be clear, I know there are plenty of people in other parts of Texas who supported Wendy and wanted this bill defeated. I'm just sayin', if you want to rally a bunch of feminists and awesome weirdos to protest injustice, Austin is definitely the best place to find them.

Oh man, while reading about everyone that was showing up for support, all I could think was "Thank God the capitol is in Austin."

Weeelllll, I've worked in a few restaurants, and in my experience that word is used frequently enough by the cooks in the kitchen (during friendly banter). Obviously, though, anyone who isn't black would never say it. I feel like that is an understood, and she's full of shit if she doesn't get that.

I'm browsing the site mentioned in the article, SeekingArrangement. Some of these women ("babies" UGH) are asking for $10,000 - $50,000 a month. Most of them are offering a negotiable amount, but unless the higher-priced ladies are commuting to Mars for school, I doubt they're trying to cover educational expenses.

Now that it's nice and sunny out I have more souls than China. Sometimes people will, surprised, tell me I look like I have a tan. Nope, that's just the freckles merging together.

Dennis Duffy, single again.

THANK YOU. THIS.

"White supremacist power structure" is actually a bit more helpful, in terms of contributing to a thoughtful discussion.

Seriously. I don't know where I first saw this video (Blue Planet, perhaps?) but this lil seal was just learning to swim on its own when BAM! Orca torture party!

Okay obviously humans are the worst, but dolphins are fucking terrifying. They are known to gang rape and torture and murder their own and other species of sea animals. I know the harm we are capable of causing them is much worse, but holy shit are they doing a bad job making themselves sympathetic.

I had a huge crush on a bartender at a place that was soooo far out of my neighborhood. I didn't have the guts to outright hit on him, so I used to drag my friends out there, offering to drive since none of them wanted to. The neighborhood this joint was nestled in was notorious for being a ticket trap. There were…

OH SWEET RELIEF. At first I read this as "RIP Lil BUB" and I thought the day was ruined.

Ha! Is "Nordic murder mystery" a prolific genre, or did you make an ill-advised Groupon purchase for a dinner theater production?