I live on Capitol Hill too and have been a social worker for years. As a kid, I was very involved in the punk scene and spent a lot of time with those "street kids." While it's true that many of them come from privileged backgrounds, and the vast majority of them are white I think it's a major misconception that they…

As a social worker in Seattle, this INFURIATES ME. I spend all of my time finding resources for people who are homeless and this jerk is just going to ride on into a homeless shelter and take up beds?!?! And sell it as some sort of funky lifestyle?!?! WANT TO PUNCH.

Oh gosh, yeah the Northern Italian snobbery is INTENSE. My mom (who had a Sicilan background) and I were in Trento (which, lets be real, is really just Germany) and this guy was giving us a tour. He asked us where we were going while in Italy and we told him our route, which included a lot of stops in the South. He…

Yeah, Southern Italian halfsie here. Every woman on the Italian side of my family was like "NEVER date an Italian man." Their husbands were relatively evolved, but even so no man on that side ever did a dish or cleaned or anything like that (they did all cook though!). At big family meals, all of us women would be…

Did Jareth the Goblin King bulk up and get a bad tan?!?!

AHHH! I am going to be Ursula for Halloween! She's my idol! I need tips! How did you make those tentacles?!?!?

I went to Africa (Zambia, to be specific), for a brief period in my late 20s. I think I had some ideas about "helping" but I didn't really know what that meant. Young white people with zero practical skills always seem to think they can really change lives in Africa, and I guess I was one of those. When I got to…

I know a lot of people that have done drugs with him over the year. That doesn't tell you much, but sort of creates a general picture of what he might be doing.

Haha, I totally just made this same post. Seriously, I dream of looking like that and never having to wear clothes again. And when I did put on clothes they would just be like lycra.

Well, if I had a body like that, I would be naked pretty much 24/7 too. Buuut I think the creepo part about this, and a lot of the stuff Miley has been doing, is you get the very strong sense that this is just a young woman being posed by pervs (Terry Richardson, case closed). It would feel so different if she seemed…

Not all Nazi memorabilia enthusiasts are worthy of an "ew." My dad (who is preeeetttty Jewy) is a huge history buff and an antique collector. He has a whole bunch of Nazi memorabilia and it is REALLY INTERESTING. Nazi money, stamps, a way cooler ring than this one for soldiers who fought on a certain front, Nazi…

I have always found Femen deeply flawed and now I just find it freaking depressing. Femen was the highest profile "feminist" activist group there was, and they sucked and now they REALLY suck. Can't we do better?

I am kind of stumped as to why Amanda Bynes might need care for an entire year in an inpatient psych facility. Obviously, she is quite ill but for most people, hospitalization is no where near that long. Some of that is due to cost, but as someone who works in an inpatient facility, I just think the benefit eventually…

This is so heartbreaking (maybe I am overidentifying with this 14 year old a little), but not surprising. This is what clothing retailers have been telling plus sized women for decades, only they are usually less blunt. I think I am especially struck by this because I spent all day shopping, but only ended up with a…

I don't find this particularly funny or on point. But hello, the thing is, it was removed from youtube, while videos that basically promote rape culture are on there without a problem. It seems like men can say and do pretty much anything they want to about women and if we get upset we're told we're being "crazy" or…

Good points. There are hella baby rats and mice down there.

Dude, of course New Yorkers would not be more sympathetic if they heard the delay was due to kittens. We get pissed when there are delays due to dead PEOPLE on the tracks.

From my point of view, what Macklemore did was to use his privilege and visibility for good instead of evil. I agree that there is a problem when the stories of marginalized groups are always being told by white (and in this case straight) people (see Orange is the New Black, the Help, a bazillion others things,…

Oh, most women have figured out what diet and exercise regiments work for them by their early 30s? Crap, I missed that memo.

Maybe I am confused about what you are saying, but I feel like you are missing the fact that there are other variations aside from those you mentioned. From the Intersex Society of North America: