Because while benevolent sexism does benefit us, it isn't (at least I think) as damaging as male privilege. Rape and victim blaming and all that other shit disproportionately affects women negatively, while generally being considered having to pay for the whole date sucks, but its not your well being. The draft is a…

Pretty sure he ended up crucified actually

Likewise, mine is not bad at all compared to the reigns of terror and vileness (now a word) others have been subjected to but I was psyched to see this thread because I've held it in for a couple of years now. I met a guy on OKC about 5 years ago. Said he was single, blah blah blah, a firefighter, had 3 kids - 2 older…

I completely understand. I was recently contacted by a guy I dated in the late '80s-early '90s with random psychotic messages. I made 2 brief replies then blocked him. Two mutual FB friends gave me a heads-up that he immediately posted a screen grab of the conversation and then proceeded to post follow-up rants about…

This is kind of weird but I'll share it anyway. I've always been very open about my body and never really tried to hide it. Some people think that I might be a little too open about it but whatever, it's my body. Well, one time a website offered five figures for unaltered pictures of my body and then they made a post…

Also, from the early 1900s through 1940s, Pickaninnies and watermelon were popular on southern postcards, in advertising, etc etc. This google image search will give you a quick intro. I think it is based around the idea that watermelon was grown by slaves and then sharecroppers in the small patches available for…

I don't eat whole slices of watermelon because of it's racist stereotype and watermelon is delicious as hell. Racism fucks you up; I don't eat watermelon or fried chicken in front of white people and the whole fried chicken/watermelon thing isn't even a stereotype in the UK. I'm from the US and that stuff just doesn't…

You're not the first person to ask this question. There is an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to this topic. It puts it pretty succinctly: Watermelons have been viewed as a major symbol in the iconography of racism in the United States since as early as the nineteenth century. The fact watermelon is also fucking…

Here you go: Sheep to Sweater competition

Kenan Thompson's first bit on next week's Saturday Night Live just wrote itself.

Did you see how thats literally his name?

Having kids means making sacrifices.

Couldn't they have come up with a better name for their plan?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is real, people!

Are you out of your mind??? Fresno is not a small town. It is huge and it's pretty much the meth capital of CA. Also it's like 103F for weeks at a time. If you're not from CA you might think that sounds nice but it's about 4hrs from any body of water so it is a dry desert of pain. Also, "agriculture as far as they eye…

Wtf... The entire economy there is dependent in methamphetamine and raisins, ffs! (And the master of the warr guitar, suitably named Brian Fresno.) I just... Can't...

Your post reminded me of this:

Maybe they should have thought out the plan to piss off both non-rednecks (with stupid statements) and actual rednecks (with stereotyping) at the same time. That just doesn't seem like an option for long term success, unless they are betting on people watching just to be outraged — like Jerry Springer or Fox news.

I wonder how much of a correlation there is between hazing and sexual assault rates in an organization. It certainly trains people to ignore and laugh at abuse.

"To join a fraternity (or sorority, for that matter) in this day and age without acknowledging the decades of pain and suffering the institutions have caused is to basically admit you haven't done your research"