Never done it myself, but I know a number of people who have done "branding" scenes using a branding iron that had been in the freezer for quite some time. The idea is that the very cold iron gives the submissive the sensation of a very hot iron, and allows him to pretend that he is actually being branded like cattle.

Yeah. I moved to Bushwick four years ago because I found a place I could afford with people I like. I would have much rather lived in Williamsburg or lower Manhattan. I still live in that apartment and my rent has increased quite a bit since I first moved in, but it's still pretty cheap. If I wanted to move to a…

Amazing. Good for her.

A bit more than a year ago I went down to Florida to visit a close friend of mine and escape the NYC winter. We spent a week drinking ourselves stupid and smoking lots of pot. It was awesome.

I hope you at least tipped her.

Cool. Weird that the probiotic one only mentioned diarrhea, though, since probiotics are very well known to help with yeast infections. Doctors, internet, and personal experience all back that one up. Seems a weird thing to get squeamish about.

I love a lot of nerdy shit — sci fi, fantasy, science, etc — but have never felt particularly drawn to geeky subculture, in part because so many of the dudes are awkward misogynists.

She wanted to write a rom com so she wrote a rom com. It wouldn't have worked if the character was in an established relationship. And in the short film she ends up dating the impregnator so the sex isn't really a BIG MISTAKE.

1) I have no idea if he's a feminist or not and I don't know much about his politics in general. I also don't care much about them.

Traditionally all porn models get paid for the shoot, no royalties. I'd be shocked if James Deen gets any percentage of profits on anything he's been in that he didn't produce himself.

Six Feet Under had a very realistically handled abortion. It's been a while since I've seen it but IIRC Claire discovers she's pregnant right after breaking up with her boyfriend and gets an abortion without telling him. He does later find out, but she never gets punished for it.

Assuming they don't pass new laws in the next year, sex work will be decriminalized, which is a lot closer to what's going on in Australia and New Zealand, and has been tremendously successful there.

No one should hate Deb. She goes through a lot over the course the show and reacts realistically to all the trauma she experiences. And she has the best swears.

I didn't have any particular issues with Skye beyond the issue I have with most of the characters who aren't Melinda May — I just don't care much about any of them. And then came the episode right after the one where Skye got caught betraying the team for her ex, when she was whining about not having access to…

You're giving OP wayyyy too much benefit of the doubt.

I haven't found the term "slut-shaming" to be overused.

If you click the link and read it in context he comes off a lot better. This is a section of a long and very thoughtful answer from someone who is attempting to recover from being a misogynist.

Yes, you're right. This was my thought too. Men face a lot more pressure than women to have attractive partners. A hot wife is a status symbol. Yuck.

Cool and everything, but Equality Now is a shitty shitty organization. It's pretty much the epitome of white savior feminism. See their recent challenge to the UN's new guidelines regarding the decriminalization of sex work. Ugh. Gross middle class white ladies rambling on about "commodification" and how it's better…

Yeah, the height thing isn't too surprising, but sorry dude, you just look way better with a beard than without one. And I'm guessing your beard isn't a gross scraggly one.