Honestly, as a kinky person, if it makes you happy and it remains within the bounds of consent I'm happy to not concern myself with people I neither know nor care about. Some people worship at the altar of perversity consent, others at fulfilling fetish and still others are looking for a political/social/religious…

One of our cats absolutely loves being swept around on hardwood floors like this. Add in a little catnip toy and she can go for what seems like forever.

I'll just leave this here...

Oh no, I absolutely agree! We're totally on the same page. I pretty much only get interested in Indie/off the beaten track games, these days. To look again at film, it's exactly the sort of thing we need to start seeing. Something I've suggested to people before who have been upset with the quality of most AAA games…

It's a little more complex than that, because the root of a lot of the issue is where the extremely risk-adverse AAA publishers, who control the mast majority of "successful" games that make money, are simply unwilling to promote too many products that break away from what they see as "tried and true". That's why…

This guy is far from "alright". What he is is a Republican in Massachusetts who needs to say liberal things to even dream of getting enough votes. If elected, he'll march in lockstep with the GOP party line.

Zero-sum. Awful. He'll get the book thrown at him.

So we need to absolute disabuse ourselves from the notion that people can't be allies. I see nothing but a roundabout call for allies, but when they show up we drive them off!

Absolutely.

I'm a "survivor" of sexual assault, myself.

I mean, fucking christ! Can you reach for more reasons why you seek to make your own perspective inherently "right"? There exists no introspection and no concept that men are anything other than awful people. Can you understand how that upsets people?

I'm just hesitant to buy into the "people with lots of power don't abuse it", when we've seen too many examples otherwise. This cop was pissed and took down this rider. Regardless of the incident, I don't think that the inherent reaction should be to take the poor guy down. He made a mistake and the video shows him…

Twue allies don't do x or y. I understand anger, and I also understand that it isn't helpful.

I'm serious, because I don't believe that we live in a "rape culture" that condones attacks on women. I just don't. I suppose that the larger issues of what to do with an often unprovable crime is a concern, but I don't believe that privileging one person's word over another is justice.

If that's the case? yes. As I read more I tend to think these bikers are jerks. However, in the context of the video I can't help but feel like the arrested guy didn't resist and got beat on for... I dunno... kicks?

Uhg. Just because I didn't engage your points like you want them to be engaged doesn't mean I'm worthless.

Perhaps the issue is that you're dealing with people who'd rather "win" than have a conversation. Honestly, that knows no bounds on gender. Lindy, here, is the example of someone who doesn't care what is said as much as who cares about how it's said. Context is the demon, and not all demons are inherently evil.

And there we go: no desire to be anything other than angry and upset. It's not "my bidding" it's your choice. I'm also glad that we have a decent step-by-step guide for what is and is not acceptable for an ally. If you held yourself to anywhere close to the same standard, Feminism would be an even more lonesome…

Seriously. That shit is worse than torture. Especially when you ahve the dual pleasure of going "all out" at a salon for a Brazilian. *Shudder*.

I agree with your thread here, 100%. Thank you.