I'm sure there are some interesting points in this article, or the thing it is block quoting, but I can't hear them over the voice in my head shouting: VERONICA MARS 4EVAAAAAA!!!!!!1!!!1!!!!

That's lovely, and very well-put.

You guys, this is obvious trolling.

I like the "don't laugh at jokes that degrade you" advice for everyone if it was more "don't laugh at jokes that degrade you or others", as I think the word "degrade" is very specific. There is still some underlying, sexist assumptions that permeate this whole thing, and that's not ok.

To clarify, I'm not a Stephanie Meyer fan. I just think it's good for her fans to hear her use the "f word" so easily. And Taylor Swift does follow a religion that is sexist and backwards, they just don't usually call it a religion, they call it "showbusiness". Millions of people pay attention to what Taylor says, so…

You know what? Screw it. We could spend all day arguing about whether or not Twilight is feminist (I only read the first one, and would guess. . . no). But what is great here is that a prominent woman, worshipped by young girls across the US and abroad is labeling herself a feminist. She's not shying away from the…

I mean more that that is the only cultural message that is close to "don't hit girls" in terms of prevalence, but less gendered. Ideally, it is, of course, "Don't hit people."

No, no there is not. Good god, Patrick Stewart is a sexy man. I think the voice is most of it for me. Smooth, rich, resonant, with such range. Love it.

Well, we've been saying "don't hit anyone" for a pretty long time now, at least at an early education level. I don't think that message gets carried along far enough, but that's evolving. "Don't hit girls" does remain a stronger cultural message. I think really if you are going to give up on teaching everyone not to…

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No, Jez, just no. This is not good. And I do often enjoy Tracie's posts and if this were just "Why I, Tracie, don't like female condoms for my own personal use" then, well, fine. Maybe. Still sort of questionable, but maybe. This though. No.

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I would also REALLY love to hear what Bill Hicks would be saying about all this.

Thank you, because this is pretty much what I wanted to say, but you are better at it.

It is a spring floor (or rather, these days it's a rod floor), but it doesn't really give you any significant bounce back upwards. It's more to lessen the impact on your joints that comes with landing with the kind of force generated in a big tumbling pass.

Yes. Yes it does.

Ok, that's the second time you've made me laugh today.

It's also troubling to me that he assumes that when a couple gets divorced the father just disappears. If that's what happens, then the man wasn't that involved anyway. As a child of divorce, first of all, my parents splitting was the best thing for us. My parents did not present a good relationship model to us, but…

I know! He doesn't even point to any data set or study. He simply "feels" that it is true and therefore we should legislate.