Louise Erdrich. Leslie Marmon Silko. Honestly, if you really wanted to read native literature, you would have Googled it by now. That isn't meant to sound snotty—just pointing out that the lack of interest in reading the experiences of marginalised people is part of the problem.

I just taught my first two classes this year (terrifying), and at no point was I eager to call on people who looked like they weren’t paying attention. I dreaded it, actually. I hated having to draw people into the conversation, and if people weren’t engaged, I worried that I was doing a good job teaching.

My father will tell anyone who will listen that my mother poisoned us against him and took us away. He’s incapable of accepting reality, which is that my mom encouraged us (and still does) to have contact with our father, despite the fact that he and the woman he remarried were horrifically abusive. My mom only…

Part of the problem with mainstream porn, though, is that it often depicts rape and degradation as consensual interactions. We need better porn.

It's so entitled and privilegey. Very flaunty, too. It's irritating.

Rapists are almost never convicted. 97% walk away without jail time. That doesn’t magically erase the fact that they are rapists who did commit their crimes. In violence against women, “he wasn’t convicted!” means very little. It doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. The judicial process doesn’t protect us or provide the…

I snorted loudly at this because I’m dating a 32-year-old Scottish man and I really feel that stereotype holds up in a lot of ways. He can be very proper/uptight. I know he loves me, but we sometimes (read: at least twice a week) have a conversation like this:

How is it silly, though? Witchcraft and paganism (they are separate though often linked) is older than Christianity.

I agree except can you please not call it “odd”? That’s part of his point—neopagans have a tough enough time with people thinking our religion is goofy and weird. It’s not. It’s a real religion that means a lot to us, we are by no means a weird fringe of society, and we get tired of it being seen as strange and odd.

I agree. I hate “making love” because it sounds creepy, but “fucking” sounds too dehumanising and violent for me. I’m demisexual and have PTSD from rape, so that’s probably very personal to me, but I don’t want to refer to sex as “fucking” when I'm involved in it. Whatever others like is totally their preference. I…

Kid bodies need a lot more than adult bodies.

But when you already have anxiety/depression, and you also look like a MPDG, that enforces and exacerbates that perception of you.

I dunno, my boyfriend is the one who always tells me every player’s life story as we watch a game. We also watch games where neither he nor I particularly care about who wins; he enjoys watching the sport to watch the actual game play out and says he likes sports because he appreciates the aesthetic beauty of…

I've been seriously bullied by vegans. Many of whom love bringing rape into their arguments when they learn I'm a sexual assault survivor.

I choked and almost vomited doing oral once, and I declared I was never doing it again and my partner said “okay, that’s a really reasonable response to such a bad experience.” It was the first time I realised I could—well, say no. I always thought you *had to do* whatever you were told you have to do, because if you…

I think you both have a really good point, honestly. Yes, pretentious people are insufferable. But yes, people always come down harder on smart women for daring to have confidence in their brains. You can dislike someone’s behaviour but also be concerned that they get more flak as a woman than a man would, and see the…

I guess my feelings are always that women don’t lie about these things, especially not publicly. If more than one woman is coming forward, especially. I’ll be shocked, but I’ll believe her/them and start re-evaluating/ re-assessing the man I thought I knew. If asked to comment, I’d say it never happened to me but that…

She was crying because she had a long shitty day and came home to her dinner being gone. It’s okay to cry over that. Or anything you want, really. You don’t get to police other people and decide when they’re allowed to feel “emotional”. The world doesn't operate to your standards.

I asked a friend to walk me home one night because Women Aren't Supposed To Walk Home Alone. He took this opportunity to hold me down and rape me on my own bed. Somehow still my fault, I'm sure. I was supposed to ask someone to walk me home! But not a rapist! I should have had better judgement! Or whatever.

Did you seriously just compare my violent sexual assault to someone having their car stolen? Fuck you. My body is not a flashy object on display and the PTSD I will suffer my entire life is a lot more to deal with than filing an insurance claim for a stolen vehicle. Fuck you.