And this is why my super hero is better than yours.

I was just telling the homeless lady who came into my office yesterday, her face bruised and swollen, begging me to help her buy a new cart for her belongings how very chic she was. She just kept talking about "back pain" and how she was "looking for work." I mean take a compliment, amiright?

We're talking about the portrayal of people of color in movies, and specifically in trailers that market those movies. Unfortunately people of color are often regulated to stereotypical side characters, one dimensional props for white actors to act off of, and that is a problem. Specifically, black people are…

Probably because all the descriptions in Machine Gun Preacher are dumb stereo types. It's not like "poor African" and "violent foreign soldier" are new or thought provoking roles for black people.

People of color get to swivel in chairs and we don't?! I guess the war on letting white people have fun continues.

I don't think it's stereotypical, I think watching your mother treated this way would inevitably cause a need for therapy.

This is a comedy truth: changing up status is funny. It's the same reason the fumbling husband is so prevalent right now; we all know that husbands/white men still hold the power in our society. Therefore, seeing that dichotomy turned upside down goes against our expectations. It's OK to mock the man, because in real…

My $100+ running shoes are probably the best purchase I have ever made. If you are running more than 15 miles a week, you absolutely must invest in a good pair of shoes. I spent a year running on Nikes and I thought I was doomed to shin splints for life. The very first time that I wore my Brooks the pain instantly…

I went to my college clinic to get BC because it was the only medical option I had. My only health insurance was through the school.

I for one know exactly where I will be getting my next shattered-mirror junior prom dress. You clowns, just don't understand fashion (or writing good for that matter).

You have a problem with The American Association of University Women? I like how you keep demanding citations and unbiased sources without offering any yourself.

My god, you're the worst. Isn't there a men's rights group you can join? I'm not ascribing a political motivation to everything, I'm acknowledging that women are not currently equal so saying things like "being equal means you are equal at all times, not just when it's convenient for you" is incredibly ignorant.

I like you.

Oh barf. First of all, my husband weighs less than me, and he can still overpower me pretty easily. Let's not pretend that asking for equality somehow makes our muscle structures the same.

First of all, like all non verbal communication, I truly believe there are few, if any, circumstances where men don't know that the person having sex with them doesn't want to have sex. Again, I refer you to this article: [yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com] The problem is the "No means no" mentality of "everything BUT no…

Why don't you read that link I gave you? Men understand alternative forms of "no." They choose not to recognize them because they don't like to be told "no."

Word. How fucking sexist is it to assume that the VAST majority of men want to have sex with people who very much don't want to have sex with them?

No one here is talking about a "please/alright" situation. The fact is that when you are alone with someone who weighs 50-100 lbs more than you, and they are telling you over and over that they want to have sex, the threat of violence doesn't always have to be explicit. This whole conversation is about the act of…

But at some point she concedes, right? The man in question certainly thought it was seduction or at least a "being a little pushy" situation that results in her giving in. She "always has the opportunity to continue to say no." The implication of force is there, whether it's this guy or the guy at the frat party who…

I don't think you're being sexist necessarily, but have you considered that this might be a good learning opportunity for your daughter? I think it's really important to expose children to "normal" adult behavior in order to make it clear what is abnormal/bad behavior. If you're not worried that the adults will act…