No, it punishes the con, which deserves to be punished for not having a clear anti-harassment policy, which we all obviously still need & no amount of repeating “we should be better than this” is going to make that magically the case.

Wait - Piers Anthony, too?? Damn. I shoved Asimov the one time I got near him - & I got sniped at for it by people who told me that I should have known better than to get near him, & that I was “actually enjoying telling the story.” Which is how his behavior was perpetuated. Hate to think that it was Piers Anthony,…

Um....hugs?

Except that it was actually a gift to Queen Victoria from Maharaja Ranjit Sing, in 1851.

This was NOT designed “for their wedding”, but it was designed by Prince Albert. Just for an anniversary. I’m guessing one of the Lascelles (Princess Mary’s family) had to sell it for inheritance taxes.

Well, for people with round, full, faces, it looks great. Which explains how it caught on during VICTORIA’S reign!

“You’re saying Batgirl needs to be more important to the story, I’m saying there is absolutely no way, and no reason, to make her more important to the story.”

Nope. No matter how many times you repeat it.

The only reason “people don’t trust her” (& it’s NOT “most”) is because the knives were out for her since the Clinton Healthcare Initiative (if not before, when she (gasp!) tried to keep her own name while her husband ran for president! The GOP started an attack on her that has not let up since. I don’t recall any…

Or, possibly, a disgraced ex-professor (Speaking as someone who DID vote for him!)

Scrolled down here to say just that! For all we know, she might have benefited from not being married to a man who publicly cheated on her, giving her childish detractors a vicious weapon to use against her whenever they run out of less stupid things to say.

The guns are weird, too. Like you almost don’t even have to do anything with them & they’ll shoot themselves.

Yes, but you are discussing the actual events & sports; they think you’re only interested in the hardluck stories.

Now I am truly old. I remember the Chinese skaters who were their nation’s first competitors, and how I was ashamed at people booing them. I think it was the 70's! Their female skaters trained with football helmets on, because no one really knew how to throw or land. Unfortunately, I don’t remember their names, just…

If so, they are doing it wrong. Clearly.

They’ve obviously decided that IS the reason, because they;ve certainly designed the uniforms around it. Look at women’s beach (& regular) volleyball “uniforms”, & look at men’s. Also gymnastics.

You mean like the focus groups that helped companies make women’s pens?

Actually, the real problem with the Opening ceremony was the commericals every five minutes. Irritating as ALL GET OUT!

Not sure which metrics they’re using. No women I know are like that.

OH, GOD, YES! Really sick of that!