It looks like my earlier reply to you got dismissed, or fell into the kinja trap so I will repeat:
"What she posted was a gif conveying a sense of exasperation at the privilege so many white people exercise and benefit from but are blind to on a daily basis. Not racist, but very true and probably disconcerting for…

Right, you're arguing against a bunch of people who don't treat the term Racism the way you do. And by a bunch, I mean an entire commentariat. That's not going to fly. You're ignorant of the space you are communicating in, even if you are not ignorant of the terminology. Racism around here is essentially…

Okay, but is there any important difference between "those dolls look like whores" and "I find those dolls inappropriate because their clothing is overtly sexual"? I mean, obviously one sentence has been to college and the other hasn't, but it's all coming down to not wanting your kid to play with toys that look like…

How about people not steal? Whose has time for the post office? Another bus? Opening and closing hours not lined up with working hours. Saying, pick up packages from the post office is saying, "It's your fault that people are thieves." It is saying, let's accept and enable this shit because you know, you dumb…

I must say that while I do disagree with this articles assertion that the term slut shaming is being misappropriated, I must say this article is wonderfully written and had some really great nuanced points, ie the right of people to feel uncomfortable at sexualized performances, sexualized performances can…

I disagree; I think "slut-shaming" is a useful concept, most especially for critiquing other feminist critiques. (I think accusing Rush Limbaugh of slut-shaming is mostly unhelpful. It's basically tautological, and gives him no reason to change.) But there is a very real problem of a large number of feminist critiques…

"But there are far too many people using the wrong words to say the right thing, and it's worth calling out."

I think the point of calling out "slut-shaming" in this context has never really been abut trying to shut down anyone who dares to have an opinion about the sexualization of women in our society, but to point out that the way we talk about it matters. Because words DO matter, and the way people like Rashida Jones' and…

"He's diabetic... He's probably in shock." Yeah, good thing the cop kicked him in the head for resisting! That definitely helped.

Are you in perfect cardiac health with 0% possibility of a sudden heart attack? No?

Passing out behind the wheel is a possibility for everybody who drives.

Nurse and T1 diabetic here.... It's not that simple. Period.

Folks w/ diabetes can (and should) do everything possible to properly manage their health, but sh!t happens. You have to live your life and be as safe as possible for yourself and everyone else.

Oh? Are you diabetic? Do you know exactly how it works? I've never passed out, and I've been diabetic for 31 years, but I know it's always a possibility. I have to have my doctor sign a letter for the DMV every fucking year to say that I am capable of driving, and if my doctor says I'm fine, YOU CAN GO FUCK…

This allows for a particularly nasty game of chicken, where a lazy person sits back and waits for their partner to give in and do all the cleaning. Sorry. Nope. Not a way that people who are worth staying in a relationship with behave. Pick your own chores that you'll actually do and make sure they're a fair share.

I'd say it's calling out the uncanny valley.

According to this article they were both widowed in their 40s with children from their previous marriages, and met because Lee was tutoring Morty's son in reading. They both had jobs. And some pretty difficult circumstances, and seem to have worked very hard to overcome them. Mazel tov to them.

Or it could be because Morty didn't let Lee get a job. Totally projecting here, but in my grandparents relationship, my grandma (and my Mom for as long as she lived in the house) were forbidden to work because it implied that my grandfather could not support his family. When he died, my grandmother inherited enough to…

Articles like this make me wonder where, if anywhere, concern over appropriation should end.