I'm a feminist and I agree that if she were a man then people in general would be less sympathetic (that's where we see how sexism hurts everyone). But the fact that she was engaged to four different men in a few-month period shows that there might be some instability there (and not the kind of general instability we…

I have heavy, irregular periods and have had far too many incidents of leakage/getting my period earlier than anticipated that I am now so paranoid that I will wear pads for up to a week before I actually get my period. It really doesn't make sense as to why she had to prove there was actual blood coming out of her,…

The baby looked at you?

I love when people get so bent out of shape telling everyone else that they're wrong and yet can't even address the points that they are making. All you've done is tell us we're wrong without actually being able to explain which points we are wrong on. Just because the US has a majority Christian population does not…

I think it was Vanity Fair (not sure though) that ran a spread of young up-and-coming stars and next to each of their photos it had a little caption of bits of trivia about them. I remember Willow Smith's favorite thing to watch with her parents was feminist documentaries and I thought that was really interesting (and…

If you are getting exasperated, its not because of our arguments, its because you can't articulate your own argument very well. Once again, you are taking the whole 'banning' comment far too literally. No one wants to ban religious people from holding office - they want to make sure that they shouldn't be able to…

I can't believe that even after Jon Stewart called him out on his hypocrisy, he has the audacity to say:

I think you may have taken the OP's comment about 'banning' religion far too literally. I'm sure they meant that politicians should be banned from continuously trying to pass laws based on their personal religious beliefs because 1. in a secular country, laws cannot be based on religious beliefs, and 2. it is a waste…

Count me in as someone who has accidentally bought scented pads. The smell of that cheap scent alone makes me nauseous. Am I the only one whose sense of smell is especially sensitive during menstruation?

Asking people to keep religion out of politics is not anti-religion, it is simply respecting secularism. And it is certainly no where near as problematic as state mandated religion. In one instance, you have people basing laws on their own personal religious views. In the other instance, you have people basing laws on…

I know! She (and Fox News) name drop his name in an attempt to imply that MLK would have totally agreed with her views without even mentioning that he was actually supportive of PP. Fox News must realize their viewers don't know jack shit about MLK.

Being a feminist does not mean that you are not allowed to criticize anything that a woman says or does, especially if said woman supports causes that hurt other women (or racial minorities, lgbtqi people, etc). Example: Phyllis Schlafly believes that men should be entitled to rape their wives. Now she can live her…

Fox News regularly has MLK's niece on their show. She apparently had a bunch of abortions years ago and then became a born-again Christian and is now a right-wing evangelical who is very anti-abortion. Whenever she's on their show, they always introduce her as MLK's niece as though that somehow lends credence to her…

That was my understanding of paintball guns as well - I know they can cause trauma and leave bruising and possibly even cut the skin (not sure though). But even if she thought that a pellet could penetrate skin (and bone), didn't she think that the autopsy would find the actual bullet?

I really don't understand how she thought the police would accept the paintball gun story - wouldn't an autopsy find a bullet and prove that it was a revolver?

Not even the same mistake - she judges women who want access to birth control. That is nowhere near as bad (or bad at all) as cheating on someone.

Okay, I reread your original comment and can see that you were using @londonradfem's comment as an example. But then, that just shows that this particular commenter would argue exploitation regardless of who was receiving oral and in fact, contradicts what the OP said (at least with this one commenter).

This really stood out to me too. Notice how everyone questioning these stories and claiming they are 'one sided' didn't actually attend this school themselves. Oh, and I hate when people say 'prove it' when it comes to cases of abuse. Obviously you can't convict someone without evidence, but I get the sense that the…

I'm not sure if you are criticizing @londonradfem's comment or agreeing with them. But just to clarify a few things - 1. I don't know anything about punk music and can't comment on the band itself, 2. I saw in that thread that people disagreed with the comment you highlighted so it demonstrates that not all feminists…

Yes to everything you said. Oh, and I've got two younger brothers myself, so I also talk to them about sexism (and homophobia) and while it can be frustrating when they don't seem to get it (although most of the time they're only pretending just to wind me up), it makes me so proud when I see them do things like…