u speld Miss Japan rong. :P

My kids are age-appropriately aware of what I do for a living, and will continue to be as they get older.

You have to look at the bigger picture. The Slate article isn't merely in defense of a fictional character but in defense of all trans people who are disrespected on a daily basis. Also, just because someone is criticizing you without being uber friendly doesn't mean they're yelling at you or being rude to you, and…

Asking for more considerate phrasing assumes that the original phrasing was inconsiderate. Just because you misunderstood it doesn't mean that it was inconsiderate.

I'm not missing the point. Your point is "I think using that term is offensive." Loud and clear, I get that. But just because you, as a transgender woman, thinks that a term is offensive does NOT mean that everyone needs to suddenly stop and use whatever term you decide is "less" offensive. Instead, we can all look…

What is offending you here?

This is an article about the legal status of legally protected classes of citizens. MissAndry's phrasing was perfectly fine.

What?? You are not understanding. This is an article discussing a "legal situation" and a court filing in a pending court case. It is not "my phrasing;" it is the phrasing used in federal employment discrimination law, and the phrasing used by Saks' lawyers in their motion. I was quoting their court filing, as well as…

Absolutely wonderful to watch on TV this morning. The outpouring of support is enough to warm the cobweb-festooned cockles of the cold, dried up muscle I call a heart. I especially love all the artistic support coming out, like the 87 year old creator of Asterix (my favorite comic growing up!) coming out of retirement…

You make it sound like people in Africa don't care. That's kind of fucked up.

Thankfully, despite a lot of people in the west doing moral acrobatics to condemn both the terrorists and the cartoons, the cartoonists in middle east majoritarily support Charlie Hebdo. Because they do the same kind of cartoons, and also get killed or worse in return.

Good thing Islam isn't a race because it's an ideology. Muslims are white, black, Asian, Hispanic.

This is what people were murdered over. Since the website is too scared to publish it (and that is why those cartoonists are dead), I'll post it here.

So when are refs going to start giving Robben the cry wolf treatment like they given Neymar up until his injury?

Normally I wouldn't be invested in this game. No personal or familial connection to either countries. However Robben's diving over the last couple of games has really turned me against the Netherlands. Which is silly when you consider that everybody dives. Anybody else feeling this way?

he's the pantomime villain of comment threads!

aw jeez, it's this guy again.

I'm not looking to quarrel with you but there's a distinction. Wagner didn't complain she was scored wrongly at nationals. She was chosen over someone else who had far less of a track record of success . Gymnastics does the same thing as do other sports. Wagner is talking about the actual scoring at the Olympics, and…

WOAH. The girl in the garter belt is pretty pornographic? No. It's not even a little, lets not exaggerate.

"She has a valid point."