I approached size 6 from the other direction. I was a teeny, tiny, itty, bitty, little thing until my late 20's. Slowly I gained 20% more weight over the years until I hit a size 6. I weigh more than I did, and I have flesh where I didn't used to, but size 6 is still pretty small. It's funny how different…

Actually the idea came from religious conservative groups and was drafted into two separate bills by Christ Smith (R-NJ). If this bad idea was not his own, the Boy King announced his public support for it (on at least two occasions that I'm aware of) and then signed it into law. And yes, that's exactly how politics…

Dear god, thank you. Maggie Gyllenhaal is sweet, talented, and, as a friend of mine says, "sneaky-hot." I adore her in Stranger Than Fiction.

The fact that they keep saying "prostitution and sex trafficking", as if the two are in the same fucking category, is what makes this such a bullshit oath. Fuck anyone who conflates the consensual sale of sex with making money off the rape of another human being, or pretends to be helping women by being flatly…

As someone studying public health and who got tested for HIV yesterday to help promote preventive measures: Yay! :)

Disney anamatronics managed to produce three blockbuster Pirates movies, so cross them off.

What's great about this is that a lot of women's movements in different cultures have trouble with a "violence against women" framework, because the individualism that we Westerners value so much isn't prized in many cultures, so the rhetoric falls flat or is even seen as cultural imperialism. But framing…

There's something called the bookstore principle. The idea is that a bookstore may contain illegal materials on it's shelves. However it is unreasonable to expect the bookstore owner to be familar with the contents of every book and relevant legislation. Once the bookstore is informed they have illegal material on…

Two hours is not nearly enough time to do the due diligence required to take down a project. Yes, it would have been awesome if they had but I wouldn't really trust them as a business if they made decisions that quickly without finding out the facts and speaking to those involved beforehand. 2 hours is not a lot of…

edit: Geez, I really need to stop writing such huge posts ><

"Race does not decide how you speak and present yourself."

Like you, i so over white people trying to be offended FOR me. i get it,you're not racist. No one cares.

Here's an example — Big Hoops by Nelly Furtado, with some thoughts from Adrienne K., the blogger at Native Appropriations, on why this is an example of "how to incorporate Natives without crossing the line into cultural appropriation":

I feel like someone has to really be unfamiliar with Southern and Middle American white cultures of poverty to think that African-Americans have the monopoly on fake nails, hair extensions, big earrings, and stripper culture. Not to say this isn't weird and doesn't reek of class tourism but I see what you're saying.

This strikes me as a macro version of the "It's all about me" response that white individuals routinely get criticized for in threads like these (including this thread).

Because conversations about stuff like this usually occur in the manner of:

Pull up a chair and let me tell you about me. I'm a 35 year old African-American woman living in the UK. That is relevant to what I am going to tell you.

As a black guy, thanks for being the only person with a brain in here.

Who has lauded Miley Cyrus?

I love how white people and academic black people are pretty much the only ones who get offended by this shit and then feel the need to tell everyone else why they should be offended... You all remind me of church missionaries trying to save my soul from sin.