Let's pretend for a moment that vaccines do cause autism (they don't but we are pretending to make a point.)

Don't quote me on this, but I think its because the pigs are literally in confined spaces and not able to move around. The people who work on the farms come into the confinement areas and literally turn the pigs around. :/ Or at least, that's what friends of mine who worked at them said.

I live in Iowa and my boyfriend was talking to one of his buddies who works on a hog farm. His buddy said he's about ready to quit his job over this whole virus mess. Not only is the virus killing piglets, but the owners of the hog confinements are making all the guys work on them kill piglets even suspected of having…

Except while living their lives, they face real issues that pertain to this patriarchal paradigm. Both men and women suffer under patriarchy, men less so, but they still suffer. Just because a person may not be able to name the word that describes the oppression they face doesn't mean it doesn't exist in their world.…

I've read this whole thread and I think sometimes you make very good points, but a lot of it is messed up in the other messages you are knowingly (and possibly unknowingly) sending out. IE: You bring up obesity rates. Obesity and the problems that come with it are something that we as a society should be concerned…

I actually think that's his defense. He's saying non-consensual sex to evoke a picture in people's minds - "she might not have said yes, but she didn't say no," type of thing. Just like rape evokes a particular picture (thanks media!) of a scary forced sexual encounter by a total stranger. Its disgusting, but I think…

Yeah... uhhh no. Women are taught to value looks above all else because that's what men are taught to value about women. When women trash each other about looks, it is a symptom of the broader patriarchal society saying, "a woman's worth is only in how attractive and fuckable she is to a man."

I actually played with Barbies in all sorts of ways. She seemed a great toy for using my imagination. I would re-enact movies I'd seen, or books I'd read (yeah, I played with Barbies until I was 12...) or create adventures for them to go on. I think that a lot of girls do this actually. Jezebel had an open thread…

Your point about the messages being sent out with the toys and kids' programming is so on-point!

Does He-Man still exist? I mean for this current generation of kids? Barbie is over 50 years old, and her marketing has stayed the same. Barbie dolls are still made, commericals for them are on tv, and she has movies. I'm not arguing at all that He-Man doesn't present an unrealistic or unattainable type of…

I think the difference is that men traditionally, and in many ways still do, have the power in society. They are the rulers, the king-makers, the default setting for what it means to be human, to be successful. A man doesn't have to be attractive to achieve success. A woman doesn't either, but in reality, she is…

That's called patriarchy.

I think you articulated my feelings about this doll pretty well. I think its fantastic that she is made to look like an average human girl. But I really feel this doll is more for parents than for children. As a little girl, I LOVED Barbies. They were my favorite toy. If I'd seen this doll, I'd think she was rather…

I'm trying to set that example for my 18 mo old son. He is primarily interested in balls, so we have a lot of those, and he recently saw his cousin playing with a car so I got him a few toy cars. But he loves his pink stuffed bunny (who speaks with his Grandma's voice) and wanted mermaid barbies after seeing his older…

We're not together now, mutual decision, but my ex and I were supposed to be a one-night stand thing. We met at a party, had a blast and I went home with him. That was supposed to be it. But he called the girl who invited me to the party to get my number and we were together for 7 years. Still friends.

Minneapolis isn't really a hotspot for the types of placing I'm talking about... I'm talking like the little podunk towns where the population is 70% Mexican because the Tyson is the biggest employer and actively recruits immigrants. I get what you are saying, but I'm talking authentic, madre y padre shops that maybe…

Have you seen her in Dredd? Holy spaceballs! She makes the most terrifying, violent villain ever.

It wasn't a COUNTY shelter. It was a rescue agency. Your reading comprehension skills are either very poor or you are purposely changing your idea of what the story states. Also, at what point does it say Ms. Torres had never taken her dog to the vet?

First off, it wasn't a county shelter. It was a a rescue agency. A private agency. Second, the article plainly states this was in LA and the dog was taken to the rescue agency ACROSS town. I'm not sure how many shelters and rescue agencies are in LA the city, let alone the county. Also, the article states Ms. Torres…

I wonder that too. It seems pretty suspicious that the dog wound up all the way across LA in a rescue group as opposed to being in a county shelter. Which I'm not sure how it works in large cities, my city is moderate to small sized, but if my pet were to go missing I'd look first at the actual shelter first.