Cali's got problems, but damn, it's days like this when I'm really proud to live here. And think of the small kids who enter the school system in years to come — they won't think this is odd in any way. Trans* kids being treated well will be the norm, and all the kids around them will think nothing of their Trans*…

The one thing I would like, which has very little to do with transgender rights specifically, but is inspired by the inclusion of allowing them to join either sports team:

Every time I see a positive portrayal of transgender issues in left-leaning media I have a slight upswing in mood, only to feel gutted by the willful cruelty in the comments section.

Gawker posted a story about this yesterday. Do not go read the comments over there. Every time someone claimed they had a "basic understanding of science" therefore born-with-penis = boy, I wanted to reach through my screen and strangle someone.

They don't. Single women are doomed to a life of unhappiness and poverty and will die young and alone, covered in spiderwebs because their cats are too aloof to kill the spiders, and their corpses won't even be found based on the smell because they'll be perfectly preserved thanks to all the booze single women drink…

Is that possible? gay people who don't support gay rights? ._.

Have her vegan powers revoked.

What if as a meat eater I want to shame a super annoying associate who won't shuttup about being vegan but will literally order a salmon salad covered in cheese right after expounding on the virtues of veganism? Should I just use the traditional method of putting them in the stocks?

HOLD UP.

Oh, definitely. The problem is TOO MUCH ATTENTION towards sexual misconduct. Yup. Schools are just falling all over themselves to help and believe victims.

Further proof that everyone who whines about "political correctness" is just saying "When I act like a racist/sexist/homophobic asshole, society doesn't give me its unqualified blessing like it used to."

I was recently let go from a restaurant job, and my main regret was not stealing enough spoons while I was there.

You know, as a formally religious Jew living in a town full of predominantly religious Muslims, I call bullcaca. Religious women DO wear make-up. They DO style their hair- even if you can't see it under the scarf, you bet your sweet tuchus it looks rockin underneath. Muslim women in the long robes the names of which I…

This.

Can you provide context for this? I have to decide whether to vote for him, and this would be a big ish. My reading (& memory) indicates that the first, famous pic in the underwear was mistakenly sent (which indicates dumbness but not malfeasance, so still a problem for a mayor), but that the others were women he…

I don't know that it's bullshit if people don't actually know about the woman who wasn't soliciting dick pics. People make decisions based on the information they have at the time, not based on all the information there actually is. And feminist organizations have not exactly been doing a spectacular job of putting…

How about we retire the expression "bad feminist"? I mean everyone does things that go against feminism, not matter how you interpret the word, because to err is human, and social structures etc. being what they are.

Maybe people are learning that qualities that make you a horrible husband/wife don't necessarily make you a horrible politician?