I just wrote this to retrogirl, so sorry for the post spammage, but I think it's a really important point. I realise I might have sounded a bit like I was assuming if your parents pay for your education everything else is EASY STREET. But you just need to be aware that it doesn't matter how much you shop at goodwill,…

So have I, and it doesn't matter whether you like it or not, when your friends KNOW your loans are all paid, they're gonna think you sound like a bit of dick when you say things like that. Is that a nice thing for them to do? Probably not (poor me pissing matches a lame all around). But I my broader point about not…

Awww shit, I just realised you might be trollin. In which case, awesomely played.

RICH BITH HERE TOO. You know what I learned? Saying things like 'I shop at goodwill! I don't live in a fancy apartment!' When all your friends know your parents paid for your entire university education, it just makes you sound like more of a douche. Just accept the fact that you're fucking lucky. Your bit of…

I fucking love picnics. And you can pry my overpriced French champagne out of my cold dead hands*

*death due to alcohol poisoning/ant bite allergic reaction. no regrets.

I think there's a difference between straight forward language and what this lady is using. I don't know any aussie or kiwi who would talk like this, and who wouldn't be repulsed by some one talking like this, unless they were just a pretty gross person to begin with.

Why do I now have a sudden urge to get a 'Better is Better!' tattoo. I feel like it applies to so much of everything!

"Burning Down The House" ... because, well obvs
"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)" for boating accidents
"Get Off My Cloud" for plane crashes
"Where Is My Mind" for fatal brain injuries
"Tobacco Road" for lung cancer
"No One Knows" Coronial Inquest returned an inconclusive verdict...
"Sex on Fire" Coronial Inquest returned a…

OHHH YES...last week a bunch of us ate a whole lot o BBQ and then worked through our meat coma while watching practical magic. Devine.

'I have not once seen anyone even remotely credible talk about why an ass grab is harmful'

What would you consider credible? What exactly do you want to know? Because quite a few people have given you quite clear explanations of why its harmful (kind of including yourself in your first post!)

I'm just super curious…

How embarrasing!

Here is the thing, okay? Coming into a feminist conversation with, “Have you considered that sometimes women acquire free drinks at bars?” is like walking into graduate school during Philosophy finals and saying, “Have you considered that the color blue that I see may not be the color blue that you see?”

I think it's great that you want to find an explanation for things like this (instead of "women, lol, stop overreactin!!" but I'm going to leave this quote here to give you a bit of context on maybe why people jump down your throat or think you're being an asshole (I don't think you were down the asshole end of the…

I guess I'm kind of confused because it's sort of like you're keep answering your own question, but then still saying you don't understand?

- It might be triggering for some one who's experienced sexual assault
- It might be triggereing for some one who's experienced any other kind of physical assault
- It's upsetting to be constantly reminded as a woman that your body is public property, and to know that men, even one's you loved, can't or won't try to…

- It might be triggering for some one who's experienced sexual assault
- It might be triggereing for some one who's experienced any other kind of physical assault
- It's upsetting to be constantly reminded as a woman that your body is public property, and to know that men, even one's you loved, can't or won't try to…

This is exactly the point that redyelloworanj was making, that you're filtering women's experience through your own. If you honestly can't figure out why a stranger grabbing a woman might be harmful (physically or mentally) then why not take at face value the many women who do articulate that it is harmful? Why not…

So you need some one to explain to you why a stranger grabbing you is harmful?

The real irony here is that women have been explaining the reasons why we don't generally react aggressively to men violating our personal space/bodily autonomy, and none of it seems to have sunk in. I think you need to do some more reading.

Agh, those condoms! What a nice (weird! freaky! confusing!) touch