I know I'm not the original commenter, but this article might be of interest to you: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/unofficial-pro… According to the study, men and women in hiring positions were equally gender biased.

Can you give snippets of the texts? I mean, is the exchange itself what you want to talk about, or do you just want to vent about the crappy day in general? (Either is obviously fine, just trying to be an outlet if you want to talk about a specific case of the weirds.)

Hummmmmmmina...that is all kinds of distracting.

Holy shit, those are beautiful!!! I wish I had one tenth your talent.

Alas, even if Lara Croft had shown up in the room with us, guns blazing, I don't think it would have swayed him. (Although now I am imagining a Dogma-style board room scene of intimidation where we make those execs apologize for all their sexist tripe and it's strangely comforting, so thank you for that.)

Yep. He tries not to take offense, but...imagine you're about to have sex with a guy for the first time. He's the one who's had a silent crush on you for forever, and all of a sudden he gets a phone call (which he answers while on top of you, half naked), apologizes for being rude and taking the phone call, then does…

That's it exactly: they're the ones enforcing social norming and they don't even realize it. They see the world conforming to their expectations but they don't see how their choices set those same limits for others. It's impossible to argue against people with that mindset — you can't point to counter-examples unless…

Haha, lemme finish a few other projects first and I will get right back to it. ;) Reading all of the positive feedback has been so encouraging, we just might do it.

Will do! I think she and I both shelved the idea and moved on to other projects after that defeat (it was brutal), so I doubt we'll be coming back to it any time soon, but if we ever get back around to it I will hunt you down on Kinja. :) What kind of art do you do, drawing/painting stuff or costumes/sets/etc?

Agreed. Books first, always and forever.

History is awesome. Some famous female pirates were just ship captains or crew (still impressive, but not legendary), but Grace O'Malley and Ching Shih were no joke. If I'm remembering properly, both of them consolidated power after the deaths of their husbands, dallied with much younger men, extorted seaside villages…

Parents: "What's on your Christmas list this year?"

I'm so, so glad that my parents let me buy whatever kinds of toys I wanted as a kid. I had tons of Dino Riders and every single character from Thundercats and TMNT. The paint is completely worn off on my Pumyra, Cheetarah, and April toys from playing with them so much. Back then it never occured to me that the aisles…

A few years ago, my friend and I worked up a proposal for a book about Ching Shih, the pirate queen of China who started out as a prostitute and wound up commanding tens of thousands of pirates in the early 19th century. Britain, China, and Portugal all sent their navies after her and all gave up because she was such…

$550 million is the equivalent of the One Ring for me. I would buy the Democratic Party and go to war with the Koch Brothers. I would have nothing but good intentions...at first.

I guess where we come down is a difference in how we view something like "abortion insurance." From your previous comments, it seemed to me like your take is that this is a luxury some women should have to pay because they want to be able to abort with impunity - that they're not taking other precautions, so they…

The Hyde amendment already ensures that tax dollars don't go towards funding abortions. Please take the time to read up on it, as it should answer some of your concerns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Amen…

May I direct you to He's Just Not That Into You? The phrase "You're the exception, not the rule!" still makes me vomit a little in my soul.

No, rants are good. :) Just wanted to make sure there wasn't something else going on there that had gone completely over my head. Thanks for clarifying!

Can I ask you a question about one thing? I agree with your comment, but was confused by, "people outside of Native Americans who are offended by the redskin term…why do you care?" I'm white as sin, so when I hear that dialogue start up, I try to shut up & listen to how native groups feel about the term; the…