This deserves a lot more attention. I expect my partner to get along with my friends - to be able to dine together, play games together, etc. If you can’t talk to women you aren’t boning, you can’t be friends with my friends. And if you can’t be friends with my friends (maybe not BEST friends, but like, enjoy basic…

There is no good answer to being a woman; the art may instead lie in how we refuse the question.

It’s not that you’re mansplaining, it’s that you don’t really understand what it’s like to be a woman and deal with these kinds of expectations. (Or at least that’s the impression I got from your comment.)

Nope, you are not the only one! It’s certified grade-A creepy. I can’t remember wanting to partner dance with my dad at any age, and that hasn’t changed now that I’m an adult. I wish the father-daughter wedding dance wasn’t a Thing. I don’t want to do it, but when the day comes I’m not sure I’ll be able to get out of…

I’m pretty sure Rubio is just a portkey disguised as a leaky boot. And Jeb Bush is Gilderoy Lockhart.

I agree, but for different reasons. GG’s constant refrain is “ethics in gaming journalism.” I kind of want them to have a ton of opportunities to talk about ethics in gaming journalism, mostly because I think those conversations either (a) will not happen at all, or (b) will be immediately, vehemently, and childishly…

You’re welcome!

For my 5th (when I was in college), my friends got me a pinata. Kid-style birthdays are the best. I might do a trampoline park myself this year!

That said, SXSW is a big tent and we strongly believe in showcasing a very diverse range of ideas and opinions, even if we as a staff don’t always agree with them.

The article links to a Slate article written by Sinders. She describes (a) submitting her anti-harassment panel for voting, (b) learning that Gamergate had a thread on reddit to create a counter-panel, (c) expressing concern about the counter-panel and the reddit campaign to downvote her to SXSW officials, (d) being…

I know this is not the point of this thread, but I’m a leap day baby and IT IS THE BEST. People genuinely get excited about my birthday, even now that I’m over 30. Imagine being a 32-year-old with a birthday on Valentine’s Day, being single, and trying to get your friends to come out and celebrate with you, even…

Yes to everything you said. I’ve seen a few videos of non-black girls being treated this way, but I’ve seen far worse done to black girls, and far more frequently. This one comes immediately to mind because the video went viral: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/04/ixe…

I don’t want to get into a back-and-forth discussion, but I’d like to encourage you to rethink a lot of what you’ve said in this thread. Specifically:

A fair number of these churchgoers used to live within walking/Metro distance of their church, because they grew up in DC and the church was part of their local community.

Are you confusing it with Dunst’s Wimbledon movie?

I agree, but I doubt that was how it was originally phrased. There’s no way this lady called them “nice sleek pants” — I’d bet on either “skintight” or “revealing”. There’s zero chance that comment was in any way a compliment on the pants themselves, since it’s nestled within a criticism of the actual women who are…

I just know that women make rash decisions emotionally – they make very permanent, cemented decisions -

Yep! His own words, from “Dead & Gone”:

I wonder what would happen if a headphone company made a visually distinct headphone - like, cherry red with giant Xs on the earpieces - and aggressively advertised with the statement, “These headphones are for people who don’t want to be interrupted. If you buy these, don’t expect anyone to talk to you. Everyone…

the real issue not a lack of rules, it is a lack of respect, which manifests as faux-obliviousness to social cues