It is trying to get rid of the context. Gaming is media. So yes, they'd definitely consider her job as a media commentator, but seeing as this was a gaming event and she was receiving an award for her commentary on gaming and that a lot of animosity has been aimed at her since she started critiquing games, that is…

That's still too broad. You're trying to divorce the issue from its context again. This was a person who was angry she was receiving an award at a gaming convention. You can't ignore that context. If this was a random comment left on one of her many youtube videos, I'd agree with you. But this is linked to gaming…

How popular do you think Sarkeesian is? Generally there's an intersection of people who know about her. Other feminists and gamers. Other feminists is even a broad term. Really only young feminists know about her. My parents, for example, are feminists and neither of them have ever heard of her. Those feminists that…

I'm just trying to explain why this logical jump isn't as egregious as you're making it. Of course each individual has specific reasons of their own as to why they do what they do. But it's not possible to divorce the issue from its context. Just because we can't know for sure doesn't mean we don't look at the details…

But you can see why, contextually, we can make that jump? If someone makes a racist comment to a black actor in a TV show with a cult following, it's possible and perhaps even likely that, because this person believes they have a vested interest in the show and they are a racist, they feel compelled to make such a…

Of course there are varying ideas in feminism. But the main point is still the same: equality.

It's hard to draw comparisons between these two groups. You're talking about gaming as though it's an ideological movement like feminism. In order to be a feminist, one has to fit the definition of someone who believes in gender equality and the equality of all people regardless of gender, race, sexuality, class,…

Oh no, guys. I'm turning 22 next Thursday! What will I do with my withered, aged self now? Guess I'll just give up and never go out again.

Can we use the comments on this post to talk about ghost stories? I don't think I can wait for Halloween to hear some good ones.

I actually have horrible phobias of medical procedures, but thanks for the advice! I have considered it but the idea freaks me out too much.

I don't think there's one near me - plus I'm a college student and I really can't afford to spend a lot of money on bras...or anything else, haha.

Yes! Especially if you have an uncommon band size to cup size ratio. I'm currently wearing the more comfortable of only two bras that I own. Even this one is made of just lace and it's kinda scratchy. I wear a 34J. Tiny ribcage and giant boobs. It's impossible to find a bra that fits me in a store so I have to do a…

Still, just thought I'd try to explain the reactions and maybe continue the conversation, sans vitriol.

Of course boys are conditioned, too. But I think the reason you're receiving such a negative reaction to this comment is because most women have, at some point in their lives, tried to explain to a man or many men that sexism is real. We've been brushed off in countless ways. Of course boys are conditioned in certain…

I understand your scenarios and I agree with some of your concerns, but at the same time, people's medical information is private for a reason. I understand, too, that Wendy Davis brought this up herself and therefore kind of opened the door for it, but judging by the place she lives in, her having two abortions would…

I think fact-checking ends where someone's medical privacy begins.

Oh, definitely. And nobody hates that conflation more than kinksters. It makes us look like abusers.

Oh, you don't have to explain to me about kinky porn. I'm a Domme in a consensual D/s relationship. My problem is that most "vanilla" hetero porn is really just gross oversimplification of the female submissive/male dominant side of kink - one that is safe and fulfilling if carried out properly by all involved. It…

First, I'm sorry that happened to you. Second, your middle paragraph is something I think about all the time. With sexual stuff being so taboo and with casually violent porn so readily available, it's hard to know when you meet someone if they're going to turn out to be a fucking creep. Oh yeah, he's got a good job…

That kind of kinky behavior where it may not look safe or sane to others is kind of my specialty. I think it's more what sexual partners think of what's going on. Like some people may not think it's sane that I like to put on a dildo in a harness and fuck my boyfriend with it, but for us it's perfectly normal. For…