Wait...my typing those words has transformed me into a man? Damn, girl. You been reading too much Harry Potter. *That's not how it works.*

I didn't say it was acceptable. I didn't say you were being wooed, all proper like. I didn't say you weren't being harassed. Generally speaking, though, getting the wrong kind of…

Yes, those men are hitting on her. That's why they're talking to her. It just happens to bother her. It may not be flattering, as it's not at all about who she is as a human being, and what she's owed (the ability to walk down the street without being harassed). From how she describes it, it's definitely not fun.

But…

When I was 16 and dorktastic, my homeroom teacher told me I really should smile more. And then she compared me to Holden Caulfield, which perplexed me. All sorts of assumptions.

Her point was that people may get the wrong idea. That if I looked sort of warm and welcoming, and were maybe more outgoing, I could make…

They're taking your supposed downcast state as an excuse to talk to you. Do you think they'd be so overly 'concerned' if you weren't pretty? I'd prefer this sort of intrusion to walking around feeling invisible. I know...we all have our own things we carry, but. Privilege.

How about the way Kanye refers to women as bitches in his songs? Are we supposed to be totally over that?

There are far more women than people with Parkinsons, even if we're not all agreed that 'bitch' is offensive. Why does he get a pass for this?

I just want to say that, with the text over his forehead and chin, the fellow in the video looks like a 5:00 shadow-version of Phil Collins.

I guess he has more than one thing to regret.

Way to shout down a differing opinion.
Goodness knows the only way to be a feminist is in high heels, kabuki pancake makeup, and a thong. Only self-haters hesitate.

Thank you; I was wondering about this.

Thank you for covering this so responsibly.

I am playing "I'm Every Woman" while painting my nails an empowered red. Careful you don't do me wrong, because "Chain of Fools" is queued and can be deployed at any moment.

"As to the pretty girls who went past, from the day on which I had first know that their cheeks could be kissed, I had became curious about their souls. And the universe had appeared to me more interesting." - Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove

Ha ha ha! Yes.

I feel like some of the attempt to make modern feministic empowerment inseparable from libidinousness is, in the end, just part of the reshaping of a feminism that is more palatable to men, so acceptable to women who want to thrive within the mainstream and attain the traditional rewards that go with not deviating too…

'Wasn't I clever when I hinted by offering him a minty beverage that I don't want his cock anywhere near me?' Well...I'm sorry...no.

If it let you virtually eat these things, you could be a jarpet muncher. #justsayin

"Women-oriented scifi?" It can be like, a cross between sex and the city and the prisoner? terrific...pennyfarthings, political commentary, and impractical shoes...just what I've been waiting for.

I'd have to have seen the movie, to be honest. Sorry.

The difference between a romance novel and a sci-fi book is that the former is specifically for the purpose of spanking it. Both the men and the women on the cover are exemplary, it goes without saying.

Right, because to even be in the picture - any picture - a woman would have to be a half-naked fantasy. But women are more than their surfaces, and turnabout is fair play. By putting themselves in the place of the women, the authors may not be striking at the absurdity, but they're at least part of a project that…

It used to be that white people could just shut down a conversation in this way, by saying "this movie is not about race", to imply that the other person is a big old whiner. These days, it'd be more accurate to say "I don't care about race, and as a representative of the culturally dominant group, I expect filmmakers…