About a year ago, I decided to challenge myself to buy and read books written by women for an entire year. I was angry about a lot of things, lol, and wanted to give my money explicitly to people I wanted to support. I read a lot, so I thought this would be challenging...

I just finished “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante... sooo good, read it in basically two sittings, am now in my way to pick up the rest of the series.

I have to add Kameron Hurley to the mix here, her most recent sci-fi novel, “the Stars are Legion” is so, so, so good. Lesbians in space!

No, men absolutely do brag about things like that. Not even just in all male spaces, but loudly and in public. Ask me how I know and I’ll tell you all about the time at the gym when i overheard two men bragging about how the previous evening they took turns raping a woman who had passed out from drinking too much.

Huh? Scotland mostly voted Leave? In which universe is 38% most?

Agreed on all points. I firmly believe that a society that truly does not tolerate sexualized violence against girls and women (and nb people) is also a society that does not tolerate sexualized violence against boys and men.

Who is claiming this, here, in this thread?

There are significantly more than just pockets of black people in London... the 2011 census puts the black population of London at over 1 million, or roughly 13%. Not sure where you were where you only saw black people infrequently...

Trans women are not men. They’re women. Gtfo with your trans exclusionary b.s. Trans women have just as much of a right to the same public facilities as you do.

And then what’s galling is that a lot of these people will turn around and say “look at those child brides in that *brown* country over there, how uncivilised, see, you feminest (sic) you have it so good here be grateful” with no apparent irony.

Really? It’s *more* progressive to get rid of a pageant than it is to get men to stop groping and raping women? Are you serious?

You’re absolutely correct. I am only speaking from my experience when I say that seeing evidence is a huge help, even if it’s not foolproof

That’s great that that tactic worked for you, but for a lot of people who are being abused and/or gaslighted by their partners, finding actual physical evidence is super important. It grounds you in reality and gives you something real to work with. It’s not always so simple as just asking and then walking away if the…

Yes, unfortunately a lot of doctors (in the us at least) have a very poor opinion of some of their patients. I know a white republican surgeon type who has privately crowed about refusing to sign off on medicaid paperwork for mobility chairs for some of his black patients (those moochers should get back to work, he…

Yes, like you, I came here looking for apologies. I don’t see any yet, probably won’t. I posted this in a different thread, but it’s amazing how much good faith is automatically given to men who have shown repeatedly that they don’t deserve it. :/

Yeah I came here looking for apologies from people who didn’t believe HW had anything to do with that warrant. It’s amazing how much good faith is afforded to men who have shown repeatedly they don’t deserve it...

Jacqueline. Carey.

I went through a very similar thing a few years ago, with struggling with a PhD and depression, a shitty cheating boyfriend and a lot of other things. I ended up leaving my program, which was humiliating and scary as fuck at the time. But.. I’m still here. I have to take every day at a time, and my life has improved…

Yeah, no respect for Catholics here, biggest bunch of fucking hypocrites ever. Paedophile priests, abusive nuns, worship of men and the only good woman was the one who gave birth as a virgin. They give money every Sunday to fund the most secretive and corrupt organisation on planet Earth. Anti birth control, anti…

How cool would it be if these people realised (and cared) that abuse and harassment hurts other people :/