This is just a quibble, but I think Slutdown is an awful tag for the shutdown. Contraception was used as an excuse, but we all know that it was just an excuse. This is a whole lot bigger than birth control... as this article demonstrates.

Guckyou didn't say not having access to abortion isn't bad. S/he said those other things are JUST AS BAD. And I agree with her/him. Those things fuck up your life as much as not being able to control your own pregnancy.

Woody has some pretty extreme child molestation allegations against him (no not regarding Soon-Yi) so I'm not so sure who I'd prefer.

Yeah, I get that same feeling too. It's pretty disheartening at times, though I am pretty used to it, especially as a WoC.

I mean, I thought people who at least appear to be into feminist issues would understand "there are certain things you don't say/say very delicately to certain people of marginalized groups because of context" since, you know, I thought that, at least as it applies to women, was a big part of feminism.

Wow. I am not the most trans knowledgeable person, but I am flabbergasted at the responses you are getting. People really don't hear themselves sometimes.

Wow. I am not the most trans knowledgeable person, but I am flabbergasted at the responses you are getting. People really don't hear themselves sometimes.

At this point it's obviously best that the guy moves out, and I don't blame LW1 for not wanting him around, but she doesn't make it sound like she talked with him about it when the problem started to emerge. If they were friends that would be the right thing to do.

I tried to be polite hoping you'd reconsider your words, but let me be clear: saying certain people shouldn't go to college is ridiculously offensive, which is why so many people are disagreeing with you. If you don't think it's offensive that's your problem but don't start saying who should and shouldn't go to…

No it's not weird or selfish. There are lots if reasons to go to college, but the main one is to get an education. Not only is she not obligated to socialize with anyone, but there is nothing wrong with not socializing, anxiety or not.

I think another thing to remember when you are doing international travel is, well, you're doing international travel. You're probably more well-off, "cultured", educated, etc. than the local people you're running into since you have the privilege of international travel and they may or may not. That means you are…

I think mocena hits an important point, but another thing is you can travel thousands of miles on the American continent and encounter essentially two major languages: English and Spanish. And probably most of us can place Mexican, Canadian, and the major regional US accents (Southern, New England, West Coast,…

When I worked at McDonald's and had to eat there 4-5 days a week you bet I got the salads.

Seriously, I try to avoid fast food and I don't really care to contribute money to McDonald's for a multitude of reasons, but sometimes you're broke or drunk at 2 am or that's where everyone wants to go and you're the one holding everyone back making it all difficult.

Websites that focus on trends getting mad at trends is so meta.

Haha. I love how you completely evaded my poiny by focusing on my dumb joke.

I had a very delicious baked potato with a side of crispy onions last time I went to a steakhouse. It was awesome, I'd go back.

What is even your point? If you contribute to one cruel industry, contribute to all of them? That's ridiculous.

Same thing happened to my brother, found out about his (lack of) son when the kid was 3 years old. I'm choking back tears on behalf of Idris remembering the pain it caused my brother and entire family.

I'm actually a graduate student studying urban planning and anyone can tell you that a huge indicator of the success of a public space is how many women are present there, primarily because women generally take safety into consideration more than men.