New pope.

>We still have not heard anything about the fate of this submarine

I’m in my 40s and turning out the lights when someone was in the bathroom (that didn’t have windows) was a classic joke. I don’t know about the girls, but we boys did it to each other all the time.

Her daughter isn’t experiencing any sexism; her neurotic mother is imagining it all and rushing in to coddle her child, which is going to really screw the kid’s life up. Just the fact that you’re suggesting a 4-year-old playing with the light switch could lead to rape shows how far out of control this discussion is.

That’s a typical childhood prank; we did it all the time - including boys doing it to boys. There’s nothing “serious” about it, especially at age 4.

No child is going to internalize everything you just described from Wonder Woman pushing a swing. For all we know Aqua Man was baking a cake on page 10.

We did this when I was in second grade and I’m in my 40's. Cafeteria was on the lowest floor of the building (basement?) and had no windows. Cafeteria bathrooms then were very dimly lit. We used to tell each other stories about them being haunted; the boys’ bathroom also connected to some other room that was no longer…

Oh good lord. When I was in 2nd grade, reaching in for the light switch was a time-honored joke, especially the cafeteria ones as they were windowless (basement floor) and we talked about them being haunted. This was... well, a few decades ago. This is not “unusual”, nor is it “breaking a taboo” during a “vulnerable…

Taken off the shelves? Because Wonder Woman was pushing someone on a swing? WTH?

How the heck is it sexist? Why can’t Wonder Woman push a swing? SOMEONE needed to be pushing the swing; the book is obviously teaching verbs. There’s nothing wrong with pushing a swing. In fact, we don’t see what the other superheroes are doing, maybe because Aquaman is saving a kitten from a tree or something.

THANK YOU. I was about to write this. I can’t believe the author didn’t make the connection when writing this or rereading her essay.

Helicopter parenting? This is a fully-loaded Apache.

It’s not even bullying so much as a practical joke. We did this as boys (to each other) when I was in 2nd grade, and that was decades ago.

There wasn’t a “thing”. Her daughter was complemented. Just saw a young man getting a professional photograph taken yesterday and the photographer told him “You’re lucky you have a naturally good smile, unlike most people.” Was this some sort of sexism? There’s nothing wrong with people being nice to each other or…

They sail along and occasionally poke into the water with a really big stick.

Surface.

“Raihnbowkidz’s story is most interesting to me because it pulls back the curtain on the work and sacrifice that goes into making yourself look good.”

Boardgame junkies hate me, but there’s no reason games today should cost more than Monopoly, about $12 at Amazon. Construction costs are just cardboard and plastic. These $55-$85 board game prices are just ridiculous.

There’s no seals tax; they’re dolphins!

If Hillary was indicted (which has zero chance of happening since it’s impossible to imagine Hillary knows anything about e-mail servers and *intent* is necessary for the charges people are speculating about) wouldn’t Obama just pre-emptively pardon her? The other option would be Joe Biden jumping into the race and…