Also a Warren supporter; your interpretation is the interpretation I like and would call “fair” and “giving credit where due,” but as written I thought it could also be read in a backhanded way. I get a little defensive about Warren; she she had actual plans, and America (once again) decided that being an intelligent…

That’s not how I read that sentence at all. (Caveat -- I support Warren) I see it as, The system is difficult and inequitable, and Elizabeth Warren tried to remedy some of that.

That, and the way it became a class signifier. Breastfeeding, especially for infants who don’t really thrive on much else, can be a huge time-suck (heh), thus in the days before standardized commercial formula, having a wet nurse - often of a marginalized social and/or racial group, was the easiest way for a mother to…

If there are any #notallmen trolls still hanging around, THIS, right here, is the missed opportunity that we feminists keep yelling about. I appreciate that Walker’s a bit busy (if he’s actually in Ukraine; it all seems kinda sketch), but he could have just tweeted a single fucking paragraph to his insane followers to …

I can’t believe I know this- or indeed, am going to tell you- but Kate actually doesn’t have a last name. She’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. No surname. Her hubs and bro-in-law used “Wales” when needed, on military uniforms or sewn into their underwear or whatever.

“Rape is mythical to straight white men while women walk around every day making conscious choices and decisions in the hope that maybe it will protect us from it.”

Except nobody is making these semantic arguments when thinking about war as humanitarian disasters. He isn’t talking about the political definitions of war in his quote. He is talking about the devastation. There have been no inter wars among countries in Africa. They have also been called “civil wars” or “conflicts”. …

Yeah, it’s a civil war though. There’s no danger of it spilling over into a larger conflict. It’s not splitting hairs. It’s ridiculous, and unproductive, to compare the Chechen wars or the takeover of Crimea to the full invasion of Ukraine. The takeover of Crimea and inflaming the conflict in Donbas should’ve woken…

There was no war to take over Crimea. And the Chechen wars are not really comparable, Chechnya was a republic of Russia, fought for independence, then got brought back into the fold. The Yugoslav wars came about from the breakup of Yugoslavia, so again more akin to an intra-country war and insurgency. While Putin…

This is exactly it - men never consider the idea that a) they could also be raped and b) it would be a deeply traumatising experience.

but did he even say it?

Cringe thing to say, but it is true. There hasn’t been a real war north of the Balkans or west of the Danube in Europe in almost 8 decades. 

To be fair, Kim may actually be unaware of that. She may be some kind of savant at marketing or influencing or whatever we’re calling her brand of totally useless contribution these days, but every time I’ve caught her in interviews she is dumb as a stump. We have got to stop conflating rich and successful with smart,…

So, I used to be in the military and one day a bunch of the guys were talking about how bad it would be for a woman in the military to be captured by the enemy because they would probably rape her.

I’m against fame as a concept, and don’t at all like people who seek fame for its’ own sake.

I owned that exact model corvette...although it was black with white leather (“Oyster” according to Chevy). Just got rid of it about 3 years ago. Car was a piece of shit, but it was a fun piece of shit (and mine didn’t have the California engine...but was still slower than most Tercels off the line).

and I don’t get losing her absolute shit about ... accurate language? Like, if you’re talking about menstrual needs you want to talk to people who menstruate. Not all cis women do! Some trans men do! 

Sounds like this cave dweller is a rapist disguised as a politician.

Has anyone else noticed that his stupid rape analogy contradicts what he actually says about contesting the election? When the woman next to him says something about that fight being over, he disagrees with her, saying he’s going to keep on contesting the election. He is trying to accuse her of having the “if rape is…

Chances of this guy having made his daughters take that creepy Purity Oath thing: 1000%.