Just keep in mind that "progress" isn't a monolithic positive force. As the saying goes "You know what's progressive, too? Cancer." Progressing from point A to point B can also express itself in building large industrial zones where the locals slave away for pennies so the owners abroad can reap the dollars. This way,…

You're confused. io9 is run predominantly by feminist women. The EIC is a woman. A large portion of the writing staff are women. There are queer feminist women running the very site your using. Issues regarding women don't need a special space to be discussed at all times. This is a comic book issue. If you…

Don't you hate it when sexism invades your comics?

Current hunter gatherer cultures that do not ascribe to Abrahamic belief systems do not have the same patriarchal attitudes as most current societies.

You collect data, then reach conclusions, not the other way around.

You know how if you watch an episode of Star Trek or whatever and there's a redshirt in a dangerous situation? They die and you aren't surprised at all and maybe even roll your eyes and say "ugh saw that coming a mile away". It would be nice for women to not be redshirts, so that countless stories don't start with…

Probably film her mostly at a distance in a flesh colored suit, from the point of view of the people leering at her, then keep the close shots focused on her face.

Patron Driven Aquisition is not something new to this library, it's something a lot of libraries are checking out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron-dr…

This is the first time in years that I've actively wanted to link someone to goatse. Thank you for giving me back a piece of my childhood.

Can you be more specific? Like, what exactly do they say? "Hey you in the skirt? Way to set back the women's movement! Buy some pants!" I mean, I'm really trying to imagine how this goes down as I've never seen anything like it. I've seen a man eat a whole head of cauliflower on the bus, while crying silently. I've…

You forgot to use the word "sheeple".

Dude, you are fascinating. What is your time frame for all this? Do you think it will be a practical reality in months? Years? Decades? Do you identify as a Libertarian?

I appreciate your dry humor.

There were kids who bullied me in 7th grade. It was fairly severe. They called me satan, and made crosses in shop and followed me around with them. One of them even hit me in the face. I was a weird and different kind of kid, I wrote a lot of poetry and defended abortion clinics on saturday mornings and did musical…