I'm a flaming east coast liberal who likes both craft beer and Bud and I didn't mind the commercial. I've known too many pretentious jerks and hipsters who snub Budweiser and other "non micro-brew" beers and think they're somehow better people because they prefer expensive microbrews. It also ahs become a classist…

I grew up Catholic and to Catholic schools K-12 during the 80s, early 90s. I had a happy childhood, but because of my family, not the Church. I had nuns slap me, priests tell me everyone other than Catholics were going to hell, and lay teachers preach the evils of homosexuality. I am an avid atheist/agnostic sort…

Atheist here, raising kids without religion. They haven't committed any felonies yet. I live in an affluent New England town and although everyone is "cool" with atheism, religion is still everywhere. Lots of Jews, lots of Christians, and they all give me this blank look when I say I don't believe or follow any…

It absolutely is.

Oh wow, I cannot imagine a partner like that. I truly can't imagine the stress that would come from living with someone like that. I worked with abused women for a few years and he sounds so familiar, like a classic controlling and potentially abusive guy.

One difference, I'm not trying to end my fetus's life and people STILL try to exert control, from what I eat to whether I have a natural birth to when/if/where I breastfeed. Something about pregnant women just brings out the worst in people, certain people think of us as feeble-minded idiots and want to police and…

Me too! I am 6 mo. pregnant right now and I have never felt more policed by society. From scrutiny over getting a latte at Starbucks to having a non-alcoholic daiquiri at the beach last week to whether I should be in a hot tub (I was in it for about 2 minutes total). On these issues and many more, I have had…

I agree. I drink very rarely, I just don't like it, I feel ill and headachy from most alcohol. Feeling tipsy for 5 minutes doesn't compensate for feeling queasy and nasty for days. But people really look at me oddly, ask if I'm pregnant, and have even asked if I'm an ex-alcoholic (no). It's such an encouraged and…

Ah my home state's buffoons are up to it again. Where does one start with this... maybe smart guys like this brainiac "lawmaker" need to be careful where they ejaculate before they start talking about this topic?

Yes good point. Testosterone is crazy-inducing and basically produces a society in which men commit 90% of violent crimes and kill themselves (and women) in idiotic ways, yet somehow men (and stupid women who agree with them) have warped social discourse by saying estrogen makes women nuts and that it is women who…

Oh please. There's a distinct difference between being a stupid asshole and taking risks as a scientist or thinker. Most men are never going to win a Nobel prize, but many many of them will die from stupidity, whether it's drinking themselves into oblivion or hugging a tree with dad's car. You only need a handful…

I've had almost the exact same "conversation" with several dudes over the past 10 years (mostly before I got married/had kids and actually went out by myself). It went usually like this: "Hey bitch, what's your name/number?" Me: ~ignores~ Him: "Who do you think you are you f-ing bitch? F you bitch! You are a…

So NFL players make this big public statement about the Brown case and you all heartily approve...yet they reinstate that human garbage, Rice, and do practically NOTHING about rampant domestic/sexual violence perpetrated by gobs of NFL players. Silence.

I agree. I was born and raised Roman Catholic and it is equally bad in different ways. Orthodoxy and Catholicism are like two evil twins.

Yeah and that resulting large generation grew up disillusioned, discontent, and ultimately brought down that (communist) gov't in the late 1980s. Not quite what Ceausescu and his buddies had intended.

Most in the U.S. already support laws such as this and many states are in the process of getting them passed. Don't judge Russia until you look at our own hot mess in the U.S.

Ah, so you somehow deduced because women carry and give birth to children, they have a biological destiny to do nothing but care for them. Did god tell you this? Or did it just pop into your super smart brain?

What are "traditional" values? Do you even know what you're talking about or yearning for?

I have the same question, what is anti-feminism? Can't find a solid definition. Nothing like creating a whole movement that has no other purpose than tearing something else apart. I'm not sure how feminism became a dirty word, except that Fox News and people ala Rush Limbaugh have warped its presentation in public…

Wow, she looks 100% better!