Of course. The state determined he needed those guns to “protect himself” in bathrooms.

I think there are probably a variety of methods to it, because what my therapist does is a bit different from what Major Lazer Power Blazer described, at least at this point. It’s almost like an eye exam, when your ophthalmologist moves the little light and has you follow it with your eyes? My therapist just moves her…

I’m being treated with EMDR for PTSD now, too, and it’s been really helpful. I didn’t know anything about it when my therapist started it, and I thought it sounded silly. More fool me. At least for me, it’s taking some of the immediacy out of that emotional loop, giving me some distance from it.

This article felt like a Mallory Ortberg piece for The Toast. This is the highest compliment I have ever paid anyone, with the possible exception of the time I told my friend she had Sherilyn Fenn eyebrows.

This happens to my partner and I a lot, even though we live in the bluest city in a very blue state. We’re both fairly femme, and we’re regularly hit on by waiters who think we’re two straight friends. When we correct them, sometimes they’re cool about it, but sometimes the whole “want some company?” thing comes up. A…

I’m with you a 1000%. I would want to know. Maybe it would be the end, maybe it wouldn’t, but I’d want the information so I could choose for myself, so we’d both be operating with the same knowledge. I don’t want or need to be protected from the truth. Even if it was a one-time thing, it was a breach of trust that we…

I’m youngish now (mid-twenties), and I sometimes fall into the trap of getting stuck in my own narrative like that, even though I’m coming from an entirely different side of the conversation. I’m gay and, on a clear day when the wind’s just right, I can see the poverty line from my paycheck. Because of that, children…

Interesting side note: I looked up the voting record on this bill. Here’s a link: South Dakota Vote on SD HB1008

I’d argue that trans girls (and boys) almost definitely have even more insecurities than most thirteen-year-olds, if only because a large section of the world won’t accept them for who they are. I hope that changes, and soon. Life’s hard enough without having to deal with bigotry and pervasive violence on top of it.…

As someone who was once a thirteen-year-old girl, I’d just like to say: this bill does not in any way represent my bathroom needs. Making sure there’s always toilet paper in the stalls? Yep. Making sure the toilets aren’t clogged? Sure. A working tampon dispenser? Absolutely. A lack of graffiti on the wall? Ummm...I…

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I need this to stop. I need these things to stop happening. Every time I read an article like this, I feel like I’m being crushed, so I turn away, I stop coming here for awhile, I stop reading. But I know the stories are still here, still happening, one after another after another, and these are just the crimes that…

"I feel that.."

I'm not as pessimistic. Gracepoint has turned out to be a surprisingly well-made recreation of Broadchurch with some strong performances, very similar tone and almost shot-for-shot recreations of scenes. You do have to wonder why they didn't just air the original, but they've handled the source material respectfully…

The immediate danger is resolved, but the overarching issues are still there. That said, it's absolutely worth watching in its entirety (which is only 12 episodes in total, after all). I didn't even pick it up until the last episode of series 2 was available, and then I ended up unintentionally binge-watching the…

The one good thing I can see coming of the cancellation is that Fiona O'Shaughnessy might be available to be recast as Jessica Hyde. Transferring the entire cast wouldn't make a great deal of sense, unfortunately, but transferring Fiona could work in much the same way transferring David Tennant from "Broadchurch" to…

The "15 Million Merits" episode of Black Mirror. I suppose "subversive" isn't the best descriptor, since there's not really anything anyone can do about it, but it pulls a pretty terrifying trick by using a disposable media production to demonstrate the ways in which we are inevitably destroying ourselves with…

It's not particularly realistic on my part, but I hope she gets a "happily ever after." I know it seems cheesy, but I really love Korra and she's had it tough enough already. I'm sure, given there's a whole season yet to come, things aren't going to get much easier for her in the short term. She deserves a teacup of…

We don't really know what the pay arrangement is at this stage, though I agree that my assumption that the firm's fees would be taken from the counter-suit is just one possibility. The counter-suit may exist solely to force Ultra into a settlement, in which case the firm would certainly require funds directly from…