He was literally yelling out of the window at people in inner tubes rafting down the river, “Get your kids out of the water! Danger lurks below!”

Oh yes, and that is my point to my son, being white and male and cisgendered and privileged, he will do fine regardless. No SCOTUS decisions for him!

Did you see Game of Jones?

My guess is she didn't wait twelve hours....

Yes, and we have biological sex, but we also have gender, which is the social performance of roles often assigned by sex. It is respectful to call people by their chosen role term.

Four words: kitten-heeled flip flops

+ mountain lions

Which I believe is actually a thing ;)

California will kill you in a hot second and don't think it won't.

I have a long and, to those of us who know him, hilarious story about a German ex boyfriend who spent YEARS dreaming and planning to be a great explorer, getting gear, etc etc. but when faced with the fact that there were....salmon....in the Rogue River ran screaming.

We're any of them wearing high heeled sandals? It's a theme I have seen both hiking and sailing.

Yes to both but I still think your first sentence trumps the second.

Both are meant to describe the biological sex of animals. Genders have terms like men, women, etc.

I'll usually at least say, the green thing....

My nephews when they were teeny: “Play the rattlesnake song!”

You mean the guy Louise Belcher called ‘impatient’?

Yes, which would make him either a child or mentally unwell.

I went to a state school and taught in state schools as a professor for ten years. I also taught in community college. Not only do I have nothing against them, I think it is a smart affordable path, at least in California where my experience is from. I am also referring specifically to state schools not flagship…

And they give this book to teens to read? Signed appalled mama....

I continually tell my son, hey man, you can do average and go to an average state school, and have an average experience, like a plain hamburger. Or, you can work hard and excel and get a scholarship to a great school and have a unique experience with all the trimmings. You’ll still go to college and you’ll still be…