“Every night, well, for about three nights in a row…I was licking [a man’s] butthole because he liked it, and I didn’t mind doing it! Is that weird? That is what demons do,” Manning said.

Call me old fashioned but my immediate instinct when hearing about a woman posting to nearly a million people that she’s licking married butt and getting fingered, is that she might be having a bit of a mental break. Which I thought we treated gently around these parts buttttttttttt I haven’t seen the video so who…

I get Botox and lip injections and like to think I look perfectly normal— just a heightened version of myself. For the record, I never thought I was ugly before or anything, but I view these temporary treatments just like I would getting a fun new hair color or style— just fun, temporary stuff to jazz up what I…

Seeing the pictures in the People article, I think it’s really sad that she thinks this amounts to “brutally disfigured.” I certainly don’t mean to diminish her feelings about this and think she’s entitled to be compensated for the medical issues and physical symptoms she’s experiencing, but as someone heavier than…

Yeah, it’s really bad. I got shelled above for claiming that plastic surgery isn’t a “good” way to deal with aging. There seems to be a movement afoot in feminism to say “Hey, if you have the money, knock yourself out”, and I don’t understand it. How can it be an ok thing for anyone, young or old, to decide that their…

This is a very insightful POV that I think a lot of people, including myself, don’t understand.

You know, body positivity and acceptance would go a long way if women like Christie Brinkley and Paulina Porizkova would stop presenting themselves as something hideous and outside of beauty norms. Both of these women remain conventionally attractive so I’m not sure why I’m supposed to think they’re “courageous” for…

Some asshole on my Facebook feed did a side by side of her and Tom Cruise today to show “who takes care of themselves and who doesn’t.”

Hey, look at what happened *last friggin’ month* to Bridget Fonda after some-20 years of fading into obscurity: a fucking paparazzo figured out where she lived, *staked out her house*, and took photos of her looking like a normal middle-aged mom. She had gained a lot of weight and some of the press were rather cruel…

I am more sympathetic, I guess. I think the article is about living with shame, disappointment, and fear of being judged for “letting yourself go.” Look at the recent coverage of Kelly McGillis. Well-known people are not allowed to fall into obscurity when there is news to be made for showing unflattering pictures.

She looks like an average middle aged woman, which I surmise is why she feels like she was “disfigured.” While I understand the immense difficulty associated with her journey, disfigured is wildly out of touch and serves to re-establish the unrealistic beauty standards women face.

If no one knew her as LE, they…

From what I remember, it’s frowned upon to start a sentence with a number.

Listen. If you fill a nice, clean kiddie pool with cool, clear water, knowing that one of your kids is eventually going to ingest some of that water while they’re playing, and then that kid takes a fucking shit in the pool, guess what. The water is ruined. You can’t just be like, “Hey, now! It’s only the poop that’s…

I really don’t care. Do you?

Also note, the problems in the YA twitter/social media world I’m referencing have nothing to do with Rowling and her recent statements (which have been amazingly bigoted and disappointing.)

Hester Prynne can still sew, yes? And she can still live her life, yes?

I feel both the accusation that cancel culture is widespread and makes it impossible for people to speak freely, and the opposite claim that it doesn’t exist (such as argued in this article) are both not true. I do think social media has given people who are rightfully upset with bigoted language or opinions a way to…

I notice the stated grievance here is not that Gawker was framed; or that a billionaire bribed the Federal judge so the case would go a certain way; or that a jury was bought; there is no claim that the legislature was lobbied to change the law in order to create a cause of action where none previously existed; there…

My focus would not be on the rich and famous, but rather the unknowns who get ganged up on and fired due to social media mob campaigns. Like the woman who reported a transit worker for eating on the train in violation of transit rules. Or the little known researcher fired from his job for tweeting a link to an…

And don’t just vote for president. Those super progressive candidates you love, they’re perfect in smaller places and are actually electable.  The republicans figured this out years ago when they started stacking schools boards.