I’m afraid you’re the one drawing conclusions. She seems pretty adamant that all prisons should be closed down because the system is beyond broken.

Haha, “hussy”? What a throwback insult, good one. And given your later comments, you really seem to have a huge problem with flight attendants. I mean I get it, I’ve run into a few over the years that are assholes on power trips, but they are actually more than just “flying waitresses”. They are actually responsible…

Honestly though, people lie about that shit. The doctor should have given her a note to begin with.

Noooo. That piece you wrote still disturbs me to this day.

I’m pretty sure this asshole’s “cite your sources” quip in response to Holocaust survivors not all being child rapists means they’re just trolling.

I think “how long would it take him to cause that kind of damage?” is the key question here. Even if this was somehow done by a two-year-old (which yeah, seems unlikely anyway) this isn’t something that happens quickly. This isn’t like one kid pushed another one down, or took one swing - this is a sustained fucking…

I mostly agree with you, though if a doctor said she wasn’t contagious and was cleared to fly, I’m guessing the rash was already crusted over, on its way to healing. But of course the airline had no way of knowing that and I can’t really blame them for not taking the word of a customer without a doctor’s note to back…

I find it uncomfortable when underarm hair gets too long. And deodorant gets awkward. Just a little bit of fuzz is kinda nice though.

Ah yes, face hair. That’s a new thing I’ve started dealing with in the past few years. It’s about the only body hair that I feel very obligated to take care of.

You’re lucky and I’m jealous.

Fair enough. It was a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw a long time back but it seems like it’s really picked up steam in recent years (or I’ve just become more aware of it, which is also possible). The idea is focusing on the intersection of different systems of power, in particular with regard to gender, race, class,…

Do you feel differently about intersectional feminists? Sure, I think that’s still a minority within the wider feminist movement, but I think it’s growing. I totally get when black women feel excluded by mainstream feminism, but I feel like there are significant and growing subsets of the movement that are inclusive…

This is a correct take.

Mine’s 8 months and the grinder is still working pretty well. We had to switch to the toughest grit file they have but so far it’s still working. I’m sure it varies a lot by baby though (and by device).

Fear of this is actually why I have only filed my baby’s nails. I have what’s basically a little nail grinder and it works very well. No chance of cutting his little fingers!

I’m... confused by this take. You know an iced coffee isn’t a milkshake right?

Totally fair and valid. I know a lot of people have the same issue with the word “queer”. I do think there is a bit of a generational (I think all the pan people I’ve known are on the younger side), and maybe geographic divide with it, but ultimately it’s going to be down to people’s experience.

Yeah, someone else mentioned people into pedophilia and bestiality include themselves in GSM, and we don’t need that shit.

QUILTBAG is cute, I just saw that mentioned in another thread too. I think I would have trouble adopting it as a term though. I could only see saying it to another member of the community maybe in a jokey way.

Look. I started this conversation on GSM, but frankly, you have no skin in the game to wish it would take off versus LGBTQ, which is only two extra letters. And yes, T is important to include. It is different from the rest which are sexuality based rather than gender based, but the marginalization in society is very…