It's really good filler conversation, especially if you have misgivings about the engagement or don't really know the people well.

Yeah the whole point of a thigh gap is that your thighs don't touch when your knees do. Or something, I dunno.

"I sat there, in shock, while my harasser continued to yell threats and insults at me from the rear of the bus."

I think it's hard to separate economic status from issues of substance abuse and mental illness (which this guy was probably dealing with). Those threats are crazy unusual and definitely tied to underlying issues. Privileged frat boys are generally more savvy than to just do that shit outright.

I have one of these—they're fantastic. Looks like a lip stain.

Right?? And people forget he took her name as well. Plus I saw the "Mrs. Carter" thing as totally tongue in cheek.

Are you from SF? The "bad neighborhood" thing isn't as raced here as maybe other cities and is more about where the SROs are, and where the homeless are. SF has a really large homeless population, and a lot of them are desperate and extremely mentally ill. I don't see a lot of people telling her she shouldn't have…

Living in SF, like the weather, harassment comes in microclimates. I used to be harassed every day on the way to work from Mission to SOMA (not too far from this intersection). Then I changed jobs, changed neighborhoods, and I have literally never had a problem in 2 years. Not to mention I bart across the bay 2x a…

Blah blah blah she's too sexual, showing her butt, blah blah blah. I don't get it either.

But then by that logic, you can either be a strong, powerful woman OR you can be the type of woman who has a lot of ass shots. I feel like the whole point of this album and the accompanying videos is that strong Madonna/Whore complex personified. I mean, Bey literally is dressing up as the Madonna at one point, and…

Nah, I wasn't saying it female gaze because I find it sexy—it's generally using the female gaze because of how avant-garde her fashion choices are. To me, it feels like the butt is part of a larger, more weird aesthetic. You know how lots of guys say stuff like, "Oh, it's sexy when a woman doesn't look like she's…

Actually, it felt like it was being made for the female gaze. As I was watching her album, I had no bad feelings about all her butt shots. It's because she is super hot, but it's also avant garde and weird and ugly and visually fascinating.

I dunno...Kanye is the celebrity equivalent of the annoying facebook relationship. Which makes me think it's a whole lot of talk.

"Pew found that 51% of millennial women and 55% of female boomers believe that it's easier to be a man than a woman."

You're talking about the Kanye thread! Yeah, that was ridiculous. As a non-Jewish person, it's clear to even me that we still have some weird problems with Jews in our society. It was so ridiculous to have to keep saying over and over again that, just because a lot of Jewish people are successful, does not mean Kanye…

I'm at a weird spot where you're doing the dance. As a feminist, and someone who wants to have a relationship between two equals, it's really hard for me to accept the wait-til-your-prince proposes narrative. A couple months ago, I really felt like I needed to have a serious talk about where the relationship was…

Yeah, I didn't really get the central love story in SOM when I was little (he's ooooold) and I cared more about Liesel. I watched it again recently and finally understood. Christopher Plummer is a handsome, handsome man and "Something Good" is one of the most wonderful love songs. As an adult, I felt like I was…

I actually wouldn't pick Rihanna for the second example...maybe Ye Olde Miley? Katy Perry in her whipped-bra days? There was a totally cool article on The Hairpin of how Rihanna acts both as stripper in customer in her video Pour it Up and inverts the narrative of how women sell sex, men buy sex. I dunno, take it with…

Oh man, she really did look so much better before. I feel like people who get a lot of plastic surgery don't age "right"...she's probably going to regret that in 10-20 years when she has to keep doing more and more.

Just because he is impacted by colorism does not mean he is immune from criticism as a perpetrator. I still criticize women who display internalized sexism.