"a lot of people resist having a serious discussion about how capitalism exploits female labor" Isn't pay equality part of that discussion?

Cynical, but possibly true.

I noticed after I posted that someone else articulated it better than I did.

Exactly. I've had lots of boyfriends who, our own bedroom activities notwithstanding, still had at least one object they regularly liked to stick in their butts while pleasuring themselves.

Yeah, I had this thought too. Not that women are more "complain-y", but that I've heard (somewhere!) that women are more attuned to the state of their bodies, generally, for whatever reason, and that men are less likely to even register discomfort unless it interferes with their functioning.

Whenever I hear someone using the gay is bad because anal sex is wrong justification (which usually breaks down into "why is anal sex wrong?" "because teh gays do it") I always want to scream, "MOST of the people on Earth who are butt-fucking at any given time are STRAIGHT people"

Noooo don't do this to me...I spent years agonizing over Come On Pilgrim vs. Surfer Rosa. I'm happy now! The demons are gone!

OH THANKS now I am having PTSD flashbacks to that Puff the Magic Dragon cartoon that broke my 4 year old heart.

the Pixies didn't like "Here Comes Your Man"

Right? I like this and I'M NOT SORRY.! We need a support group.

Don't you do it? Everyone should at least once.

Reviews always reflect the taste and biases of the reviewer. In this world, anyway.

Same sex romance in a video game makes you uncomfortable? Oh right the children. FYI, your kids can handle it much better than you can. Your discomfort is far more likely to have lasting damage on their ability to process it.

I agree very much with what she said. I wish MRA's would stop blaming feminism for child support laws.

Right, but I think it might be nice for your average terrified, closeted gay teen to have some validation. It doesn't seem like a big deal to you, but indifference is a luxury for some.

Thanks for posting! I didn't know who she was til now, but I do remember my mom taking me to an ERA ratification rally when I was a kid. It seems like such a simple thing, to encounter the resistance it did. "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on…

If mastery of technique was everything, lots of old ladies' watercolors of flower bouquets would be appreciating in value.

I don't claim everything is art, actually. I am an artist though, and I've met plenty of people who are technically very gifted but aren't especially creative. When people say something doesn't qualify as art, apparently because they don't like it, don't see the point, or because it isn't making money, I'm honestly…

Please tell me your definition of art, and why this doesn't qualify. Take your time.

Anything that attracts this kind of hostility, apparently.