The flipside of the "bi erasure" argument is the "queer appropriation" argument, where someone who lives as straight and benefits enormously from heteronormativity tries to claim a queer identity.

Am I crazy or should some students be taking some responsibility too? The coach wasn't providing the alcohol and driving them from party to party or spraying them with cleaning products. Not sure the coach should be held responsible for what they do away from practice and games, but I never played sports so I…

Poor Laura was just sex-positive before it was cool.

"I know this is how you feel, but please don't say things like this around me because I don't agree, find it hurtful and it affects how I feel about you."

i am like the cnn of cant even-ing.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

I'd be willing to bet that, despite the legislation pushing abstinence only education, teens these days, now more than ever, have nigh unfettered access to information via the internet, which has led to teens being more educated about sex and pregnancy than ever before.

Well, I don't know why I let historical ignorance surprise me, I really don't.

ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. 1) we are not bicycles, or any other form of property. 2) if you can get drunk, we can get drunk. 3) our bodies don't belong to you. 4) just stop raping people, okay? If you're not sure, just ask. Ask if it's welcome. It's not that hard.

Do you deserve to have your bike stolen if you leave it unlocked? No, no one deserves to have their bike stolen. That's why we have laws against it. Locking your bike might even lower your statistical odds of being targeted a little bit, but then again it might not. Isn't it nice that you can go to the cops either way?

A lot of minimum-wage jobs (fast food worker, cashier, etc) involve spending the majority of time on your feet, also. When I was working as a cashier, the last thing I wanted to do after a shift was go for a walk or to the gym. I hadn't burned a lot of calories, but I had just spent anywhere from 4 to 10 hours on my…

Yes, I am justifying their ability to make the choice as to what their magazine publishes...and if that is racist bullshit...then so be it. I don't think they have an ounce of social responsibility to acknowledge that the world has non-white people in it. That is what freedom is all about.

Would you suggest a…

Hey, ask five people tomorrow what comfort houses were. Or Unit 731. Or the rape of Nanjing, for that matter.

Okay, just for perspective, let's all consider what the average Westerner knows about the Japanese atrocities in China during WWII. We vaguely know something about comfort houses and Nanjing, maybe, those of us that like to read, because of Iris Chang. Yet millions were systematically murdered.

Strangely enough, Target makes me feel awesome. Where else can someone with 42" hips wear an XS size dress? They and Walmart are seriously leading the way in vanity sizing.

Canada has 4 million fewer people than my state, California. But also, this article isn't talking about Canada, nor is Canada in Europe.

I hate studies or articles that compare the U.S. to small, monocultural European countries. It's not so hard to have socialized health care and child care and low crime when you have a small population. We have cities bigger than these countries.

Aaaaaaaand...? Would you care to elaborate on her reputation as well as that of her mother's? Inquiring minds want you to contribute something more.

(S)HE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE.

yeah, WOW that punishes safe drivers! Don't talk while driving, lose GPS.