I feel kind of bad for laughing at “YOU’RE BREAKING MY AAAAAAAAAAAAARM!!!” out from the hallway.

Yes this.

I’m going to make this really simple for her. I work for the government in her neighboring state of West Virginia. When I was hired for this position, I had to sign a dozen or so pieces of paper that regulate my conduct while I’m acting as a state official. For instance: I can’t have a political bumper sticker on my…

Fortunately, that’s what the ladies (and men of course) of the PKK and YPJ/G have done. Obviously they didn’t save them all, but the Yazidis would be wiped out by now if not for the Kurdish militias that rescued many of them. I follow a lot of their media, mostly to be informed, but also because seeing these Kurdish…

Rejoined is incredible, and as much as I love The Outcast, is an even better take on gay rights from Trek, but for a totally different reason.

“The Outcast” has a strange reputation among Trek fans. Many, most even, feel that it was actually a cop out, or a way to *avoid* dealing with GLBT issues head-on. These fans feel that it was Trek’s way of simply checking that issue off the list as casually as possible so it wouldn’t have to deal with it for real.

Russian crewman despite the Cold War

I always wondered how Sulu got his name, because while “Hikaru” is Japanese, “Sulu” is definitely not. Honestly, I always thought that it was a bit of 1960s cultural ignorance, but I’m happy to have been proven wrong.

Wait, are people complaining that a show produced in the 60’s didn’t feature a gay character? We can’t look at the past through present day glasses, people. Be happy for what it did manage to achieve during that time, and understand how even that must have been incredibly difficult in itself.

I grew up watching TNG, DS9, and Voyager. It was great as a little girl seeing a female captain and one who was older.

Yea this is a no brainer. In terms of films, the hays code forbid gay characters in American movies until the late 60s, so I doubt TV was ready for it. If you go back and watch pre-code films you’ll see a few bit parts with all the stereotypes that the 1990s were still full of.

Yes, it’s true, Star Trek has never had a gay character. On the other hand, Star Trek has still done a pretty damn good job of leading the way for diversity. Look at DS9 and Voyager, launched in the mid 90s. The captains were a black man (Avery Brooks) and an older white woman who wasn’t a 25 year old piece of hot…

But does it? I mean, the whole “sex sells” thing has pretty much been debunked as far as games and comics go. Does “perfection” or unrealistic beauty standards really sell more?

The same thing happened with me with Friends...

Not me, bro. I never pat myself on the back. My refusal to pat myself on the back is the thing I’m proudest of, and I reflect upon and comment constantly on how I am never self-satisfied.

I feel like that’s a bit pedantic. My first dog is also a shy girl with a bad past. We’re lucky it didn’t make her aggressive, just very skittish. We referred to her sometimes as a “work in progress” to people, but would you really be like “oh my god, it’s a living being, not “work” like a briefing note or an…

My cats bite and claw me everyday. I deserve it because I’m alive.

I mean, if you had a broken ankle and you wanted to do more than just acknowledge that you had a broken ankle and needed her to help you, do you think she would feel justifiably irritated if you talked to her about how much your ankle hurts, or you were describing the hairline fracture the doctor showed you in your…

Hey there, what’s up. So, I’m a sex worker so obviously we’re coming at this from very different places. This is a burner I just created. Usually I don’t bother arguing with people who are just going to discount my opinion because of the job I do, but I saw your post and just wanted to clarify a few things for anybody…