Hm. Pay servers the exact same way you pay the folks at McDonalds. Tell them they cannot accept tips. I don’t see what the problem is. You make that sound impossible. They’re already raising the minimum wage in Seattle over a period of years, why would it be so hard to pay servers minimum wage and eliminate tipping at…

Definitely, and replace it with a living minimum wage, adjusted for inflation and today’s cost of living.

Exactly. When every day and every month and every festival and every award unconsciously favors white people (even in the way that lighter skinned minorities are often seen as “more beautiful than darker skinned), then you have no reason to complain when someone takes a moment to recognize that the lives, customs, and…

You know, it was actually not the entire Gawker staff who wrote that article, but one guy. And the editorial staff did not approve it’s deletion. So I’m not sure why you’re over here at Kitchenette, which literally had nothing to do with it. Please go back to the new post about the cat, where you can be among other…

I agree. I wish that didn’t have to be such a rare thing. And that racist people would stop saying shit like “why is there no white history month?” or “why are there no white festivals?”

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Thaaaaaaat... My brother (friend really, but still) and his boyfriend are so freakin just like everyone else, if you didn’t speak with them you would probably assume they were straight. Then there’s the guy I met him through, who has the stereotypical voice lisp thing and acts very flamboyant, but is completely…

I think sometimes gay men (the ones who adhere to that stereotype) assume they can be catty and get away with it. In fact, I think it was on Jezebel that I read an article about gay men being terrible to women, and just -shrug- “I’m gay, it doesn’t count!”

“Blair waldorf leighton meester!” sounds like some sort of weird language someone’s first imaginary friend would speak. Blair waldorf, to you too, my friend! And a very leighton meester!

This reminds me of Finders Keepers, by Stephen King. The author at the very beginning, murdered by a crazy-ass fanboy, because he refused to release to the public the sequel books he wrote after retirement for his wildly popular series.

I don’t know everybody who’s done a creepy thing, so I probably listen to/watch/read/whatever things that are connected to offensive crap. But I try not to. No more Micheal Jackson, Woody Allen, Cosby, Louis CK, Chik-Fil-A (I fucking miss that goddamn chicken, but I love my brother more). So yeah. It totally sucks…

Doesn’t seem too offensive, to me. I feel like the instinct to doubt things isn’t something we can fully control, but it doesn’t have to be one that ends the conversation. It’s just a chance to ask questions that clarify what we’re having trouble with. Sometimes you come to a conclusion that someone is a liar, or more…

That’s actually fine, really! I’m just interested in talking about why we do or don’t believe her, or why it matters if she is lying or not. I’m not a trans-person and I don’t have a lot of knowledge about the specific troubles they face, but from what I have seen on this article and a few in other places, there seems…

YES! I loved that juice filled gum! I don’t know why it doesn’t exist anymore...

Other replies covered that she claims she watched a show about gender reassignment surgery and what it was for: People who feel they were assigned the wrong sex at birth. Given that information, I think a clever 5 year old could say “I want that”. I think the fault in your argument lies in generalizing children, but…

From what you’re saying in other replies, you doubt her story based on what you understand of five-year-old body consciousness. Can you tell me what you know about it? I only have the experience of a cis-person, so I can’t speak to what a trans-person would know about themselves at five years of age. Do you have a…

It’s okay, you don’t have to. It might be true, it might not be, but why does this story have to meet a standard of truth? It’s just a childhood story.

Actually, sometimes we do. We’re not perfect, especially not at 5 years old, when we think 19 cents is enough to start saving for a surgery and that because we found it in the couch, it’s ours. And sometimes, poor parents don’t want to take the 19 cents away from a five year old to pay the bills because the thought of…

The fact that they’re foreign (not citizens at all, not even a little) just means that they should be deported in addition to facing charges. This would be the same whether they were Chinese, Irish, French, Haitian, etc. Foreigners who commit crimes on US soil should be deported. I feel sympathy for the poor girl they…

I actually haven’t seen where the mother is badmouthing her spouse, can you send me a link to that? All I’ve seen is the judge claiming it. I haven’t even seen her refusing to let her kids go, just the kids refusing to see their father. I’m betting that in this case, the kids are badmouthing their father more to each…