I’ve done that once before. A fb friend of one of my fb friends was holding her own defending Planned Parenthood against a thread full of pro-lifers, and I thought she was fucking awesome. So I messaged her, told her why I thought she was awesome, and friended her. I hope it wasn’t creepy for her. She accepted, and we…

*Sigh.* It’s so true.

Because it’s only “real” to dudes when they can imagine how they would feel if someone did something bad to ladies in their lives. Like, “those hypothetical lady-people out there can go fuck themselves- whatever happens to them sucks and all, but if someone wrote about fucking my sister, goddammit, I would beat them…

That is a considerate hotel.

Exactly. “See?! It’s a woman saying these things, so it must be ok!”

It does sound pretty awesome. If not, I say steal away.

I grew up in a conservative religious family, but after college, my views diverged heavily from my parents’ (which is to say, I came out as a pansexual atheist). My older sister did not diverge. She doubled down, and even married a pastor. My family wasn’t pleased when I told them I was planning to move in with my…