I gotcha. As I read it, the most critical part of what you're saying is to allow victims of sexual assault/violation to decide what happened to them. As in, "gray" rape should only be a thing if the victim says, "It was something like rape, but not quite/I don't want to call it that." So "gray" or any other…

I know, right? All this time, I've been paying for birth control pills, when all I need is to bungee jump off my roof after sex, and voila—adrenaline! No pregnancy! And if I decide I want kids, I have all the fertility help I'll ever need IN MY MIND. It's all basically magic, and we don't REALLY know how any of it…

I went through a serious not-trusting-the-present-or-future phase after my Dad died. I created an unhealthy amount of distance between myself and my husband because I couldn't get my head out of this, "I'll have to be okay on my own," space. It was a very sudden death, and he and my Mom had had such a total…

I would say there's a big difference between what you're describing and what Akin said. You are talking about allowing victims of "gray" rape to take ownership of their experiences, work through their emotions, and through that ownership, find peace with complex negative experiences that they neither asked for nor…

I don't think I have any WTF-style sentiments about Akins's statements that aren't represented in the comments already. Instead of pontificating on that, I wonder if anybody else is having thoughts about the bigger picture of popular myths about women's bodies. I think "A woman who doesn't REALLY want the sex won't…

Ooh, I like it. The Get Off The Ballot Initiative.

GET IT, Missouri! Shut it down!

Is the group generally prone to a lot of drama? Because that's the only explanation I can think of. My guess is that this new relationship is providing lots of titillating gossip, and that the support/side-choosing will fluctuate between the two roommates, probably several times, before either the relationship fails…

I agree that "we should be fighting to make all spaces safe for all women, all the time." And my original statement was my honest take on what I think dance clubs and bars think of women. It shouldn't be that way, women should be able to drink, dance, and act a fool wherever they want without having to be…

Techno-Industrial Secret Garden

I just posted something very similar. Also, I am NOT excited about the prospect of this show. It sounds kinda stupid. Too stupid for even Jenson Ackles's breath-taking jawline to save it.

Uh, Doug, I know "Huckleberry Finn" is full of language that is no longer part of acceptable American vernacular—and rightly so. But did you intentionally miss the message of the book, and the most important qualities of that character?

I didn't see that, and am really glad. As to the "orgasming at the thought of Jezebel readers getting mad": What's up with that? Is this the third grade or something? Why is it so entertaining to so many dudes to antagonize girls and women? Especially on a topic like that. Why do they think it's so funny and…

Sisal is good, but more important is to have several different options, with at least a couple close to/in view of the most highly trafficked areas of the house. That's part of what makes the furniture appealing. "I am the biggest, tallest, strongest cat around, and I mark this very prominent part of my world to…

THIS. I don't care how someone philosophically or religiously or intellectually constructs a fetus or embryo. Call it a "person" or a "baby" or a "blessing" or a "miracle" or a "unicorn" for all I care. But when you're talking about the way the LAW OF OUR COUNTRY, or of any state, constructs live cells that contain…

The Health Minister said it should be okay in this particular case, but nothing in their law has changed at this point. That's why, despite the Health Minister's statement, doctors still hemmed and hawed over it. The Health Minister most likely lacks the authority to block any legal action against a doctor by a…

Thank you for this reference! Adding it to my arsenal.

Yeah, I've got some folks I could pitch this idea to. Or even a huge group of women dressed and made up as ghosts, with the names of the deceased written on them.

I know. But I just dismissed a comment criticizing my criticism of U.S. groups since the story is in the D.R. So despite my clarification, some ignorant schmuck wanted to give me shit like I'm blowing things out of proportion.

I know. It's a truly terrifying prospect. The state of affairs in the D.R. is literally what the AFA/FOF psychos want here.