But to my knowledge I’ve never seen anyone write a generalization of American culture to that degree that it’s just overall and totally retrograde.

I do not live in Brazil. Nearly half of my family does. I have spent quite a bit of time there. I am well aware that sexism and misogyny are massive problems there, but it is also a country that has a lot to offer the world. I’m tired of the constant negativity towards it that we’ve seen internationally lately, and I…

? No need to get so angry about it. And the problem was solved eventually. The owner got reported for having an unregistered short-term rental and was forced to rent to an actual tenant. And I moved.

I don’t think that all of them are “white” by American standards (by which I mean people solely of European ancestry). Most of them are, but I think that a few of them have a small amount of native ancestry but appear as and identify as white. Race in Brazil is perceived pretty differently than in the US, but that…

And they’ll ignore the hundreds of years of foreign interference, colonialism, slavery, and the US-backed coup and say that all of the country’s problems must all be down to an inferior culture. That phrase “retrograde culture” just made me furious.

Brazil has problems, for sure. It has a lot of problems. But writing articles that reek of “look at the scary brown people with their ‘retrograde culture’” doesn’t help.

And unfortunately if you look at countries with legalized sex work sex trafficking has not disappeared... it’s just easier to hide. There are more men who want to buy sex than there are women willing to sell sex, and there are awful people willing to take advantage of that.

I understand why people like using Airbnbs, and some of the tourists who use them might be lovely people, but I hate the service and honestly wish it didn’t exist. I had the misfortune of living above an Airbnb for a few months and it was awful. People don’t respect the rules or the other people who live around them…

ugh ugh the lunch money detail just made my stomach churn. poor girl.

all we do is hang w the young and heartless

That’s horrifying how could her mother be ok with it? It just defies understanding

All of these awful stories about adults grooming and sexually abusing children and teens has really made me think; how many of us knew girls growing up who were being groomed and raped by men in their late teens and 20s? How many of us thought they were so cool and mature with their “real adult relationships” or were…

I mean you do “adapt” to wearing heels but that adaption is just your feet getting really messed up and damaged. If you wear heels every day you will literally change the shape of your feet. Heels are beautiful and look great, but they really should be a special-occasion shoe and that’s it.

Just moved back in with my parents... I don’t particularly love it, but I’m going to love the extra $1,000 a month that’ll be in my bank account.

I know that the government in Iran is Shia, but isn’t it still quite a concern, especially in western areas of Iran closer to Iraq, that Daesh will at some point work on pushing into Iran? Isn’t that why Iran has made combating them in Iraq and Syria a big priority? I imagine that people living in those areas would be…

Yeah the racial undertones of that statement were reeeeeeeally subtle, weren’t they?

Right? I’m pretty sure that Iran has more pressing concerns at the moment...

What is with the GOP/conservative obsession with Iran? They seem to have this weird duality where Iranians are both the biggest threat to America ever BUT ALSO the weakest people alive who couldn’t possibly compete against American power.

And to think that less than four years ago everybody here loved this guy... I’ve never seen someone destroy so much good will so quickly.

And you can bet that the same people who find this funny would be absolutely horrified if she tricked him into putting some sort of chili/pepper solution on his dick. That would be awful, but apparently hurting women is fun and hilarious CAN’T YOU TAKE A JOKE OMG GAWD