I hope you’re teaching your daughter the power of a good right hook.

sad. there’s no way i’d allow someone—especially a man— to walk me around on a leash. no one should have to go about their day having to experience them and whatever point they were trying to make AND since bdsm is supposed to be about consent,why did they get the non-consenting public involved in their kinky shit?…

Well, I’ve now discovered the bright line that separates my liberal, accepting, tolerant side from the side that doesn’t care to be drafted into other people’s sexual fetishes.

I could care less what consenting adults do in their home or in public spaces that are designed for this kind of play. But I would rather not be part of someone’s fetish without consent. Part of walking her on the leash in public is about getting a charge from people’s reactions.

While I think open conversations are an important part of parenting, I think it’s kind of disingenuous to claim a parent can just tell their child that the man walking a woman on a leash around the mall is just “make believe.” Kids generally know that normal adults don’t usually play make believe in public and walk…

Yeah, no. You don’t make me part of your sub/dom sexual play without my consent. There are fairs and clubs for that.

I’m a 38 year old grad student and teaching assistant. It has become really obvious to me that I am virtually invisible. It is more than being desexualized. My work is even overlooked even though I have done more research wise than others in my program they are always acknowledged and I am not. If it weren’t for the…

This article talks about the phenomenon in Hollywood where men age and women don’t pretty effectively, with charts!

I was talking specifically about my so-called liberal social circles. I'm aware gay rights have not advanced as much as they need to in most parts of the country, but there are a LOT of straight men who accept their gay male friends but still happily call women whores and expect them to stay in line.

Come. Come here, my friend. I will introduce you to a bunch of fabulous, strong, passionate women who will lay into you if you tell them they don’t deserve to have paid time off to bond with their newborns and heal from birth. I will bring you to parties where women will shout about the ridiculous and unjust pay gap…

I would definitely be ok giving exception for those reasons. What I said, or at least was trying to say, was that I would be okay having Europe’s abortion restrictions if we also got their access and social welfare programs, and I actually believe most European countries do give exceptions for those circumstances.…

I believed that for a long time - I gave these people the benefit of the doubt, that they really felt this way cuz “babies.”

Does anyone else feel like maybe the reason gay rights have marched forward more quickly is women generally don’t speak up about women’s issues? Because I’m sorry but most women I know don’t. They hide past abortions from most people, including new partners, they agree men and women are like totally different and…

I think racism + sexism is a HUGE part of it. Conservatives hate nothing more than black women, and the black straw-woman they’ve created in their mind spends her time having promiscuous sex, and then alternately having children out of wedlock OR aborting them, all to get her hands on that sweet, sweet welfare money.

Why? Racism + Sexism.

I am SO FUCKING DOWN for the idea of an Abortion Rights Pride Parade.

No, it does not. I’m not down with that “I’ll pay in exposure” bullshit that capitalism has managed to venerate. Absolutely fucking not. This is why I don’t fux with unpaid internships, especially since it’s become clear how much they don’t fucking count. I would never advise anyone to agree to such bullshit. Pay…

Right? I like Jay Z and Beyonce, but come on, they’re not pure innocent gods among us mortals. Everyone here is assuming Marina Abramovic is making it up or “whining.” Umm, if Jay Z used her intellectual property and promised an exchange of funds for it which he did not deliver, he’s in the wrong. Can you imagine if…

Yes, it did

I did once go to a Star trek show where all the tng cast, with the exception of Jonathan Frakes, were there. People were lining up for photos with Patrick Stewart and I was one of the last half dozen or so. But Patrick was already late for a prior engagement and was asking how many folk were left. So we’re being…