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You're wondering if male cocktail servers in casinos have a different shoe standard?
It's a pretty wretched analogy.
Many, many of us hope that academic feminism decides to pick up specieisism as a new cudgel to wield against the patriarchy.
The phrase "live in a culture" better translates as "to make a sweeping generalization in favor of a politically useful point", doesn't it?
The issue in ANY risk assessment is never perfect avoidance; it's about reducing probabilities of bad outcomes through action and analysis.
As any bar-fight veteran can attest, it's kinda hilarious to see violence cited as a "female specific" risk of too much drinking.
Fair enough — except for the seeming implication that alcohol only causes men to become sexually aggressive.
When you get his beddy-time bath ready, make sure that "too hot" vs "too cold" doesn't also blow his mind...
Would you criticize a food critic for being a bad cook? A film critic for taking lousy videos on holiday?
What's the premise here, Tracie: this guy isn't good-looking enough to make beauty-related critiques?
"a fucked-up person with questionable morality"?
We all know what it means... and as my second sentence made clear, it's the juxtaposition of "brand-new" with "palimpsest" that's so irritating.
The image of Doug Barry crafting lines down to the last meticulous syllable is surreal and hilarious.
Went to Google Images to run Brooke Hundley. That was.... a mistake.
I was kinda surprised Tracy went with "It will built by men...", actually.
Good one... never to be forgotten!
"Good judgment" and "Anna Breslaw" have yet to be introduced... likely 'cause they'll have nothing in common anyway.
You're right - this is really a nifty and interesting piece of work. Kara makes it look easy, but she put some work/craft into it.
Your instincts obviously serve you well.