People are pissy because you are asking them to conform to your "modesty standard", when we all have our own. Your standard - your life.

Also also:

There is a BBC2 show called "The Real White Queen and Her Rivals". Hosted by Dr. Gregory, and more history (and opinion) than fiction.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03…

I highly recommend watching this. Key moments include the hilarious "steel rail on concrete steps" and "morphed ages of well documented ladies". Still quite good.

Also: Dr. Philippa Gregory.

Anecdotes are not evidence. The scientific method (by which humanity postulates questions and observes outcomes) requires evidence.

Mrs. Bucket gives me a case of giggling anxiety.

Please don't bring out the banhammer.

The "othering" is by no means on the scale that POC or LGBT deal with, for sure. However, I still feel it to be really important that everyone recognize that this is human behaviour - not some vestigial animalistic tripe.

Mainly because being human is such a vast experience, that we must take the bad with the good.…

You must call them human. To remove their humanity removes blame. It allows us to see them as "the other"; as "no one I know would ever"; as "not a person". It gives the behaviour freedom from critique because we feel it is not within the norm. But it is, isn't it?

This is a fucking tragedy. It highlights the terrible judicial system, showcases the institutional and personal racism, and displays the inability of reason, logic and compassion to make a difference.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry you have to live there. I'm sorry you have to pay your taxes. I'm sorry you have to trust in your…

Couple that with vids of genital puppetry and there's a day of hilarious wincing.

Srsly, balls are funny.

I'm glad you're glad.

The more we speak of it, the more it helps. I hope.

I read it as "flower" - the pretty petal thing, not "flow-er". Totally keeping it that way in my conversations about menstruation from now on.

"Cue bullshit excuses".

They're like gum in one's hair. Sometimes, you have to just cut it off. Unfortunately, they're also sticky fuckers.

This is also one reason why I feel far more comfortable knowing that *I* own the deeds, or have *my* name on the lease. If you don't, it becomes so much harder to take out the…

Keep on rocking, you lovely specimen of humanity.

ETA: Also, I'm so so sad that you had to go through that during your formative years. My abuse occurred between 17 and 22, and it took me several years with my new partner to become close to normal. Now, at 29, I've fully realized how awesome I am - yet there are still…

"They are narcissistic psychos". Exactly.

I had an ex who was so proud that his teacher said he "could start a cult". This ex also managed to ruin me ("your tits are terrible"; "the smartest thing you've ever done was be with me"; "why would you want to see your friends when I'm here"; "I'll kill myself if you go"…

Cruisin' regardless of bruisin'

I have "ugly" feet, and I give no fucks. The toe nails are as short as possible. Calluses everywhere. Weird bumps on my heels from poorly fitting shoes. I refuse to paint them (the bumps or the toes).

I also refuse to acknowledge the existence of people who judge my entire being on my feet. You choose to be squicked…

Charles Saatchi can Fuck Off. What a terrible specimen of humanity.

Saatchi Gallery should run exhibitions on domestic violence. Free admittance to the public.

Saatchi & Saatchi should run advertising campaigns condemning domestic violence.Without expectation of payment, of course.

Both should donate heavily to…

I like the idea here- mainly because when I dress, I dress as a "cowboy" or "astronaut" (usually, it's "unemployed gardener/engineer".) Now I can add superly powered woman.

I find that the only superhugebrim hats that withstand constant wear and keep their shape (and not flop into your eyes) are straw. They can certainly be ridiculously expensive. But, vintage ones are around.