For a longer, more complex answer to that question, check out the "Transgender Kids" episode of Louis Theroux on BBC if you can find it. As I recall, nobody was performing actual reassignment surgery on minors, but pretty much the full range of treatments which prepare for it are on the table.

In a controversial re-imagining of the thoughtful and gentle Bonds of yore.

But isn't Mexico in the Americas?

Yeah, absolutely. It's such a simple, straightforward idea; it's weird now to think that it was such a revolutionary one just a century ago; and it's one that I hate to see corrupted or misconstrued, be it by sexists or by misguided people saying that all sex is rape or that men oppress simply by existing (I'm not…

Well, as a noun, I don't feel like it is different, but you are addressing the issue I'm trying to raise, which is people using the perception of "feminists" as the definition of feminism itself. And feminism is indeed an abstract philosophy; specifically, a belief that men and women are equal. That doesn't really…

There really aren't that many definitions; specifically, I'll go to my pals Merriam and Webster: "Feminism: (noun) the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities." So your example is certainly an example of a belief, and maybe a belief held by people who are claiming (inaccurately) to espouse…

No, absolutely not but they all (purportedly) share a belief in one specific philosophy, and it's one, like the atheism and pacifism I referenced, that's defined by the pursuit of a specific ideal (in this case equality). I suppose one could be considered more or less extreme in how they pursue this ideal, but there…

Feminism can't really be taken to an extreme, can it? Equality is equality is equality, with no extreme possible. Is there a more extreme form of atheism than the baseline of lacking belief in a deity? Is there a more extreme form of pacifism than the belief that violence is unjustifiable under any circumstance?

Since when does "gamer" refer specifically to video gamers? I've always had a deep obsession with games (CCGs in my tweens, then tabletop RPGs, transitioning into an abiding love for board games as an adult), but I've never gotten further into video games than a few secondhand PC games and my trusty NES. Thus, it…

Laibach is awesome, and their version of "Life Is Life" is my #1 go-to song to accompany the sexy-times with Mrs. Unk.

I totally agree about the sterile production. I'll look forward to hearing these songs breathe a bit more on a future live album, I suppose…

In a way, I'm not sure that we're seeing "new sides" of Isbell here as much as we're seeing some of what he brought to the Drive-By Truckers circa "A Blessing And A Curse" being brought back into the mix, but with a little more confidence and context this time around.

Agreed. Jason Isbell's new album went up there a couple of days ago at the same time this did, and it's equally newsworthy. Seriously, check it out.

Imagine if somebody stepped on one of Al Jourgenson's logos, for instance…

Maybe we can agree that "Search" is a better Star Trek movie, while "Wrath" is a better movie?

Okay, man. I certainly didn't mean to imply that every atheist lacks a philosophy, or that atheism is always a passive attribute, rather than an active one and a philosophy in its own right (I've always been in the "by default" camp myself, having grown up without any religion and not knowing what to do with it when…

Well, I'm from the inland northwest, not from the south, and the guys I was talking about ranged from fifteen to fifty in age. But atheism is simply a lack of belief in a deity, with no Bertrand Russell required, and for anybody growing up without religion in the first place, it really is the "default." It's not a…

All the uncouth rednecks I knew growing up were definitely atheists by default, blasting Hank III and sludge metal in their Ford trucks, smoking weed and dropping acid, and going fishing a lot. If you think it's such a contradiction, you might be conflating several different southern / rural / hill people stereotypes.

Wait, if you didn't think that there were atheist rednecks, who did you think bought Crowbar and Goatwhore albums?

Or is it? I mean, it's a great episode, but probably the most atypical of the show as a whole.