How about all stores stay closed on Thanksgiving and open up on Black Friday at the normal hours and have sales going on all day. That’s another way to honor families and friends who want to celebrate together.

Some of my English friends tell me that turkey is now more common than goose for Christmas dinner over there. As a fan of eating turkey, I’m happy about this. As someone who hates geese, I’m conflicted.

Unless there’s a golf course in my house I’m as yet unaware of, I’m probably safe.

I wonder how many members of the jury, who presumably are all active Mormons (this is Utah County we’re talking about), are aware that the LDS Church has an essay on its website discussing the variations in Joseph Smith’s accounts of his vision of God and Jesus—focusing in particular how it is normal for people’s…

And he moved to UTAH to purge dogmatic beliefs?

For example, on a cycling forum I use, there’s a thread about periods, and several of the men join in even though there is nothing useful they can add https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=52924.0

I love the way you put this. Yes, 100% agree and honestly? We shouldn’t have to be in a “mother” role here to teach even the well-meaning men how to respect womens’ (virtual) space. That is it’s own special energy drain and there are plenty of feminist authors who can say it more succinctly than most of us.

It’s because the grays are a flawed system designed to throw out about a dozen different babies along with a gallon of bath water. They prioritize people who post a lot, and whose posts stroke a particular writer’s dick, over writers with thoughtful commentary.

Well summarized. I think the other thing that came up was more general: a lot of women-identifying folks here are confused, bothered, and otherwise nonplused at feeling like male-identifying commenters are dominating conversations (i.e. threads) about our issues on a women’s site. The feeling is, welcome fellas. We’re…

I read the thread, and I agree with a lot of things said by you here, and also everyone last night. I am really only posting here because I found it frustrating, there and AGAIN HERE RIGHT NOW, that there are STILL men posting comments like “I hope it’s not me!” and “maybe I’m a jerk sometimes but I try not to are you…

the men dominated a conversation so that they could get GoodFeminist crew, while the women were drowned out or ignored

This was also something that was discussed at length last night. Why are so many women languishing in the greys while so many men who exhibit the behaviors I’ve mentioned are ungrayed?

I agree. In my experience, some men feel like their voice is always valid, no matter the topic. It’s frustrating, because it’s so blatantly rude but we’ve been conditioned not to “upset” them, so often they don’t know or care that they’re the assholes here

I always thought it was rude and annoying to ask to pet a service animal? I love critters, and will pet any and all I can. But not service animals.

100%

Sorry this is a bit OT but I just can’t believe this shit is still happening. When I was in high school I was walking with a friend, on a weekend, off campus and we happened to walk by a teacher’s house. She came out and asked us to come inside and asked to go through our bags. We were freaked out but at 14, didn’t…

... or like don’t? I ignore service dogs. I tell my children to ignore service dogs. Dog is working and human with the dog has enough problems to worry. Just respect their privacy. This is all you need to know.

Honestly, as much of a dog lover as I am, and as difficult as it is for me to let any sweet pooch just go by, I leave the service dogs alone. They’ve got a hard enough job as it is without me getting in the way.

There is an article on the internet (I don’t care to look it up because it broke my heart into a million pieces) that talked to victims of child porn and how hard it was to move on. They said the constantly feared someone at their job or school or on the street would recognize them from that. It’s like PTSD, but…

he doesn’t want a partner - he wants an accessory, a bauble, a thing he can look at other people and say, look at this thing that i have and you don’t.