“I learned about the context of the idea of the word ‘slave.’ I didn’t take it in that context. I think that my personality and energy mirrors Nat Turner, or it had in the past, but that showed me that also that Nat Turner approach would land me in the same place Nat Turner landed, and that I would be legendary…

Awesome, thanks for posting this!

This. It’s a defense mechanism and explains so much about how people, especially women, can be completely dismissive about violence towards other women.

The hypocrisy is in your head. The story sounds fishy, that’s why you’re seeing the skepticism. I have no particular feelings positive or negative about Jamie Foxx, but absent a few more details, not sure I’m buying this one.

Agree with this...don’t necessarily doubt that the dickslapping happened, but hard to understand how someone gets dickslapped against their will as an isolated event. As part of a series of events done against one’s will, sure, but dickslapped in isolation? Odd. If I’ve decided I’m not going to go down on a dude, I…

Yeah, for whatever reason, I’ve escaped the vortex of the Real Housewives #blessed :-) Definitely do not need any more TV addictions!

Ah, okay, no worries. I’ve just always thought that that the outing was super crappy of her, and I’ve never heard her say anything other than “MTV shouldn’t have aired that, I’m the victim.” The lack of accountability, even in more recent interviews, has annoyed me :-) But get what you’re saying about Irene’s…

Really? Irene outed a gay man on national TV. Not sure she warrants all that much sympathy...? I’m legit confused about this POV.

To me, the significance of the movement gets lost when the conversation gets immediately pushed into the realm of “sexual predators.” No man considers himself a “sexual predator,” even guys who legitimately *are* sexual predators. Talking about this in the extremes really allows the bulk of the issue to go…

This. The appropriate response is start CPR/run for the AED/call 911. The AED would’ve been the best chance this guy had. Immediate asystole following a collapse is unlikely enough that pausing CPR to at least check and see if the rhythm was shockable isn’t just smart, it’s literally the algorithm. Not sure what the…

Literal song perfection.

“You’re reading into this young girls mind things the video doesn’t show, just as you’re reading into what I’ve written things that very clearly aren’t there.” Yeah, okay. You’ve decided that your male opinion is enough. You aren’t the first, LOL. You’re the literal definition of mansplaining at the moment. But…

“Why do boys want girls who act like boys? Who don’t make us different and change and see different perspectives?” Right! And obviously, becoming a girl who boys want is the absolute ultimate! That’s clearly the standard we should be focusing on here, amirite?!?!

“How do you know she clearly doesn’t like it? She said that she preferred the way her mom did it. That doesn’t mean she dislikes her father’s way, just that she prefers her mom’s way. I prefer fish over steak. That doesn’t mean I dislike steak, or that I’d refuse it if it was offered, but that given a choice, I’d…

Cannot stop laughing, thank you, and strong work.

*I’m* not going to get upset. Mean words don’t frighten me. You might want to watch what you say around Mr. Crumley, though, LOL.

I have a fully formed opinion about when it’s necessary to “be respectful” and when the other person should just get over it and deal with my raw emotions. I don’t need you or anyone else “now, now”-ing me. I spend time thinking about real shit, real issues, and very few of them could be solved if only people spoke…

LOL, the guy you responded to literally just called everyone here “retards.” You’re clueless.

This is a master class of conversation manipulation. Tone-police, instead of responding to the substance of the post, substance which you admit is there. You can do that, but recognize it’s a choice you’re making. What I’m saying is obvious. You pretend that you can’t see it because I’m being too mean. Until I phrase…

This, exactly. What’s happened is that these people who were previously “progressives” realized that, in the new millennium, they would have to concern themselves with and support all kinds of newfangled things that may have little to do with their daily lives, things they had never had to think about - the rights of…