Agree 100 percent, except it’s a bit sad to hear the word “old” as an insult. Many trans women I know were older when they transitioned, and respecting our elders is something that Americans should practice more often!

David, great profile! But dude - get PayPal. You’re hurting yourself by not letting people donate that way. I don’t give a flying fuck if the CEO donated to Trump. No one wants to fork over their debit card number to some obscure online payment entity. His About page is great. English teacher, Master’s Degree, was in…

Exactly, biodegradable is a Greenwashing term, see my post above (below)? Look for the term compostable instead.

And because it’s biodegradable, Lia argues it’s safer for the environment than the plastic tests.

The issue there is that when most Americans speak of “Religion” you can just fill in the words “Judeo-Christian”. But clearly that’s not the Constitutional standard. Therefore anything from Buddhism to Wicca to some vaguely organized Maori tribe belief system could apply (if someday spawned in the United States). So…

If parents these days are lucky enough to have a daughter who’s working and / or living on their own, they can still take the time to visit them at work or their apartments, and make sure their daughters feel welcomed to discuss harassment they experience, and to MAKE IT CLEAR that it’s not their (the daughter’s)…

I think women are simply fed up and disgusted at how much responsibility is put on women to fix or prevent the situation, and with tools that are proven to fail or even be used against them a great deal of the time. It’s men who need to be held responsible, so maybe instead of mace, show up with lunch sometime and…

You are right, this is way less harmful for the environment. Especially if they’re using discarded toys. There are no brand-new motorbikes, zero emissions, no fossil fuels, no loud motorbike roar disturbing animals for miles around. And the kids seem to be having fun and I’m not forced to feel sorry for them when they…

Hi! Thanks so much, I’d love to hear more about New Zealand. Also I’m at sugarsaltice@gmail.com so feel free to email me!

There are also a lot of self-protection courses. There is even a well known story of suffragettes learning martial arts and protection when doing activism for right to vote

Of course I would! 🙂 Are you on Facebook? You could email me too....

We travelled to South Carolina and we met soooooo many Massachusetts transplants. Every one of them had a smile that could light the Rockefeller tree, I assumed for the warmth but also damn people down South are so much nicer. 🙂 You have my email? sugarsaltice@gmail.com I’d love to hear from another Biologist!

Ah, good one!! I bet that’s it for IR. (I’m up late so my brain clearly didn’t make the connection) thanks! 🙂 Yeah most people I meet are science geeks like me so coffee is almost automatic.

Hello, friend!! Now that you’ve completely distracted me with those two words (John. Cho).......Actually I was just telling someone about Eric Rickstad’s novel, Silent Girls. Which are your favorites? I’m fine with chatting here but please feel free to email me sugarsaltice@gmail.com too while I ponder what IR might…

It’s more important to me to have friends who I get along with than friends who are nearby. Also I might travel around at some point anyway. I hear Southwest US is spectacular. Email me if you’d like! (Note that it’s bedtime here and I spent all day running / raking so I might respond tomorrow). 🙂🌸

Super gal who could one day be your friend-thread! Okay, so I’m serious. I need friends who I’ve got some common interests or emotional connection to. I’m happy to communicate online, but what I’m sort of missing is that sit-down-for-coffee friend. I’m in New England (reluctant to give more details). See, I had a best…

Context, pal. Context. Read the other commenters saying you sound like a Jesus freak (the point is not whether or not you’re religious in real life). If you’re already sitting at the bar within shouting distance of said woman, what the hell is wrong with “Hi, how’s it going”. See, that is something that nearly anyone…

What I found worked best for me was simply to say, “Hi, my name is (Arnheim). Do you have a minute to chat?”

I know your comment was semi-humor / performance art. But........if you’re looking to get paid doing this, you’d have to go quite a bit further than that. For one thing, if you know anything about the psychology of these harassers, you know that straight-up advice “Don’t do this don’t do that” is worthless to them and…

Whether or not you agree with work parties, the fact is you are AT WORK. All employers who are even slightly responsible hold supervisors responsible for protecting employees. In other words, they have certain responsibility for preventing harassment. At the office work party, the Supervisor should be sweating buckets…