Honestly, I find the idea that sex work is inherently and uniquely exploitative ridiculous. Because under capitalism, what work isn’t exploitative? Why is it more demeaning for a woman to make money off of sex than any other form of labor?

These men are the same people who, half a century ago, would be the first to form a lynch mob when a black man was actually falsely accused of rape. They don’t care about the truth. Just that the “right” people stay in power.

If the Michael Jackson truthers are any indication they don’t even believe male victims.

And of fucking course her name is Karen.

I thought it was pretty obvious that Atwood was satirizing feminism as well as fundamentalism- specifically the type of second wave feminist that teamed up with the religious right to ban things like porn. Or like what TERFs are doing these days.

You know, I could be wrong but didn’t Billie Piper also suffer from anorexia at some point?

She’s popular. But she’s not a great writer.

I’m pretty sure Mariel Hemingway would beg to differ. Didn’t he invite her to go to Paris alone with him when she was still a teenager?

Because Prince Andrew is getting away with a horrible crime and Meghan hasn’t done anything wrong.

Yeah, but you gotta ask yourself why they’re focusing on Meghan and not say, Prince Andrew.

Yeah, mental level is a difficult thing to judge, but I’m the oldest of my siblings and often felt like the least mature. And autism (or Aspergers, there isn’t really a difference) would explain his diet. I can probably list the amount of foods I’m willing to eat on a single sheet of paper and most of it is junk.

The problem with “cancel culture” is that the people it aims to affect are rarely affected by it. Powerful and famous people can usually weather being “cancelled”. More vulnerable groups who rely on the internet for their primary source of income wind up being the victims. 

I’m not deaf and blind. I have the eating disorder this boy has- which so far hasn’t led to any major health complications fortunately.

I’ve always had a pretty limited diet but yeah I go on and off certain foods. I remember I used to be able to eat macaroni and cheese and now it disgusts me.

That only works when the parents can control what the kid is eating. What happens when kids go to school? When they get older?

I think studies have shown that forcing kids with ARFID to eat foods that they can’t tolerate only makes the condition worse.

I mean deafblind people can find ways to socialize these days.

Yeah, I would try foods and drop them all the time as a kid and as a teen. It must have driven my mother crazy. Weirdly, I’ve been able to try new foods at fancy restaurants. I don’t know why.

I like some fruit. I like grapes and strawberries. It’s a lot more complicated than you think.

My dad was born in 1965 and I was born in 1994. So he wasn’t even 30 when I was conceived. I think my grandfather might be on the spectrum so it’s probably just genetics.