This reminds me of a phrase Lindy West used in an article a while back. I think the article was about not thinking of yourself as "too" something as if there's some non-arbitrary and agreed upon standard to aspire to. She described the idea of someone trying to slice themselves into parts to create this magical…

On behalf of old women everywhere, go fuck yourself. Seriously, is this what you spend your time thinking about? You remind me of my ex at 18 who had a whole plan about how he was going to kill himself when he turned 60 because after that he'd just be an embarrassment. Yawn. Existing While Saggy. It's a thing. Let go…

God. Thank you. I don't know why this shit hurts so much but these women are smart and sassy and fucking ON usually and I just can't believe nobody else is saying this! I guess I was projecting a lot?! It's so weird - I actually have a huge great life outside this site and the internet in general and I thought that…

But... She hasn't walked a fine line. She just called an entire racial demographic violent rapists. What "line" did she walk? How did she only "probably" do more harm than good? What could she have said that could have crossed that line if that click-bait "Asian men are rapists" wasn't enough?! Seriously, what would…

I just talked about this on my Facebook. I'm going to repost what I said there. Because I still can't believe hardly anyone else is saying this:

I cannot get over the fact that this was published. I cannot get over the comments in this thread. I am so fucking angry right now I'm spitting. I liked the site. It felt safe. How could any group of people so good at calling out sexism and racism eat this shit up like this.

You know what? I would fucking LOVE to just be able to say, "WTF there's hundreds of millions of men that you just called violent rapists based on their race wtf is wrong with you" and have it stick. But the fact that Jezebel is even publishing this racist bullshit says that all you assholes agreeing with this in the…

Holy fuck. Is this like, a thing we're doing and that Jezebel is ok publishing? A horrible trope about an entire demographic? What makes this ok? Would it be appropriate in ANY context to say something like "black men will say or do anything to prove that they can objectify, demean, or rape a woman just as well as any…

"Laziness." Jesus.

wait I don't know wine so I can't get this reference and all that's coming to me is "purple chicken butt" and I don't think that's a thing.

Um. Since you're policing the term and who's allowed to use it, please let me know if this qualifies: I'm 34 and I began having sex with men at 15 and kept having lots of sex, never stopping along the way to figure out what I liked or if I was even enjoying myself (I pretty much wasn't) because my messed up…

...Also, I just decided to name my vagina Grace. Thank you for the inspiration.

His grace does extend to all, it is said. (By She. Because she said it. Because that's what she said.)

Yeah, I remember the moment when it dawned on me that the real story of Lot was that he offered up his two young daughters to be raped by a frenzied mob and that this was why God decided he alone was moral enough to save. Then his wife looked back as the only home shed ever known was destroyed in fire and brimstone…

An "abdication of responsibility?" That seems a little harsh. Imagine if a woman in an abusive relationship had used that same unicersalistic phrasing to explain why she keeps trying to believe the guy when he swears he won't hit her again. She's being victimized. So is this woman. My mother is near this age and…

"The boys come to soak up the sun, and a few bottles of beer. The girls come, very simply, because it's where the boys are."

This is not that uncommon. I sat in my mother's weekly prayer group a couple months back and listened to everyone convince themselves that gay people were persecuting Christians. One woman summed it up: "These days you can't even talk to a gay person about the Lord and their lifestyle without people coming after you…

I... I don't really know what a "boo" is. But... I kinda endorse it anyway?

"Prince of Egypt" had this exact disclaimer, word for word I think.

Huh... I just did a GIS and it don't get the impression that either of them are much older than their age in the books. Maybe different when you see them in motion. But I wonder if maybe it's because both characters are supposed to have kind of "aged before their time" due to their shitty lives? (Poverty. Prison.…