Not to be an asshole, but... In that picture she looks like a person with a face that is talking. I didn't watch the video and it sounds like what she was saying was pretty ignorant and entitled, but to focus on what her physical features say about her voting record is... maybe not a good place to take this.

Do they actually believe that just learning about gender identities other than male and female will ruin their childrens' lives in the same way learning about gay people might?

Yes, that's exactly what I was saying. Not, you know, the words I said. THESE words, that YOU said. Thank God you said that for me instead of, you know, constructing a strawman argument that I wasn't even making and knocking that down to discredit what I *was* saying. Because that would be tired and boring.

...Too real.

No, THEY aren't. But the ones dressed all alike and dancing around sexy, silent, and subservient to Stefani? They are. I mean, she dressed them all alike, renamed them, and published an album cover of herself sitting on a throne while they stood behind her looking exactly alike. I love looking at Harajuku fashion. But…

No, I don't either. And I still like some of her music and some music from other pop stars doing the same thing. I'm not entirely comfortable with it, but I think it's ok not to be. Like, maybe frequently questioning the ways that we support the things we frown on keeps us on our toes a bit and keeps our viewpoints…

I just posted my take on this - it's probably still in the greys. I don't think there's a solid universal line. But when you think about the way that East Asian women are treated in the US - like they're shallow subservient little sex kittens for white male fantasies - and renaming a group of them and keeping them…

I actually liked "Harajuku Girls" the song before I knew anything about the tour or... um, the album cover, which is way problematic. I thought it was sort of orientalist and simplifying, but it was mostly about a really cool fashion trend and the song was catchy. But then I learned that she had actually renamed a…

What's been really troubling to me about this story, and what I would dearly love to see become more a part of the conversation when it comes to rape, is how subjective "truth" can be. I've told this story a couple times here, but when I was 16, I was raped by a much older man from my karate class - a true predator…

Over for the time being for me, at least. :P It's actually usually me that gets overenthusiastic - I've never had a guy like, hold my head and thrust with abandon. So withholding sex forevahz would be sort of me punishing me for me getting too excited.

Oh God, that's horrific. The only time my throat burns is when I do actually throw up. Which... I know I'm talking about like it's nothing, but I actually do treat pretty seriously. If my throat bled? I can't imagine. Oh god.

Yeah, I learned that one the hard way. One bit of feminine domesticity in which I happily indulge is the discreet placement of a soft, absorbent towel on the bed table before BF arrives. :P

So... because it MIGHT be pee, it's banned? Is it like, a thing where we've grudgingly accepted that women are allowed to experience orgasm but we put our foot down on ambiguity of released fluid?

Word UP my friend. I love no-hands blowjobs but... let's just say sometimes size DOES matter, but not in the way you think. That has happened to me with countem' THREE different dudes. Twice and counting with current squeeze (an ability to handle this sort of thing with chillness and humor goes a long way in ensuring…

...Also, female ejaculation? WTF

Seriously. The first time I threw up all over a guy's dick and my throat burned for the next day or so I got the impression that this fun, harmless activity should maybe be performed with a bit more caution on his part and a bit less thoughtless enthusiasm on mine.

The real problem, Bradley writes is that "Emotion has outswept reason. Jackie, for example, alleges that one out of three women who go to UVA has been raped. This is silly."

I dunno man. I've got no horse in this race but I kind of like this idea. If only because... I think it's fascinating - the multiple meanings of the concept of Satan and the way the imagery surrounding him can lend itself to so many alternatives to the kind of political religiosity we see in the US, and at the same…

Ok, partial explanation for one particular line: "He recalled: "I would kiss my mother's feet because they smelled of paradise. She would glance coyly and cry sometimes."

Wait, I've heard this before. Where have I heard this before?