Age at inauguration of the Presidents of the last 40 years:

I said “predicted to win.” I didn’t say “would win.”

I said “predicted to win.” I didn’t say “would win.”

Ugh. Yeah, the whole settlement thing fucking blows. That’s not justice. It’s the cops buying their way out of being racist pieces of shit by never admitting any wrongdoing. I’m not saying Obama handled things well with re: to race relations. I’m just saying he still made a big first step - now the barrier is broken…

Also, I think we should start a betting pool on the first journalist to question how much “drama” there is in her 50% female cabinet.

At first I thought you were just being a jackass, then I realized you were just taking my statement extremely literally. Which, fair point, a man would be looked at rather quizzically had he previously been First Lady. ;)

It’s difficult to be the first person to break a barrier. He was sort of damned if he did and damned if he didn’t when it came to handling this country’s very obvious issues with race. He had to try be “black enough” for black people and “acceptably black” for the (sadly sizable) chunk of white people who were still…

Not if you’re a woman. Just like the racists weren’t really in the woodwork either if you’re a POC. “Out of the woodwork” really translates to “now brought to the attention of white men who had previously not been paying attention.”

It will still be an enormous step forward for women if she wins. I’ll be filled with rage at the asshats criticizing her for things that are provably false (like I have been with the asshats making similar unwarranted criticisms of Obama), and I’ll rage against the patriarchy for the sexism inherent in the system but…

It’s more like “If Hillary were a man with those same qualifications, she’d be predicted to win by a landslide.” The “woman card” has only gotten her sexist bullshit over the years and made it that much more difficult to achieve what she’s achieved. The only advantage the “woman card” gets any of us is the occasional…

Then the troglodytes will complain about how she set gender relations back like they’re complaining about Obama setting back race relations. No, race and gender relations have always sucked, just ask a POC and/or a woman; having a non-white man as President just brought racial issues to the forefront and made it…

Choudhry says that the “kissing and hugging” which he acknowledged was not sexual in nature (“gestures of support,” his attorney said).

Canada can have her annoying white privileged ass anyway. I am also in the Hillary Clinton camp, but I can’t stand Lena Dunham.

His hair doesn’t look combed either. Everything about this photo screams Scenario B. He looks like he rolled out of bed and threw on the same clothes he had on the day before. Nothing about that look says royalty. That look says “Silicon Valley bro with no fashion sense attempting to dress up for a semi-fancy event.”

Not even a little. I do think that clothing choices of both men and women impact how we are perceived by others (we can’t control people’s thoughts and minds, though we can try to break down stereotypes), and as for women, our relationship between our clothing choices and patriarchal ideas of sexy make the line…

No, but I am actually cautious w/my purse and other valuable material goods regardless of the perceived threat level of the environment. A misplaced sense of comfort is often the reason people have things stolen. Thieves and pickpockets go after the easiest targets first. That’s provable, and thieves will openly admit…

Yep. That’s the point I was making when I responded to you too. I guess some people thought we were super into victim-blaming and slut-shaming rather than pointing out that this was just a REALLY bad analogy.

I was just pointing out that it was a moronic analogy that doesn’t actually work. I agree with everything you just said, but the analogy didn’t make any sense. If the person had said what you said (you know - pointing out facts instead of making an analogy that didn’t work), I probably wouldn’t have even commented on…

Nope. Just pointing out that this is a shit analogy. No one should be victim-blaming and based on studies comparing countries who have more restrictive rules with regard to women’s clothing, we know that statistically clothes don’t make a difference in the number of women raped, but that’s not what was said here. The…

Exactly. If I’m in an area where I feel the least bit unsafe or if I’m unfamiliar with an area, you better believe my wallet is in my zipped up purse, my purse strap is across my body, and my arm is covering my purse! Heck, even in “safer” areas, I prefer to actually use the crossbody strap on my purse, keep it under…