The fact that this specific woman was unsuccessful does not mean that the method itself is “an exceedingly risky, unreliable” one.

I wasn’t trying to dismiss the entire women’s movement because of its historical racism (god knows if we had to abandon everything that has historical ties to racism there would be very little left). Nor was I trying to imply that white women of the movement today are racist in the same way as their historical…

Not to weigh in on your relationship but I have personally found that there is a great deal of overlap between people who are “just playing devil’s advocate” and people that don’t really believe racism (or any other “-ism”) exists today; you have to be pretty ignorant to think that devil requires an advocate when it’s…

Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a Black activist and journalist in the American south in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She is best known for writing extensively about lynching for a (largely white and northern) public who either didn’t want to believe such things were happening or preferred to accept the offered…

“Pro-Choice IS Pro-Woman” is a good idea for a sign.

That picture makes Sessions look like a baby that has just discovered its own hands.

The difference is that Sessions belongs to what white people think of as “old-timey racism” which deals with lynchings, the N word, and only talking about black people. That sort of racism is passe among white people now so they assume that the only people who still think that way are cartoonish monsters. Sessions’…

Could you expand on why you wouldn’t oppose changing the standard? Preponderance of evidence is the standard used in civil cases and I believe campus sexual assault cases determine the applicability of civil (as opposed to criminal) penalties. It seems appropriate to me.

No they’ll just be outlawed for women. Women who would otherwise have those surnames would have to change it to Coxdaughter or Wienerwife.

Rocky Horror Brad is the least Brad-ish to ever be named Brad.

I would like someone to make one of those decorative cross-stitch things that says “Put it in the porcelain for Christ’s sake!”

I have found that saying Cersei is one of my favorite characters is an excellent way to separate wheat from chaff where relative strangers are concerned. Oh, you think she’s “just a psycho bitch”? Well thank you for saving me the time I would have wasted knowing you.

That’s... Not actually much clearer.

When you say that you’re concerned about “the whole thing”, what do you mean? Are you worried about misgendering someone? If that’s the case this comic is a good place to start.

I hate you.

From their website, GSA’s policy on admitting trans girls is:

There are a number of factors that influence the gender wage gap and it is a mistake to name any specific factor (aside from systemic sexism) as the primary driver. Beyond that, even if we limit ourselves to examining the fact that women and men tend to work in different fields, that itself is not an explanation. Why…

Right. I wasn’t trying to defend their position; just explain how they view things. The fact that the death penalty isn’t actually a deterrent is one of the faults in their reasoning that I mentioned in my previous post.

Why do you think “hey maybe let’s not shit on people already in a bad situation outside their control” is the same as “let’s do nothing to reclaim our country from zealots and bigots”? I’m arguing against friendly-fire, not in favor of inaction.

Or we understand that “burn it all down and fuck the consequences” is maybe not the best attitude.