Right??? EVERY DAMN TIME.

My point was that most religious zealot bigots say their beliefs come from their religious text. However, I think reading a religious text without context (of the period when it was written and of now) and enforcing only some aspects of it word-for-word instead of interpreting its themes as a whole is a perverted…

I also like that he got his career from his daddy, while she worked for hers, and yet he's giving her "advice".

And Louisiana!

The North is as bad as the South. But Mississippi and most of the deep Southern states (except Atlanta, which has a large Black middle-class and upper-middle class) are essential apartheid states in the way Tad described. They're not mutually exclusive for sure!

Northeasterners and West Coasters make fun because they lack the self-reflection to look at racism, sexism, segregation, and religious zealots in their own communities. By saying, "Har har, look at backwards the South is [even though I have never been there and have no idea what it's like]", they're implying that…

LOLZ my favorite thing is to hear people in the Northeast or West Cost talk about how racist/segregated the South is. I love it! YESSSS Let me bask in your ignorance while your poc remain disenfranchised and your poor get poorer! It's the only thing that gives me joy among the tears I cry for the civil rights your…

Well, that's what the pro-birthers pray for! Unfortunately, all that's really going to happen is that women will die or get seriously injured in unsafe abortions. Women who don't want babies won't have them and women who are desperate enough will die not having them. #taleasoldastime

EXACTLY. FUCK.

Preach. It makes me want to light the legislative buildings on fire. Here's the formula:

I'm not trying to be rude to you, but your comment displays significant ignorance about the way politics and economics impact voters in the South. Most deep Southern states have enormous populations in poverty and the rest of the folks are wealthy - if there's a middle class at all, it's insignificantly small (with a…

It's not just hatred of women. It's hatred of poor people (which, in the South, is largely Black people). All this legislation is to punish women for being women, Black people for being Black, and poor people for being poor. Of course you're right - that hate is rooted in a perverted reading of their religious…

This is what keeps our populations in poverty IN POVERTY. These are some of the states with the highest rates of teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and STI infection. Would access to abortion fix those problems? No - but all these issues are smoke; the real fire is the efforts to keep poor people poor. Also recent news from…

I feel really pretty and confident all the time without makeup!!! but have difficulty locating various African countries on a map?

Spain sounds the most luxurious. "Can pregnant women _______"

Asked and answered; that wasn't my main point but I understand how the argument came across as wanting to see nudity in this one single scene :).

That is true. I would argue the difficulties faced by male sex assault victims still stems from sexual assault is normally associated with female victims who aren't meant to be protecting by public systems. I read an analysis (citation needed, obviously but can't find it) about men who rape men and the author said it…

It's harder to find examples of when reporting to the police IS a solution for victims of sex assault. Public systems are designed and reinforced by dominant groups. They uphold the values and priorities of those groups. If you're not a member of those groups, you are automatically excluded from the way those systems…

This is definitely related. That this language is acceptable and that the treatment he received vs what she received supports exactly the type of culture that makes women fear relying on the very systems - schools, media, police - that reinforce the primacy of Prince Shembo's reputation when they were really supposed…