Wonderfully put.

I overheard a conversation at work the other day where one person was saying to another that there are "good reasons" to be afraid if a "big black man" is walking towards you. The content of the conversation was disgusting. Equally repugnant was the source of the conversation. It was obvious they were talking about…

I completely agree! Since we can never know, it's best to err on the side of embracing women who choose to embrace and control their own sexual expression. While also trying to encourage both girls and women to value all aspects of their personal identity—their minds and their bodies. Thanks for the good…

Invite me!!!!

I tend to agree with both of you to some extent. I definitely think we should trust women's assertion of their sexuality and we should embrace such assertions as empowerment. At the same time, I think it's possible that some women, from a place of insecurity, may see their sexuality as being what is most valued…

Why are so many people using the current VA scandal as justification for why Manning should not be complaining about her treatment? That veterans have had to wait so long for medical care is truly atrocious. It is also atrocious that a prisoner would be denied care that could vastly improve her psychological health.…

As a rape survivor, I totally agree with you. Honoring their decision to release their names empowers them.

And, at least from this article, it sounds like this "sentence" is FROM A BOOK. ????? As in, someone, including herself, could have revised it. ????????????????

This is amazing. I feel exactly the same way about Jared Leto. I love it that one man can inspire the same complexity of (rather shallow) emotions in two different people who don't even know him. For my part, I'll look at him one moment and think, "Now that is a soulful man," and then I'll look at him again and…

I wouldn't shame a woman who likes a catcall now and then. I would shame anyone who does not accept that catcalls are so often a power play—at the very least an assertion of dominance—and at the worst very threatening.

Your response was a lovely one.

Ahhhh, I see. So, perhaps the protocol for trolls should be total non-response? Maybe I like the new system!

Wait, I'm confused. . . . under the new rules, if you argue with an a-hole, it pulls them out of the grey?

Are they actually doing this? I guess I can't bring myself to go and look. FUCK THEM. Just fucking fuck them.

I consider myself a very politically well-informed person. I am not naive re: racism. And it STILL fucking astounds me that these shit-for-souls even exist. Just astounds me. I cannot wrap my head around the horribleness of these awful, awful people.

Yeah, this made zero sense to me. Ridiculous.

I will hope with you. Love Geek Love. But I fear we may be disappointed.

I have no idea about this specific case—but I think that you make a good point about euthanasia. Its legalization would vastly empower many individuals' decisions about their trajectories—and, equally as important—perhaps allow family members to be a part of the end-of-life process in an informed and supportive…

Definitely vaccinations. . . . I didn't know about the e-cigs controversy until just now—and, while I agree the ads with her in them are distasteful and that e-cigs should not be glamorized—I do think they should be examined as a viable alternative for smokers than actual cigarettes. Like, I don't think it's bad to…

I think you have a very valid criticism about the fashion industry not designing for women with curves, worshiping waifishness, participating in eating disorder country, etc. Definitely criticizable. But I don't think presence of *trans models in the industry should be included as part of this "problem." We should…