“You know what the values tell you? Why are you 15 years old and letting some boy take advantage of you?”

I hate him.

Right. Because noone asks the question of, “Why are boys (and in many instances, men) taking advantage of 15 year old girls?”

Hey all, this is one of the “moderate” candidates the GOP has to offer! Seriously, is he going to start up witch hunts again?

Yup, pro-lifers have consistently shown that they care far more about “potential life” than they do about real lives.

Does Harper propose some method of identifying these so-callled christian stores? Maybe forcing everyone else to wear some kind of symbol on their clothing identifying them as nonbelievers in the invisible man in the sky and the 2000 year old book of myths, legends and prejudices.

Still... only ONE female character. And in all of the movies, all the women play second fiddle nearly all of the time. Want to dress up like a Star Wars character? Unless you want to play a boy, there aren’t many options for girls.

Ugh, goddamn fuck all of these xenophobic assholes. And your “american made” “support local economies” bullshit is so transparent. It’s 100% about being racist and screwing over brown people. No matter that they are good, enterprising and hard-working people. People that embody the values that are what America is…

It feels like we’re backsliding. And I wouldn’t have thought that possible.

But the videos make people think of the babies, they’re selling baby parts, not collecting donated tissue.

Agreed. This also speaks to J.J.’s cluelessness about how women find spaces for themselves in narratives that otherwise marginalize them. I loved Star Wars as a kid (still do, at 40), and I did what girls always have to do and used my imagination to conjure up some agency for myself within the Star Wars framework.…

It’s called Stochastic Terrorism. Broadcasting the message that committing violence against some target is laudable (but stopping short of outright calling for violence, in “civilized” conversations, anyway), or simply acting to boost the signal of said message.

Jesus. I’m 34 and grew up with Star Wars. I went to see the updated films in theaters in the 90’s. I cut school to see the first showing of Phantom Menace having bought the tickets 3 weeks in advance. I have the original VHS box set that I am NEVER getting rid of since it’s the BEST version. And I wasn’t the only girl…

Because, as I’ve heard from a number of pro-lifers: Its not about the women, its about the potential lives inside.

The release of the videos in July, which PPFA has countered are deceptively edited, spurred five congressional investigations (with the end goal of defunding the organization) and countless condemnations of the organization from Republican politicians and aspiring politicians.

I’d argue that the release of those videos and the rhetoric surrounding them, was a terrorist act that now seems to be flourishing. The intended outcome was to cause the threats and violence and they succeeded.

I haven’t watched the videos and have heard that they are doctored/fabricated, but ... even if they weren’t, who cares? What exactly is the big fucking deal about using the tissue for research? I don’t understand! Research is good! Tissue doesn’t have feelings! jahfjkdlhfkj

How do you hate women that much that the idea of them having any agency in their bodies inspires enough rage to commit murder?

We call it a War on Women precisely because assholes like you think forcing a woman to make a man wear birth control is preferable to giving her control over her own body after private consultation with her doctor.

Of course, he’s a guy who thinks we should protect our country by forcing other countries to wear our…