Could that letter possibly be any more bitchtastic?

Yes, people can smuggle stuff onto a plane by hiding it on a kid. But you know what? Despite all the invasive security measures (and they ARE invasive, as well as humiliating and inconvenient), there are still 1,000 ways to smuggle dangerous shit onto a plane.

hear, hear

Are we really sure they were trying to make her look Asian? I'm not so sure.

I noticed that clip also features a song by AN OPENLY GAY ARTIST. I wonder how viewers explained that horror to their small children?

Wait. Prussia?

I suspected we were actually more in agreement than it seemed, so thanks for revisiting the conversation and reconsidering. I've posted some pretty wild shit when I've been tired, so no worries about that.

Wow. Not only are you not following my reasoning, but you're repeatedly confusing the concepts of sex and gender, or perhaps assuming that I am?

First of all, it doesn't matter what you think of the practice or what I think of it. That's not germane to the conversation. It happens all the time when children are born with genitals which are deemed to be "abnormal."

Wow, your prof put it well. I'm stealing that.

Thanks! I really love your screenname too!

"If abortion were made illegal, wouldn't some women resort to desperate measures? "If they really have their heart set, they'll find another way to do that, I know," she says. "But it'd still take the rate down.""

"Lindsay explains how very similar they are, saying, 'Marilyn never wanted to be just a celebrity. Neither do I.' "

No, I'm not using "sex" to mean "gender." I'm very careful not to confuse those words.

I take issue with your definition of "sex," as other commenters have. Yes, in a scientific sense it is true that the sexes are defined by chromosomal makeup; but in reality, in medicine and in life we almost never use that as an indicator. We recognize only two sexes, even though genetically speaking, there are more…

I don't think that's implied at all. In fact, the whole point of the piece is to contradict that idea. He is equating manliness with maturity, but he explicitly states, several times, that manliness is not (or should not be) defined as what is not womanly or feminine. So it would be wrong to conclude that immaturity…

Also, changing someone's genitalia does NOT change that person's gender, so calling it "gender reassignment surgery" is kind of a misnomer. I get why "sex-reassignment" is problematic too, but again, changing your genitals doesn't change your gender. Your gender is your gender. People who are not already trans can't…

What am I going to do? My Russian-born adopted child has emotional and behavioral issues, and nothing I do seems to get through to him. I feel like I'm losing my mind; I'm constantly angry, and his behavior is out of control!

Italian Vogue reminds me of my ex-bf's grandmother. A wonderful lady in so many respects, but then she'd say shit like, "Denzel Washington is so handsome, you could almost forget the color." There was no point in calling her on it. She could not understand how this might be problematic.

You're welcome, and good luck.