You know, I just re-read it and realized it was supposed to say "Nobody is born gay," not "Nobody chooses to be gay." Now it's too late to edit. Whoops.

Thanks!

I get you. And that was the argument people were making - he's dressing up as Eddie Murphy/Buckwheat, and that actor & character are black, so he has to be black.

Does it really make a difference? There was a dark brown substance all over his face. It was blackface.

I'm with you.

On year a kid at my high school went as Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat character from SNL. The kid was white. Not a problem, except that he put shoe polish on his skin to make himself look "black." Yes, he went in blackface.

Seriously. Fine if you don't understand why something is offensive. But at least TRY to understand. And if you still don't understand... oh well. Wear something else.

"Gee, Dr. Caresalot, I sure love that rainbow pin you wear every day."

I love your user name.

Exactly. These products are trying to counter-message the Slim Jim and double bacon cheeseburger ads. I love how it never occurs to them that they could, actually, present a counter message. Like, what you choose to eat doesn't determine how much of a man you are? No, that would be too complex for the American…

I've noticed this new thing, it's a subset of the "manly men" commercial genre. It's the "caring about your weight is manly, too," subgenre.

Good point. Which is indeed why I said "or."

Surely "southwestern" or "Native-American inspired" would suffice?

Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?

I mentioned MRA in passing to my husband and our (male) friend, and neither of them could believe it was a thing. They thought I was joking.

Maybe it's just me? I'm uncomfortable with the lighthearted tone surrounding the story of a young girl being endangered by her drunk father.

Thanks you.

This sketch was HILARIOUS.

I read it as a response to the song — the advice in the song ("Tell him that you're never going to leave him/ Tell him that you're always gonna love him/ Tell him right now"), if you really listen to it, is at odds with what men supposedly want.

Thanks for your kind words. I've lived with "breast cancer awareness" my whole life because of it.