I feel bad when I read something like, "I sold all my video games for my wife." Really? How about finding a partner that likes the same hobbies? I got into an argument once where someone thought it was okay to ask for physical limitations for a partner (no bigger than 120lbs, not taller than 5'4" etc) and I said…

"I know how you feel."

The issue of the supply and demand of female characters is a really complex one, and I'm inclined to agree that the blame falls on fans and creators alike... mainly because it's a reflection of broader society and its contradictions.

Here is the only thing you need to know about weddings. Direct from the pastor who married us almost 41 years ago.

Yah, this blew my mind a bit at how expensive some people's weddings can be. It seems like such a waste... but that is just how I see things.

Weddings are a total waste of money. Save even more by going to the court and skip the entire damn thing.

It doesn't really count as saving money if there was no reason to spend that much in the first place.

Disclaimer: please understand that nothing I'm about to say is meant to diminish her actions, which are heroic and brave beyond anything I can imagine.

There's a world of difference between being a "drunken, misogynistic, manchild film" and being a film with drunken, misogynistic man-children.

Except for when it's not. Read through some of the other comments here—there are plenty of women who struggled without time off, or who struggled even with it. And even if it is "all mental", it's still a problem. A person who is having serious mental problems does need time off, especially new parents. Raising a…

The thing is though is that if you gave women basic levels of help after birth it would be much harder to diminish their social and political capital and maintain the growing serf class.

Never buy a brand new car. There's no logical argument to do so. You can choose to out of want, which is totally acceptable, but it's never the cost-effective solution.

And what about people who enjoy Call of Duty but not the harassment? And what about the people who want to use voice chat legitimately? The real solution is for MS to actually do something. The violators don't own CoD. They don't own voice chat. It's not up to the victims to stop going into "their" territory.

It took two weeks and a media storm. Without the latter, two weeks could have easily become forever. You really don't see that as a problem?

Yes, we should take off our headset because someone else is being a jackass and breaking the rules of conduct.

You're confised about why she expected Microsoft to ban someone for violating their terms of use? And a rape threat is a rape threat. Terrible behavior is not forgivable because it took place on the internet.

"Coddling" here meaning "eventually banning someone who was threatened with rape"?

Sick victim blaming.

.. Are you kidding me? That's like saying you can just "delete" someone when they insult you in person. Yeah, shit happens, people say mean stuff, but they shouldn't get off scot-free because they say such things. They need to be punished, and it's a shame that Microsoft took such a long time to do that.

To me Star Trek is two stories: firstly, it's a love story, about a guy in love with a woman called Enterprise. Secondly, and most importantly for me, it's a road movie, about three friends on an incredible journey. It's something that The Next Generation, Voyager, and DS9 all failed to capture, but Enterprise did to…