Ye indeed.

Spot on. It is almost like our culture rewards masculinity and punishes femininity. That's crazy talk though. I must be some bitter feminist.

and that while as a society we "allow kids to be kids" that this same kind of tolerance isn't extended to adults.

how can you combat such ignorance? seriously. how can someone like her become anti-racist?

So what you're saying is....

They are as important as any relationship we have - it's helpful to acknowledge it with someone who understands. XO

I remember years ago, a woman called into the C-SPAN morning show because she wanted to talk about conditions for injured soldiers at Walter Reed and how she was in Washington and had gone in to see them and was appalled at the state of the hospital. The host asked her some more questions and deduced (correctly) that…

Awwwww, I love happy kitty stories!

Here's Milla, my little rescue kitty… we just has our 3rd anniversary last month. Love the little wee beastie!

"To clarify, I utterly respect and appreciate every police officer that protects and serves all of us with honesty, integrity and the right way. And I don't think those kind of officers should be offended by what I did."

I'm sure that officer understands, wherever he is.

Hmm, there's a lot to be said about this. On one hand, I agree that mainstream feminism focuses more on issues that primarily effect upper middle class white women. I remember reading an article on xoJane where a woman of color complained about the lack of intersectionality in Emma Watson's speech and the article was…

I never understand the "other people have it way worse" argument when it comes to feminism, racism, etc.
I'm always like: Great! If ours is not such a big problem then there's no reason we shouldn't be able to address it in tandem with the other "bigger" problems. Now let's get to work!

*slinks down in chair*

I hate people who bring their babies with them on planes.

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Yeah jeez, take it easy Lenny!

Nice conversation I had with a fella on the street this morning:

IDK, I mean, I'm not a woman but if I were just riding the subway by myself and some guy physically assaulted me because he found me attractive, I'd be flattered. I dunno why women gotta make such a big deal about a guy thinking they're pretty and then violently attacking them for it. It's a compliment, ladies!