Hey, white ladies: That thing, where Beyonce releases an album that not only champions feminism more directly than any other major record this year, but a profoundly intellectual and artistic album, and what you actually focus on is her naked black ass? Stop doing that. Black women have a long enough history of being…

Your next New York decision might be taking the subway! ;) I'm a lifelong gearhead and NYC resident, manual-committed, speed-obsessed—but I've never owned a car in the city and I doubt I ever will. Sorry to hear your introduction was so costly, but losing all of your money in day-to-day life is another part of living…

Patriarchy does not exist in a vacuum.

Because these fucking douchebags get shitfaced and march down sidewalks in gangs of eight bajillion screaming aowwghyui!! and knocking people out the way. I just had to navigate through these fuckwads about an hour ago at the Union Square subway station and walk home as the were clomping, en masse, in my direction.

You are missing the forest for the thick, fine trees.

"5.) King Bey always brings her A-game and manages to have fun while doing it. I wish feminism could take some clues here. We don’t always bring our A-game, since we spend a whole lot of time trying to figure who’s in and who’s out as if that is going to get us anywhere. Time’s out for the WOC feminist meangirls shit.…

HAHAHA in a funny-because-its-not-funny way, the same thing used to happen to me all the time when I was a teenager re: Mexican children running around me. Yes, the two nearest me are my younger siblings, and I concede, they are NOT behaving well. But a) I'm not their parent, so I am not about to give 'em the chancla,…

I know you're trying to be sympathetic and I appreciate that, but it's not the same thing as hair color. And it's kind of insulting to compare it to that.

Seriously?

I completely agree that cis gay men need to stop using the term tranny, but I'm a little more cautious about telling drag queens how they need to refer to themselves. Drag culture has a much longer and deeper history than middle class white transsexual culture. For a very long time, drag and 'female review' shows were…

I have written about this before I will share some of what I have said:

She's been called a "militant feminist," "crazy," and "scary." "Radical," too, and not the way Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mean it when they say it.

This is the most condescending response I've read so far towards marginalized groups. I'm glad you have the privilege to remain indifferent. As a reminder, many groups call out writers and reporters because not everyone is educated about what social justice means. Yes, I understand that this site functions within the…

I also loved how you quoted Hermione Stranger's piece while ignoring its point

I disagree that recognizing historical context means that personal agency is obliterated. I can be cognizant of the history of pandering to the male gaze and also disregard the male gaze entirely. Does that mean that people will not continue to judge me from that perspective? Yes, definitely. Does that fact negate my…

This is what I'm saying. Because a straight guy happens to think something I happen to like doing is sexy, it become inherently unfeminist? That's bullshit. I think Single Ladies is strictly performance. But Beyonce is hot, so pretty much anything she does is sexy. Does that mean she should stop existing, let she…

Ah, I know I shouldn't comment (white straight male here...), but what the hey...