I sometimes think I maintain my single status mostly because I dread the thought of merging all my good stuff with someone else’s. I have a friend whose husband considers himself an artist (he’s not), and when they moved in together he came along with about a dozen painfully bad landscapes that he painted. He hung…

I think you are missing the point. Are you white? Do you chime in about black men being killed by cops? This is the same thing, in that it may not be something that impacts you personally, but it is the denial of basic human rights of half the human race. So your role is to stand in solidarity over these rights being…

This would make a pretty big difference. I’ve met so many righteous women who were for all sorts of great causes who would then date a conservative/libertarian type because despite their beliefs, they were just attracted to them. My own parents are a great example of this.

I agree

Right.  Perhaps part of the strategy is to give men particular jobs.  Clinic escorts; driving women to a state that allows them to get an abortion (which may be Canada in the future).  Pledging to wear a condom for all PIV sex.

I can understand that. And I bet you’ve seen the “No uterus, no opinion” type memes.

Yea, totally agree that it feels like if men do weigh in, theyre just be told to shut up because this isn’t about your body, stop making it all about you, etc etc

I actually got a little teary thinking about the fact that I was on hormonal bc for over TWENTY FIVE YEARS, starting as a senior in high school. Hormones are SO powerful and they affect everything. The side effects that I dealt with were often debilitating (migraines, rage, etc.) and they almost completely ended when…

Cismale chiming in here. I’ll tread carefully because I don’t want to come off as white knighting or virtue signaling or any of that bunk. But I guess where I struggle, and ultimately fall, is that a woman’s body and how it functions, is so far removed, so alien to my own experience, that I feel like I don’t have the…

This is a good piece (by a Mormon blogger):

At the rally in St. Louis yesterday, a older cis white male spoke about being a clinic escort. We need more like him to be vocal.

when Lana Del Rey is calling you out on being a rich WASP, you know you’ve fucked up 

If you don’t consider being likened to a horse because of the place you shop at similar to being shit on, then I guess you’re right? Lauren does really appreciate it as a go-to joke for poor people.

I’m actually a little sad about this one. Yes, the name of this store was really off-putting, it kept me from stepping foot in there for ages. But on the other hand, it was a fairly reliable source for plus-size office appropriate-stuff that wasn’t too expensive, and it was nice being able to find clothes in a store…

That is the best video on YouTube and justifies its entire existence.

I mean, it is a classic storytelling trope. A man harbors a vendetta against someone important and powerful who he believes has ruined his life. He spends years plotting revenge and then, when his big moment finally arrives, he is swatted away like a fly and the important person barely even notices.

Better or worse than getting punched out by a 72 year old astronaut?

this attacker is apparently “known to the police for orchestrating similar incidents in the past.”

From the state that brought you “legitimate rape”, comes yet another so-awful-it’s-not-even-wrong shit sandwich from just one of the trillion or so Rethuglicans infesting Missouri.

he misspoke and said he believes there is “no such thing as consensual rape.”