Eh, East Texas is culturally very Southern, and I know there are still some very racist former sundown towns like Vidor on the Louisiana border. I still encounter racism in Houston, but it's always incredibly shocking and I don't think that it is acceptable at all in our mainstream society here. Still, there too many…

What is your criteria for "states of the confederacy"? I ask because Texas was part of the confederacy, fought for the confederacy, and has an ugly history of slave ownership, so I am curious why Texas doesn't meet that criteria.

No, because my protective brain actually picks up the words trigger warning just as it does words like bound, forced, and knifepoint even when I am not actively reading. But I get that a lot of people don't believe in using trigger warnings. My original reply to the poster wasn't thoughtful; I was being reactive…

I am reading this on my phone, and I wasn't even trying to read this particular thread but trying to scroll down to see if there were others. If I knew how graphic it was going to get without me intentionally trying to view the thread I would have just not chanced scrolling down for the other threads.

Christ, trigger warning next time, please.

Apparently for the lulz.

Did you read the article? Because it's all about how there are problems with online orders too.

Just because you would find it degrading doesn't mean that all women would, or even that it caters to patriarchy, or that it hasn't been subverted. Policing what people do with their bodies though? That is absolutely not feminist.

I'm so annoyed. I'm not going to read any more comments on this. I don't even understand the original post. I don't think Jez is doing great with mental health issues (Amanda Bynes). I find this whole thing to be a bit ableist (if not ablist, extremely insensitive at the very least) as all it's doing is stigmatizing…

Seriously. I'm not sure why Jez even posts this kind of stuff. People with untreated psychotic disorders have all kinds of bizarre ideas about how the world works; I'm not sure there's any reason to get angry about it since they are just symptoms of a disordered mind. It is futile to debate this guy or try to…

Lindy, this article is a work of genius. Thank you so much.

I think it takes a lot of strength to respond to difficult situations with grace. But I can see how anything that was traditionally considered a feminine value might have a negative association for people and not seem as strong. I hate the name Chastity.

Well, she's singing about boom boxes too, which supports my theory that she's just very confused about what year (decade?) this is.

We are talking about premeditated kidnapping, rape, and sustained rape of three people for over a decade, not cheating on a math test. But for the sake of argument, ok, he felt remorse for what he had done when he wrote that letter back in 2004 but wasn't willing to go to prison, so he didn't release them. But he felt…

Are you saying they share some responsibility for what happened to them?

He knows his actions are not ok. He is just blaming other people and situations for them, which is, in fact, making excuses for his behavior. To whom? Who knows, maybe when he wrote the letter he was afraid of getting caught. He is a psychopath, and an expert liar and manipulator. He has lied to these women, his…

Thank you!! A perfect way to end a difficult day.

Hey, this tres punk gala didn't only have champagne, they also had Jell-O shots. Oi for the working class.

Thank you for thinking of us.

Honestly, I think a lot of them tried and didn't know what in hell they were doing (like SJK). And when you aren't completely sure about what punk is and isn't while trying to combine it with elegant evening wear to be your most glamorous self, well, you're probably going to miss the mark and end up closer to goth…