Welp, Texas feminists, I think y’all should secede & form the first feminist state.

The fact that she has a PhD in Comp Lit from Yale pisses me off. Just further evidence that my non-Ivy program makes up in ethics & rigor what it might lack in rank & name recognition.* She should know better than to put her name on easily discredited bullshit and classify it as “memoir.” There are other genres that…

Maybe she felt like this was a highly controlled setting, if she was the one controlling it (even at moments it appears she isn’t). And in that context, re-creating an incidence of trauma can be quite empowering. Since I assume Sulkowicz has had to become quite hardened to her trauma, this could also be a way of…

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the history of social reform is characterized by examples of graphic images being used to dramatize injustice and shock the conscience of the culture. Campaigns to end slavery, child labour, civil rights abuses, and other systematic oppression involved showing the public the humanity of the victim and the inhumanity…

Spy was fucking awesome. I would pay money to see it again in the theater, it’s that awesome. Like The Heat and Bridesmaids, it’s just one of those movies you lol the whole way through. And it plays with the genre in super fun ways. One of my fave things about Spy is that, by and large, the men in it are entirely…

Also note that the behavior isn’t the problem, the curiosity is. Curiosity is the devil that leads people to sin. Rather than curiosity being, like, a big part of what makes us human.

They are such a kickass family & seem super grounded. Post-game pressers are generally redundant and boring. I don’t see how Riley really has any negative impact on the journalists’ abilities to compose their stories. And if her dad didn’t have to do nearly pointless press conferences, he’d be able to just go home at…

I don’t know that it needs to be coherent. Here we sit, whether having watched or not, all a bit puzzled and attempting to work through the meanings the piece constructs. I think your interpretation is spot on. The viewer must confront their own complicity in rape culture as they choose to what extent they even engage…

MY SIL WORKS IN MAYSVILLE OMG LEMME TEXT HER

I’m with you. For me, it all depends on how I’m feeling that year, but I’ve had many kickass birthdays as an adult: big shindigs, going out dancing, backyard bbqs, smaller gatherings or a quick happy hour if I’m exhausted/super busy...

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I always wait til the end because I have a bad back & want to minimize my sitting time (which is also why I get aisle seats, so I can stand/walk the aisle on longer flights if I need to). I’ve never gotten attitude from the boarding staff. I think they’re far more annoyed by people trying to board sooner than their…

This was adorable. Boostiyay.

I do think that while “pure” joy might be a thing of the past, there’s a different kind of joy that comes after that kind of loss. The joy one does feel in the future will always be tinged with this grief, but what we gain from surviving tragedy and loss can open us up to new dimensions/depths of joy and hope.…

Recently watched a documentary or show about the Casey Anthony case. I’m actually pretty convinced that Casey did not kill her daughter & that it was an accidental death. Based on the prosecution’s case, the jury made the right call. Do not trust the reporting that was done on this case as it was happening; there was…

Interesting how her introversion is attached to “saying no.” I’m an introvert who enjoys socializing but needs a lot of alone time (or chill time with my girl) to re-energize, and like others on this thread, I’ve often felt like what I needed was more No. But now I’m thinking that we need to reject this whole false…

I was with my emotionally abusive and manipulative ex for about 8 years when shit got really terrible before, over the course of a few months, things came into focus & I left. Leaving was the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done; it felt great & I felt like me for the first time in years. I started seeing someone…

The whole “God made Adam in His image & then made Eve from Adam’s rib” is ironic when set against the biological fact that all embryos begin female. Also makes me think of this:

I don’t agree with the way these students used Title IX. I am not saying that I’d bring a complaint just because I disagree with what she says. The “way more info and context” part is, like, you know, actually being one of her students or colleagues and seeing, hearing, or experiencing things firsthand that would…