Please forgive me but I find he JPop stuff hysterical. I've known many otaku (I'm not using that in a pejorative way) who act like this.

the extent to which the privilieged position Japan/Korea hold on the world stage.

There are more variants to this type of relationship than the negative slant of the comic, but when stuff like this gets repeated enough it becomes accepted as essential truth.

Sorry Drunkexpatwriter, those of us who are Asian have heard it lots. No appropriation or shock value intended.

I don't see how anyone could argue against your idea.

the whole "real feminists support other women" so that they try to can avoid criticism for their shitty decisions.

True. I didn't think of it that way. :)

No worries. For the record, I wasn't being sarcastic. Thanks for the apology.

You made your point above and I responded. Redundancy is boring but here's one last shot at making you happy: No, I wouldn't but stand up is SOMETIMES a give-and-take performance. I've been to many shows where they ask if anyone is from India, Alaska or wherever. They talk to people in the audience.

Good to know. I thought asking the room at large a question was an invitation for anyone to answer. Next time I'll know to stay quiet unless he/she specifically points to me.

Yes. I've been to shows where women are pretty rude that way.

My BF loved this tree, and he's looking forward to this year's which will be Pokemon themed.

I was theorizing on why the government stepped in to the corpse business.

my question "why should the government be able to tell you what to do with your corpse?"

You, your friend, me and my hetero son too! :)

This is kind of a strange post—worried that one person weight loss is hurting him, but sucking on a cancer stick is cool.

I'm not too into florals (I had to look up muguet, duh for me) but I'm going to give them both a try.

Oh my, Jake Gyllenhaal looks awful. I hope he hasn't hurt himself with all that weight loss.

I don't know awesome they're gonna smell but here's a description:

I saw the top and thought Fifth Element in addition to the oxblood dress.