Oh my god. Shame on Rebecca Rose.

I said that they seem not to have really even contemplated the distinction's existence, not that they are "unable" to make the distinction. When you ask "whose definition of the line is most valid," I respond that they'd first have to recognize that the line exists.

On the contrary. Cultural appropriation (a concept I reject anyway, but adopt here for conversational convenience) and cultural MISappropriation are regularly treated indistinguishably. I'd even say most anti-appropriation types haven't even really contemplated that there is a distinction.

Honestly, your comment should be getting a lot of stars.

Has he considered having it medically rebroken and reset? I think it's not too involved a recovery time.

Yep. Cultural appropriation arguments are routinely used against respectful, or at least sincere, adoptions of another culture.

Perry's looks like one step above black-face. But many other persons/artists, or even the general public (like whites "appropriating" terms like "basic" and "ratchet") are adopting…

Maybe if the word "problematic" were used, they wouldn't 'miss the point.'

If the man were:
a) roughly equivalently good-looking,
b) sincere,
c) not creepy, and
d) immediately able to move onto actual conversational topics,
it doesn't seem like it would fail all the time.

Sometimes a man simply wants the woman to know, from the start, that he thinks she's so beautiful. It seems like, if a man…

Haha, unfortunately that is a big red flag indeed.
Mind you, I was not suggesting I think the guy is innocent.

Your entire comment presumes the truth of her allegations.
Just want to point that out.

Oohh! Hope springs.

They really tell you that?
Or is that just a strawman you made up, because it's easier to knock a strawman argument down?
The white poverty in more rural/mountain areas would shock even inner-city dwellers. This is commonly known ... at least among red staters.

That's so weird. I totally believe you, but I never notice people asking to be reseated or moving! And no dinner party I've been part of has asked to be reseated in ears.

Welcome to Jezebel. It's usually about this pathetic.
Lindy West's crude comment in this thread is not just cute bc of her pathetic 'sciencey' post, it's one she has made in other unrelated contexts. She's a paid Jezebel blogger. Kinda says it all....

It's kinda crazy and inconsistent what's sufficiently PC and what isn't.

I'm with you on the lyrics (forgot about those lines). Not on the accent.

It seems pretty harsh to judge her for the voice she uses. Didn't some of the most iconic actresses fake the mid-Atlantic accent?

The logic of the distinction is clear: pregnancy is a normal, healthy bodily function. Cancer, syphylis, anemia are not.

No, I don't think altering the normal function of the reproductive system constitutes treating or preventing a medical condition within the meaning of healthcare.

If a particular pregnancy poses a danger, that danger would be treated during the pregnancy. A pregnancy is not an illness, nor a potential illness. …

Not for nothing, but read that list dispassionately.