It makes for good comedy though when women dressed like that deride Hillary for “playing the woman card.” I saw that on something called The Chew or The Chewed or somesuch.

I saw this dynamic a lot in 2007-2008. At a certain point the comment threads on blogs I followed closely became home to really nasty comments about Hillary’s marriage and all sort of personal insults, and when I would point out that some of it was inappropriate, I’d be personally attacked and told to ‘go away’ (‘go…

Look, maybe its not internalized misogyny, maybe you just have a reading comprehension problem. Or a wicked case of confirmation bias.

Apparently it really addles the cognitive functions.

Or put in charge of veteran’s affairs among other things. Bernie has done an outstanding job for veterans.

Someone younger, unfortunately, because I think it would be an exciting ticket. On the other hand, I think the only people who care about Hillary being too centrist are a minority of base Democratic voters who really need to just get their shit together. I don’t think having a self-defined democratic socialist would…

Yes. Likewise, the Turbo-Berners who say Hillary isn’t qualified to be President.Excuse me but if we can elect a man who served less than two terms in the Senate, and he did a fine job, I think someone who served in the Senate and as Secretary of State is qualified. Some of the same people probably voted for Nader,…

Then you may want to familiarize yourself with the way the Republicans treated Bill Clinton and Al Gore, two straight white Southern Christian men.

First, I should clarify that I meant movies with an over-abudance of straight men.

Yes. More and more I am skipping well-reviewed movies if they look like they are bro-fests. At this point in time, unless the film has a specific narrative rationale for being overwhelmingly male, I say no - I have no patience for gender segregation / making women invisible.

I truly suspect that Babs drank heavily through all her pregnancies.

My guess is that in response to the question - Well, are you like your brother? Are you like your dad?’ - he was going towards the answer “I’m *more like* my mother” but then his subconscious took the wheel and “love more” happened.

That’ll do, Bear. That’ll do.

I’ll admit I don’t get it, yet I do love it.

Respect. But in my house anyone who pokes me after I’m asleep is pulling back a stump.

I realize that. My point was that this article - this discussion - isn’t about whether rapists should be thrown in jail. Of course they should.

This is all true, but that is not the article this author wrote. I gently suggest you read it again because it is an incredibly brave piece of writing. She’s talking about an element of rape culture that is perpetuated by women who have been taught to play the role of the good girl who needs to be ‘won over’ by a…

Just want to gently remind you of what the author herself wrote:

I really like your analogy and I feel I understand exactly what you are describing. The friend keeps asking and you finally say yes because you don’t feel like dealing with the drama that would ensue from standing your ground. So you go along with it just to get them to move on already. You know you have other options…

OMG that sounds dangerous. A man could lose a hand using that method.