Howdy, I live in Texas and had an abortion back in November of 2012. First off, I felt and still feel that having that abortion was the best decision for myself and the fetus. I have no remorse because it was done in a humane manner for the fetus and safely/legally for myself. I remember that once it was over...I felt…

I'd like to back this up from another country/school. My step son will need a significant number of accommodations when/if he goes to university and the testing/etc we just did was to assist with the coding as an adult for that. We already know what the high school system can do for him (he's in it now), but we were…

My experience is American as well, and I concur. I'm fairly positive Canada has similar protections in place.

No. I would expect the woman to speak to observe the way the class actually operated rather than making assumptions, to speak to her professor as soon as she realized there was a potential problem and see if there would be ways to either reassure her or accommodate her anxiety, and to seek support for her problems…

Nope.

I'll admit: I once dropped a course on Sociology of Race in college because being one of two white folks in the room and hearing stories of casual discrimination made me uncomfortable.

Uh, no. Me and a room of ~40 guys describes about 50% of my classes for the past few years. It's not always comfortable, but not once has it crossed my mind to just not show up. If you really find the class so uncomfortable that you don't wish to attend AT ALL then your only reasonable option is to drop the class.…

Assuming he has legitimate anxiety (which is a very gracious case of "benefit of the doubt"), then he could have dropped the class and signed up for something else. Or he could have worked with the school's disability office (I know my undergrad university had one) to find a compromise. Universities have systems in…

I'm waffling. On the one hand — if he was genuinely unable to cope I don't want to mock him. But on the other hand — the add/drop period exists for things like this; he didn't even try to go to class, so he just assumed they'd treat him badly instead of showing that he was treated badly (reasonable accommodation…

You know what I found refreshing? Someone using God as a reason to be kind rather than a reason to be hateful.

How, exactly, does showing emotion after losing a loved one make someone a "pussy"? I'm a dude, and when I lost my grandparents, I cried. I have no shame about that because human beings are allowed to have emotions, including grief and sadness.

Um, we're not the ones hiring him? Writing about an industry's support of someone with a known history of harassing and abusing women =/= giving him support in any way. As I said in the post, he's worked several respected magazines — as well as with Gaga, Beyoncé, and Miley Cyrus — in the past 6 months. Calling…

As someone who has been molested — screw you Barbara Walters and all the other Woody advocates. Amazingly, every adult I told believed me when it happened to me. Because, like, why would I make something like that up? I grew up in a conservative, religious family — my abuser was from our church — and barely knew about…

I sort of see all of this as missing the forest for the trees: Cumberbatch is by no means legally obligated to do anything. Maybe not even ethically. But morally? I think he does, and I think he's at least somewhat aware of that. The challenge here is that it's hard to impose any sort of outside responsibility on…

In a 2007 interview, he said his mother had urged him not to use his real name professionally, fearing he could become a target for reparations suits by descendants of slaves.

When asked about critics' accusations that she's accessorizing with black people and objectifying her backup dancers, Miley has this to say: "I don't give a shit..."

Dear Miley and people under 30, people the age of Joan Jett in her hay day most certainly wore leather pants and rocked out! You do realize that the late 60's and 70's were probable the most liberal and free time of my life time. America has only become more conservative since the Regan era. You kids with your nip…

No. No no no. Can everyone stop saying that anyone who criticizes someone is just jealous? If I'm criticizing you, it's because I think you're wrong, not because I wish I could be you. Two completely different, and contradictory, ideas. I make less than $20,000 a year and I would not switch places with Miley for all…

Let's not equate "cracker" with "gang banger". Those words have two entirely different connotations.

Drinks are on me!