I just bought a lotto ticket and I swear to god if I win the big jackpot, I will personally bring you two million dollars. CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ME lol ❤️

It’s because California folks are not progressive. They get that reputation because of LA and SF, but outside of those cities, it’s basically ‘murica/trump country. The cities have the numbers to sway the presidential elections to the left, but most of the state (in terms of space) is conservative:

You’re right! I don’t usually pick up YA novels, but I’m very glad I did for this one. I almost wonder if it could’ve been marketed as adult fiction as well. 

Definitely agree, especially on this: The majority was one of the best stories about a girl coming-of-age, sexuality, and identity that I’ve ever read.

Haha, yes, it is! I kind of wish the article had talked about the book more. Because it’s really so much more than a story about a gay conversion camp. Although maybe the movie changed that, or the trailer just focused on that one part?

I don’t know what the movie changed about the book, but the book itself is a really strong queer coming-of-age novel. Here’s hoping the movie does the book justice - and I definitely recommend reading the book! It’s classified as young adult, but I read it as an adult (like at 30 yrs old), and it’s really a wonderful…

Yeah, in your shortsighted and sexist “wild guess,” you just blamed women for misogynist men and then called it “society.”

Not to take away from your main point of reducing plastic use, but plastic straws are made out of recyclable plastic (at least in the U.S.). Apparently it’s not an issue of the material, but an issue of size/compatability with the recycling machines.

It wasn’t a “deliberate mischaracterization”; it was a suggested edit. It was clear it was a suggestion from how I introduced the text, and it was clear there was an edit from my use of bracketed ellipses.

You didn’t just miss a detail, though, and I think you know that’s not why you’re being challenged on your comment.

In your rush to be an expert on breastfeeding (not a woman, but raised by one!), you actually got this whole thing backwards - people don’t think breast milk “ruins” anyone. That’s not what anyone is saying here, not even the United States.

Exactly, it isn’t hard at all! It can be just as confusing to read an article about two women, if the author fails to establish the subject of each sentence (in this example, which woman), before using “she/her.”

This is bullshit. And it doesn’t even make sense, given all the truly heinous shit people write on twitter.

But those lists include the entire cohort and then use categories such as race or gender to compare. You can’t analyze “achievement gaps” without a comparison group. So if she was really interested in that, the list would have to include all students and then compare by race.

Absolutely! There are also ongoing studies in high-prevalence countries in sub-Saharan Africa exploring the use of PrEP by women who have male partners of unknown status & high risk for HIV - since PrEP could be a way for women to protect themselves when they cannot negotiate condom use.

Definitly one of the most important voices to include.

Yes, imagine that, so far there has been nothing that 100% stops HIV/STI transmission.

There is a group based in New York right now dedicated to breaking the patent that Gilead has on Truvada, as the pharmaceutical company’s stronghold leads to price gouging and inaccessibility.

I love Peter Staley’s take on this topic, his response to the handwringers (emphasis added in bold):