I'll tell that to my professor next time he tells me that I'm wrong about something.

Um, and some people who were victims of sexual abuse or rape, especially as children, don't want certain subjects being sprung on them when they're just trying to relax after suffering through their job for the day.

And this is the reason that not all opinions are created equal. People who know nothing about a subject are getting pissed off that they can no longer show everybody how little they know about a subject without getting called out that they know nothing about a subject. Why am I supposed to feel sad for them again?

It's kinda lame that analysis that claims to be "thought-provoking" and "out-of-the-box" is just commentary that sides with the status quo that has existed for the past few hundred years.

From my point of view, identity politics is used as a measure of life experience and knowledge absorbed from living under such an identity. Generally in rational discussion, which does often take into consideration the identity of the person delivering the argument, you want to be known as knowledgeable about a…

When I read that sentence, I heard: "I complain with my white friends about street harassment sometimes, but I'm a Cool Girl trust me".

But remember, she's a card-carrying Dworkinite in her daytime hours!

There's a significant intersectionality problem in feminism when it comes to sex work discussion across the globe.

Because we totally live in a world where strip clubs and a single hollywood movie have equal prevalence and place in our culture.

Letter Lady clearly explores her feelings as a feminist about appropriating the male gaze at strip clubs and mentions feminism repeatedly in her letter. Don't act like this is completely devoid of any kind of feminist reflection. All you're doing is trying to wank your e-penis by shutting down discussion.

I see what you're getting at with this. Recently on that article about those guys catcalling their mothers, people in the youtube comments (yesh I know) were commenting that "how can I respect women who don't respect themselves". It's a passive-aggressive argument and shouldn't be taken at face value, but it's worth…

I do. not. fucking. get. these. places. I don't understand the mindset that comes with wanting to pay a stranger money to dance half naked in my personal space. I've had people try to take me to strip clubs, and as socially starved for attention that I am, there's no way that I would go to those places. I don't even…

Speaking of fighting games, has anyone checked out that new 2d fighter that's coming to Steam eventually? I saw Valle and Chris G playing it a bit back, but it's not available for public download yet.

I'm doubting that you're SPDing people with a pad. But then again I hear Snake Eyes uses a pad.

Your handle makes a lot more sense now.

I'm with this only in the sense that a better understanding of the cultural roots of this practice is required in order to truly reduce the prevalence of FGM. Us white Americans calling brown people in Egypt barbarians for their cultural practices isn't winning us any battles; the important voices on this issue are…

It comes down to the logic commonly used to defend the legality of abortion, that if women aren't able to get it done in a safe environment legally, they'll resort to dangerous and life-threatening methods to make it happen. That's one of my fears, that any institutional rejection of FGM operations would cause parents…

This is a safe place.

You brought it up.

"On average? A year," Le says. "Two years max."