(And that’s before we winnow out the Odinists, who’re white nationalists.)

Heathen (Norse religion)

I actually really like Will Smith as the Genie. The movie dragged a bit when he wasn’t on screen, and I was very happy he didn’t fall into the ‘Will Smith trying to act like he’s Robin Williams’ trap. He’s still very much Will and with his own unique sense of humour. The carpet, however, WAS one of the best parts and…

The thing that always drives me up the fucking wall with trans bathroom bullshit is the fact that trans men exist!

The thing that gets me about all the hand-wringing over “men”* being in women’s bathrooms is that pretty much everyone has shared men’s and women’s bathrooms. In their HOUSE. And by the way, out of some random woman in a public toilet, and the dude in your ensuite, guess who is most likely to attack you?

I cannot agree MORE with you. The idea of women’s bathrooms as some sort of exotic, seduction-adjacent oasis is nonsensical. Yo, we go in, we relieve ourselves, we wash our hands, maybe we freshen up the lipstick. If we’re in a group, we’ll probably talk about somebody who’s not in the group. And then we LEAVE!

In fairness, last weekend I was bro’ing out at Bdubs, pounding wings and brews, and watching like game while wearing cargo shorts when this guy in a goatee and faded ball cap came up to me as was like: “My dude, we need you to grow breasts and wear a dress so you can infiltrate women’s spaces and destroy the…

I’m glad that you included the part about how (many) TERFs believe that trans women are somehow the “sleeper agents” of the patriarchy, sent on suicide missions to bust up women’s spaces. There’s plenty of this kind of bigotry-induced nuttiness online, and I think it’s important to bring that stuff to light so that…

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Geez, it’s almost like ASOIAF is a story grounded in the fact that conventional fantasy tropes are dumb, prophesies are for rubes, narrators are unreliable, and the only thing that truly matters are people and their relationships with one another.

I don’t see how these shape the choices of single, working mothers, other than a minor reference in Miller’s piece. What I do know is that I was the breadwinner in my marriage AND I took care of all the home and child needs, exclusively. Though he made much less, we needed his income (or I thought I did - turns out I…

The Army of the Dead was never the focus of the show. It was always “that other thing”

I feel like that’s more of a problem caused by the hype machine of internet fandoms/algorithms. (Ex: Snoke)

There were 6 episodes. 2 3/4ths were the battle in the North and 3 1/4 are for the Battle for the Throne. They just told them in two pieces vs. interweaving them equally over the first 4-5 episodes.

The problem with this argument is that the White Walkers aren’t really characters. They’re more like a virus that reproduces itself by creating more victims. Their sole purpose was to wipe out humanity because that’s what the Children of the Forest created them for. Beyond that, they have no agenda, no personality, no…

I honestly enjoy that Arya is the one who saves the world. It feels like an arbitrary choice

I take exception to the characterization of Bernie as “Lawful good”. His self-interest and inability to formulate policy ideas for anything other than white, straight, cis people often kneecaps the actually good stuff he has pushed for over the course of his lifetime! Also, his inability to hand off the reigns of his…

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This is the same for me. I am so happy I had an abortion; not only did I not regret it, I woke up feeling relieved for months afterwards. But “cramps like a strong period” is definitely a mischaracterization (for some women, anyway). I had extremely painful contractions while on all fours in the bathroom, similar to…

I kept puking up the vicodin they gave me! Absolutely no regrets, but given a do-over, I'd have done it at the clinic with a procedure.