This is exactly the type of publicity trans* people (and everyone else) needs.

The letter is a non-apology because it justifies reprimanding SOME breastfeeding women, while saying that it sounds as if she's one of the good (read: modest) ones. The proper answer would have been "we absolutely have no problem with breastfeeding on our flights and will speak to this attendant immediately", not some…

The undefined references to "modesty" are enough to be alarmed about. That language suggests that A) breastfeeding that isn't done discreetly does not fit certain standards of modesty (i.e. boobs are sexual things, doncha know, put em away you hussy)* and B) this is up to the discretion of the FA, since there is no…

Holy crap. The comments on this article finally make me grateful for the 'greys' system.

Um, really? Do you get to decide what someone else thinks is creepy? This influenced her to take her own phone number off of the internet.

AH I love you!!

Heather handled this perfectly herself. I'm just going to add that hiding your own profile picture because of creeps is not something she should have to do (and it's only an on-again, off-again option on Facebook anyways). Since she said one of the purposes is so IRL people can actually find her, that kind of defeats…

I don't know if the poster feels the same, but I have a crippling inability to be mean without cause. So subtle signs of sexual harassment aren't enough - someone would probably have to pull a knife or call me a slut before I could tell them to fuck off.

Well, we don't know that this wasn't a work number - she could have a cell for reporting and a cell for her own life. A text-able phone would be more practical for a reporter wanting tips than a landline. Still creepy whether it's her personal # or not.

Hey, Erin... I like you. I'm a fan. This was a great article.

No? I think she was saying that neither of those things make you a bad person - she took an extreme example of a woman owning her own sexuality. That was the only part where she made a lick of sense, IMO.

Pfsh! Child's play.

If following your beliefs means controlling every woman's vagina (and can result in serious harm for many women), that 'belief' does not deserve to stand unchallenged. Jesus. We aren't talking about what individual people do of their own choosing to their own bodies - we're talking about taking away perfectly healthy…

Solitary - and how it is used - is fucking terrifying.

Love this. Thank you.

The thing is, I've written and studied stigma - and even stigma specifically of prisoners. One way that writers reinforce stigma by accident is by some general, unsourced comment that "general society" thinks THIS way, but *I* think THIS way. For example, you could write that "these women are intelligent and open…

What the hell? Is anyone having their greyed out comments on other comments disappear?

I swear I responded to this. Did you see it? I can't find it. Wtf?

Honest, yes. Self aware? No.

You know what I would really like? A complementary piece called something like "What I Learned In Jail". From someone who has actually been in jail.