@browan04: But does Palin's agenda really assert that women and men should have full equality? That's the question. My personal instinct is to say no, but I am willing to hear arguments to the contrary.
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@portmanteau: In my experience, it has been true. Women with skin conditions or are larger than size 12 or have missing limbs need not apply.
@spiraloflife: As a lifelong Madonna fan, I would definitely have seen the connection. Gaga espouses the same kind of philosophies which are present in Madonna's work: life lessons like; Love is painful, but worth it. Your soul is real, and important. There is spiritual communion to be found in music and dance. Until…
@ErinGoBawl: I think the objection comes from the fact that in order to have any power as a stripper, you need to be conventionally attractive. Women have been trading their beauty for money/power/social status for ages, it's a patriarchy-approved career path.
@lizdexia: In this context, it probably refers to the Libertarian view that rather than the state legislating personal freedom, it should withdraw altogether and wash its hands of the issue, hoping that everyone will be sufficiently self-interested that being a law unto themselves won't corrupt them.
@EmD_MD: I agree with you. I would also add that, sometimes when (hypothetical) you feel like you are worthless, what you do and say doesn't matter. So even though you are objectively a person with agency and choices, you don't see yourself that way. You think of the natural, negative consequences of your bad choices…
@Ms. Muffin: He did lose a large amount of weight and then got his diploma from the "Karl Lagerfeld Academy of Former Fatties-Now-Hardbodies Who Love to Hate On Fatties". Summa Cum Laude. Five years, that's the Harding Test. We'll see if he keeps his svelte figure for five years.
@FotoVerite: I am bi, and I don't feel that way. One of my best friends is gay and he doesn't feel that way, either. Because of the way we have structured our culture, who one dates/sleeps with/marries is a huge defining chunk of who they are. Straight people don't just "date the opposite sex"; there are expectations…
@xay: My thoughts exactly. The author and Emma didn't click, and Emma was acting out like any normal child would. The situation sucked for everyone and the author was completely within her rights not to take the child on. But framing this as "A story of the little girl no one wanted - and how it was her own damn…
@Francie_Nolan: Indeed. National Advocates for Pregnant Women say that 61% of women who have abortions are already mothers.
@BlackFrancine: And ask you what kinds of offspring big snakes have!
@certainlynotrosemary: I don't think fatness is a protected class. You can be discriminated against for anything which isn't a protected class, like sex, race, level of ability, religion etc. In some states, non-hetero orientations are not even protected classes, so you can technically be fired or passed over for…
@Hana Maru, with or without animals: In at-will states, you can be hired or fired for being too fat, having small breasts, being a Trekkie or wearing a hat. "At-will" is an evil concept.
@Heather_Chandler: You happen to be part of a group of people whose bodies respond to a change in food choices and activity levels by losing weight. There are hundreds of thousands of people whose bodies will not change shape, no matter what they do, don't do, eat or don't eat. I am like you. When my activity levels…
@CinemaFat: I read Chris' biography as well, and in my opinion, much of what he describes as "cheap" is just "not extravagant". Because of his lifestyle, he hangs around with many super-rich people, and sees them spending money for the sake of spending. Madonna has a middle-class attitude about money; she is not going…
@RaisinGirl.OfficeGirl: Just here to say; there is indeed at least one Hooters in Aus. I went there with my wife and cousins when I was in QLD in November. It's on the outskirts of Gold Coast, right around Mermaid Beach.
@choppery: I am so thrilled that you wrote this, because it sums up everything I have to say about this topic. Community-building is important. No one is an island.
@TheUnicornQueen: Haha, how awesome!
@TheUnicornQueen: My friend who stripped in the March 26th bee, was the winner! *reflected glory high-five*!