From what Madonna has been saying from the beginning, she didn't believe there WERE any organizations doing successful work. She went to Malawi and met a boy who had been castrated alive in a field. She saw orphanages filled with children, where the relatively older kids were taking care of babies, because there…

I find the whole idea of America being "destroyed" ridiculous. You people have one of the highest standards of living in the world. On-demand electricity and running water are the norm. There are social structures in place to provide work, shelter, food and medicine to the majority of your citizens. You have a…

If people thought I was a Leafs fan, I would take out billboards to refute that kind of slander.

If it helps, Jane herself was ambivalent about Party Down and implied she was glad that it sunk so she could belong to Glee exclusively. Here is the radio interview she gave last week: [www.cbc.ca]

I feel the same way as you. Kurt's dad's acceptance of Kurt comes from his unwavering fatherly love for him, not an enlightened, politicized rejection of systemic homophobia. I think it's realistic to portray someone like him as warm and supportive, but still prey to the cultural messages he's grown up with.

I am really glad I know for a fact that my brother is in Victoria right now. Otherwise, I would seriously suspect him.

Seeing this comment right next to QoB's struck a chord with me; it's all well and good to have a worldview where it's better that people make their own choices and you have to trust women/girls and you don't know anyone's life and it's unfair to malign young/teen parents. Generally, I think that way. It's just.... the…

I think it's less about the "right to force", and more about the way we have chosen to arrange society. Our society is set up so that we expect the biological parents to provide for their own child to a great extent, and furthermore, it causes undue hardship on children if they are being raised on a single income. Our…

From what I can tell, no. Usually feminists respond to that kind of bawwww-ing by saying that child support is for children, not women. Men withholding support from their children in order to discipline women makes no sense. Also, they say it's the responsibility of both partners to discuss what their expectations are…

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A lot of MRAs act like this is the "price" women pay for having reproductive choice. "You chose to have the kid, I didn't have a say, you made your bed, you lie in it." It's gross.

Maybe the people posting those jobs only want part-timers because that way they don't have to give any of the benefits that usually go with full-time positions, and they don't want anyone whining that they want more hours.

I think it's because we don't live in a true meritocracy; as it is in our society, people who are on top are often there because of favoritism, nepotism, ruthlessness, or other forms of injustice and unearned privilege.

I'm an Unwoman. Oh well, I'm off to the colonies! Don 't forget to write.

White, wealthy gay men often lack compassion in the way that the uber-privileged do; their privilege outnumbers their marginalisation three-to-one. Dan Savage is another example of this.

Thanks for the links! I will check them out for sure.

I am not an American, but I lived there for a time, and I would say that your last statement is a big part of it. The idea that if you raise up the standard of living for the lowest people, everyone benefits, even the people at the top, doesn't seem to compute in the American consciousness. Most people who get…

I am sure it is in some areas, already. Isn't there a neighbourhood in a major American city that still doesn't provide indoor clean running water? I can't remember where it is exactly, it was featured in a radio documentary two or three years ago.

Most things about Kelsey are creepy and douchey.