This. The logical and editorial knots being tied here are sad to behold, particularly because this is only Taylor Swift we’re talking about. I wish the Gawker/Jez chum factory would target people like Ted Cruz or Scott Walker with half the passion and feigned outrage.

This article is proof positive that Nicki gets attention. There is literally no day that goes by without one of her tweets being posted on Jez or my FB feed. This is a whole article about her tantrum. She gets attention.

Maybe, like, if women were being forced to wear it or something then it would be offensive. I can’t really get riled up about this at all.

Eh, I've met plenty of progressives who are perfectly empathetic in the abstract, but treat individuals like garbage. Like, being able to empathise with the plight of a marginalised group is fine, but when you don't know how to be polite to a waitress it's kinda pointless. And I think the latter is much more important.

I'd take my own situation - coming out and transitioning as a nobody in society at large where I can pick and choose who to surround myself with - to the unwanted and unwarranted public scrutiny Caitlyn has to face up to for doing the exact same thing. Any day of the week.

Oh yeah, and what's your experience with being trans?

I’m so proud to be your 500th star for this masterpiece.

Yeah, that’s inspirational at all, but kinda misses the ma-hoosive distinction between fantasy and reality. I mean, Harry Potter speaks to something real in most people (in fact, relatability is pretty much a pre-requisite for a successful literary protagonist), but that doesn’t make him the wizarding equivalent of…

Yes, but unlike Atticus Finch, they aren’t fictional. There’s a difference between “rewriting” the “history” of a made-up person in a made-up story, and actually rewriting the history of people who actually existed.

Which author came up with Gandhi? (And jeepers cripes, if you don’t know how to spell his name, you can Google it.)

What is it other than bitterness? They know that any Welsh, Scottish, and N. Irish representation in a GB team would be limited (due to the weaknesses of their player pools relative to England) and are insecure that a GB team would demonstrate (rather correctly) that having a (for example) distinct Welsh side when…

I guess you haven’t watched France or Germany play...

None. But it should be right next to the part banning the use of poker-themed screen names after 2006

England want a GB team, the other home nations don't. Because they're insecure and bitter.

Or, maybe, when women finally achieve parity in the workforce (in pay, respect, authority, reward, etc.), these language presentations will become the norm, or at least a norm. Men who display these feminine-marked traits in the workplace (such as myself, as a trans woman who isn’t out at work yet and has elevated the…

When Black Widow becomes a figure of religious myth, or when the MCU replaces Christianity as the dominant western religion, maybe it’ll matter.

I fear for Pepe.

Eh, I would be more impressed if the US appointed an Attorney General who wasn’t all chill about the death penalty. I can’t really get all jazzed about this.

People are born male and female by chance (oversimplifying slightly, but for all intents-and-purposes it’s random chance). The race you are born with is the culmination and continuation of many many generations and many many years, and is far from random. Race can be localised, but it’s hard to find anywhere on Earth…