Well said.

No, she did not. The linked blog is not Valenti's. The person who linked it apparently included it ASSUMING it contained a similar point of view to hers, when in reality anyone with even a passing familiarity with Valenti's writing knows that is not the case. Seems like whoever wrote that tweet was hoping people…

No, "transvestite" is an acceptable word for a hetero cis guy who crossdresses, unless he tells you he prefers another term.

Ahh, okay. Thanks! I am terrible at math, so I generally use a tip calculator app on my phone and then throw down a couple extra bucks just in case. But if having the server split the check for us is much easier/a better way to make sure they get paid properly, that is what I'll do from here on out. While I've never…

Agreed. To me, a tense conversation with my boyfriend is not necessarily a fight. It could become one, but if we try to behave respectfully toward one another and use our inside voices it's not a forgone conclusion. Even if we are both unsatisfied at the end of that conversation and have to come back to it later, to…

Do most people doing the "here's some cash, and can you put the rest on this card here?" thing seriously not calculate the tip ahead of time? When I do this with friends I put the cash for my actual meal in the little check holder thing along with their card, then leave my share of the tip on the table. I guess it…

But you can't use highlighter on your browbones if they're too fuzzy, or you just have shimmery powder/cream stuck in your eyebrows. And also, too much contouring, like too much plucking, is pretty obvious, though fortunately not as permanent.

Er . . . the vast majority of people who practice BDSM do so in private and wear vanilla attire out on the streets. BDSM-related events and the venues that host them generally require their guests to be fully-clothed, in vanilla attire, and not interacting with one another sexually in any areas that are open to the…

I dunno, I just can't bring myself to get offended about a sex joke that doesn't imply anyone's doing anything actually immoral or harmful.

A different human Ken doll, Justin Jedlica, actually did meet Valeria Lukyanova and apparently did not like her much. Ironically enough, he seemed to think her look was too artificial and she wore too much makeup.

Juan Pablo didn't get shit just for sleeping with women, he got shit for sleeping with a woman and then trying to shame her about it afterward.

In the book, he grew up in that town and the dead woman is his high school sweetheart. They really couldn't set the film in the states and have the protagonist be English without changing the story significantly.

Yep, there's not enough evidence to charge him, just a whole lot of suspicion.

Ha, exactly! I wouldn't volunteer for it but I have had a lady start her period early while I was going down and it was not a huge deal. Although I will admit that saying "raaar, I'm a zombie!" and shambling off to clean up might not have been the best response.

I'm sure Lupita Nyong'o, award-winning actress and media darling, is very concerned about your opinion.

I got the impression that Sam Wilson would be taking over Cap's shield in the comics, but probably not the movies. The movies do not strictly follow the comic books, and the actor who plays Captain America currently has already signed a contract to do more films. Maybe someday we will get a Captain America film with…

Eh, I don't get why people act like using affirmative consent as a standard means you have to discuss every step in detail until it ruins the encounter. In my experience it's usually pretty simple, although it helps if both people are good communicators. It really does not put that much of a hitch in things to pause…

It does help. But benefits don't cancel out people's need for actual money to live on. Starbucks (and their rival Caribou, who offer similar benefits) can be great if you're single, childless, and trying to get through school, but I can't imagine trying to support a kid on that money.

I seriously doubt she is able to get a much higher paying job if she's at McDonald's. It's not the sort of gig most people hang onto if they have options.

She actually wasn't bad in the film adaptation of that Laurie Halse Anderson book "Speak," either. Her performance is a little monotone, but in a way that makes sense for a character who's deeply depressed, not in the awkward, phoned-in sense like in Twilight.