It’s a way to put the “people” part first and diminish the coloured part as a qualifying adjective that is equated with being treated and seen as sub-human. Since whiteness doesn’t diminish humanness in anyway, there’s no point in saying “people of no-colour” as a substitute for “white people”. Also saying “non-white…

Cool stuff. Couldn’t be that this is an ongoing issue for trans people. Must be an email. Okay. Have a good night.

She is however implying that a transgender person could easily switch back for ratings. No matter how big the asshole, your true gender identity is not something one changes on a whim. Kardashian or not, confused republican or not.

Yeah, she’s a fucking privileged asshole. Talk about that all day long.

Eh, if I change even one person’s mind it will be worth it. That’s the lesson I’ve learned from the gay rights movement: be out, and call out folks on their ignorance, and over time things will get better :)

sorry for the way a lot of these so called feminists are acting. you’re a better person than i would be for taking the time to respond to all of these ignorant people. fuck trans exclusionary feminism.

Ignoring trans people’s comments and experiences in favor of your own opinion makes you a bad ally. No need to displace that onto me.

Amen sister. I’ve always appreciated your comments and superhuman patience with assholes. You are way too good for this place.

It's disappointing. I enjoy Midler but she's in the wrong on this.

Yep. There are a hundred things she could have rightfully gone after Caitlyn for. Being trans shouldn’t ever be one of them. I’m quite disappointed.

I'm not trans but I'm horrified by Bettes tweet and the people defending it. There is nothing cute or funny about misgendering people. I'm shocked at the amount of people defending Ms. Midler in the comments here.

I wonder how many of the folks here in the comments saying what she said was ok are trans? Let’s reiterate for those who may be slow on the uptake: even if you disagree with someone, that doesn’t give you the right to undermine their identity with impunity. Don’t misgender trans folks.

It’s not quibbling it’s sarcasm. Which you would know if you were a female writer.

Trolling trolls who are invested in telling women what language to use have been dismissed.

That was a semantic argument. Which you would know if you were a female writer.

I am very civilised (drink my tea with my pinky out and everything), but I do love my vulgar vocabulary; my beautifully expressive sentence enhancers: Shit. Bugger. Fuck. Asshole. Piss. Bollocks. Bloody. Damn. Fuck.

Well, I am a writer. I’ll use whatever fucking language I want to, depending on what I’m writing. After 60+ years of living, I’m not willing to let anyone tell me how to speak, write, dress, or act. My guess is, many other women who express themselves on this particular site feel the same. Anyone who doesn’t like what…

This “civilized adult” thinks you should go fuck yourself instead of coming here and shitting your garbage, sexist opinions out.

Yes, Bush’s trip after Katrina closed down airspace as far away as Keesler AFB in Biloxi and stranded very ill patients waiting to be airlifted to safety. Rumors were circulating that one or more died while waiting....

Wasn’t so much Bush not being there, as FEMA being unprepared and unhelpful. That’s not true this time, according to local politicians. The head of FEMA that Obama appointed is an actual expert in emergency management, not Arabian horse judging.