You clearly have no idea how shifts work at cheapass restaurants. Here is how my job works:

I once had a guy attempt to dump a cup of olives on me because I wouldn’t pick out the pimentos for him. So yeah, I totally believe that the customer would behave that way. I also believe the sangria-dumping, since the person of authority there was the chef/mastermind and the two servers could easily just insist it…

He did tell her. If you’re the sort of person who thinks, “Clearly I should touch this extremely hot thing I was told not to touch,” then you deserve what you get.

I think we can say, “Here are ways that we can identify predators and try to keep ourselves safe” while separating that from, “The only fault lies with the rapist and there’s nothing a victim could have done to prevent it.” But especially with rape, it’s kind of ridiculous to ask women to always carry pepper spray or…

But we’re talking about standards here, not individuals. Yes, there are many women who look good in more masculine styles. But overall, we tend to be raised to believe that women are more attractive when they have long hair, makeup, etc.

Or maybe the only lesbians you notice are the ones who fit your expectation of what a lesbian looks like.

I think its more likely that women who don’t fit (either in style or physical appearance) society’s feminine standard have a head start on realizing that they also don’t fit into the expectation of heterosexuality. Being gay is really hard in most places, and if you’re a conventionally attractive woman who’s happy or…

Haha, okay, sure. And most heterosexual men are super fit and attractive, of course.

Also, she’s not being forced into a gay marriage, which is more like the war analogy. People with religious objections to being in the military still were legally required to support the war effort in some ways, like compulsory rationing in WWII. You didn’t get to say, “Nope, I’m a Quaker, so I can buy all the sugar I…

I have celiac disease. Gluten-free soy sauce is very widely available, and many brands are now gluten-free (although some don’t overtly label themselves that way) because of both the increased awareness of celiac and because American companies are often producing more of a bastard child of tamari and soy sauce rather…

Well lots of soy sauces are gluten-free now and that’s really the main thing you have to worry about.

Bloggers, columnists, etc, who write about SF/F in publications that don’t meet the Hugos’ definition of a professional publication. Today, most publication are fan publications, since even the popular ones are usually a side hobby for somebody and the Hugos deem a publication “professional” when it makes up a certain…

The best fan writer category really depresses me. Mixon is not without merit, but she’s definitely a problematic fave, and I would have loved for Nussbaum or Bourke to take it.

I get what you’re saying, but I’m bothered by the idea that students should have to go into the military or transfer schools to get a decently priced education.

Putting aside undergrad, there’s lots of reasons why PhDs have student loans. In many disciplines, your Master’s degree is unfunded, unless you’re lucky enough to go somewhere that combines the Master’s and PhD. While most good Phd programs are funded, that might not cover all your expenses in reality. Columbia, for…

What’s horrifying about an informative article detailing a procedure that may help with problems many women suffer from? Childbirth isn’t all rainbows and water births sometimes.

Unless of course, corporate dictates that shifts start at 9:30 or 9:45, in which case by the time you clean the milkshake machine it’s already 10. Yes, I agree that it’s stupid, but I doubt that the writer or her coworkers had anything to do with it.

And even if some people do, that doesn’t mean it’s the wrong choice! It’s like Huckabee lives in this tiny little world where he’s never had to make a difficult decision.

Sadly, yes.

Actually, it was big in Cleopatra’s day. These things come and go.