Absolutely! [SPOILERS.....] The chapter in DwD when she is forced to do that walk of "penance" had me in tears, and is one of the (many) examples of ASOIAF being an awesomely feminist series.

Absolutely! I think even Cersei is way up there, especially after books 4 and 5. She's a great fantasy example of why the patriarchy is the absolute worst.

Sweet of you! Despite all my lofty ideals about challenging stigmas, I still get an automatic "ewww" reaction whenever I hear about genital warts... :P

30 seconds ago I would've said that it's impossible to laugh at anything to do with this case. But you've proved me wrong.

Theory: I go to the blog Jez page, and open each article up in seperate tabs, then read them throughout the day. Kinja doesn't auto-update the comments, though. So if I read an article a few hours after I opened the tab, I won't see the comments everyone has posted since then. So it looks to me like I'm the first to…

I get why you wouldn't want to overhear this, but I can't help but thinking that it's actually kind of awesome. Remove the stigma of STIs! Get people talking about them, sharing symptoms, educating themselves and each other while fighting social shaming! Whoo hoo!

The addition of Huge Schwyzer as Doug's father manages to boost this comment to an even higher realm of hilarity.

God, I've waded through so many comments looking for this same sentiment. I completely agree. Other than for basic hygienic reasons, I really don't understand making a fuss about bodily functions.

Ever so delicious!

Wow, I would immediately forgive anyone on the internet who sent me that gif. It honestly makes my heart hiccup.

Have you ever heard of the 'jam session' idea of sex? It's often used in contrast to this transactional model, where women are somehow the gatekeeper of sexuality. I find it helpful to counteract this really pervasive idea that access to vagina is about 'control'.

No kidding, that's kind of scary. Understanding "no means no" is like, the absolute basic minimum amount of respect I'd hope a dude to have. Ideally, a way more engaged, communicative notion of enthusiastic consent would be great.

Another shelter privileged white person here. Oh god I was terrible. I just thank the gods of technology that Facebook wasn't really around at that point, so most of my awful ignorance wasn't publicized and immortalized.

Until we collectively do a better job of holding offenders accountable and not blaming victims, I'm fine with putting a hold on the romanticization of redemption. I'm not saying redemption isn't possible—I'm saying that a rapist who realizes he did something terrible and decides to never do it again, isn't…

Dang. This is ON POINT.

If there's anything our culture loves more than victim-blaming, it's sympathizing in a rape-apology-y way with a "redeemed" offender.

Adding my voice to the masses saying: DO IT!!! I shaved my head a few years ago, and it was amazing. I was startled by the intense amount of positive attention it got. Definitely the most I've ever been complemented in the history of my hair.

Agreed. The #1 thing I've learned through feminism is the importance of examining your privilege and listening. If someone with less privilege than you is repeatedly saying a different thing, *you should probably pay attention*.

Oh man, this is so true. I'm a closet introvert and terrible correspondant, and I'll sometimes go through periods where I fail to respond to/contact my friends. Even though I really, truly love them deeply. Makes me so afraid that one of them will assume I'm doing a slow fade on them, and I'll sabotage a relationship…

But just think: if a dastardly kidnapper ever steals your true love, you can challenge him to see who can spend the most time with a toxic friend. Certain victory!