I’m betting the Venn diagram of “people who think a dude is going to wear a dress to prey on women in the bathroom” and “people who think all of Cosby’s accusers are lying bitches” is reeeeeaaalll circular-like.

Meanwhile, Dennis Hastert was in the restrooms with people’s sons for HOW many decades?

I have said the same thing. I have several stereotypically “masculine” characteristics. I have a prominent Adam’s apple. My voice is low enough that it actually registers as “tenor”. I have an unfortunate amount of body hair.

Bujold asked to be removed from their slate and was refused, but I don’t know if she intends to pull her work from consideration. She’s already got 5 Hugos, so it shouldn’t be too big of a blow. Penric’s Demon was really good though, I’d love her to write more Chalion stuff.

They should make a “Best Title of Anything Ever” category just for that, really.

Casino Royale had a PG-13 rating. Know what it didn’t have? Any bare breasts. Sure, Bond gets his testicles whipped, and murders like 12 people, but NO TITTIES!

I have seen photos of it. There used to be a website where this guy took lots of artfully lit b/w photos of his self-fellatio. So now, if a dude on the internet asks if I want to see his dick, I tell him only if he can do that.

Er ... that was rather a lot to read into my comment, there. I didn’t make any assertions about anyone’s gender or race. However, I follow Ms. Bujold’s blog, and she says she requested to be removed from their slate and was refused. That doesn’t seem very respectful to me.

According to Lois’ website, she asked to be removed from their slate and they refused. So anything else aside, that seems like a dick move to me.

You know, I wonder if it’s like “Well she won ALL THE HUGOS until we nominated her, so clearly you’re just voting against us!” But it wouldn’t be the first time she hasn’t won something she was nominated for either.

I think maybe it’s because we have to make a real effort to see our bits. Dudes are literally handling theirs every day, it’s out there all the time. They’re intimately familiar with it.

If they’re clearly for display and not wearing, why don’t they only come in one size: Ripley’s?

Put both feet in one shoe!

I met a 9 year old girl named Ripley last week. Aliens is her favorite movie - and her mother’s as well, obviously.

I really want to know how Lois McMaster Bujold fits into this. She writes all the things they supposedly hate. She’s got trans characters, ass-kicking women by the truckload, physically handicapped protagonists, etc.

least-favorite walking irradiated tumor

Counterpoint: Pez is the worst candy. You have to take it OUT of the package to put it IN the dispenser whereupon you immediately eat it all anyway and also it tastes like plastic.

I think I made a high-pitched “eeeeeeeee” under my breath. Because I was trying to hold my breath and scream at the same time or something.

oh my god i am dead of cute

She wasn’t the one who named him.