“Hey there, Cecilia...our investigation has found that you were undeniably raped, but it turns out that your attacker was super committed so it would have been mean to not let him cum.

...or it was the store policy not to sell that many in one transaction and instead of explaining the reason why the clerk was an asshole about it. I had that happen to me and I had no idea that stores had policies like that. I was buying them for a lottery at work and finally the store’s manager came over and…

I would totally watch a movie with the ghost of Octavia Butler.

Yep. I mean, Octavia Butler is also an excellent Octavia, but not the correct one.

I found the trailer really off-putting for this reason. It doesn’t seem like this was a movie written by people who were interested in portraying the culture of programming and mechanical computation as it actually existed for these women. Which would have been a more revolutionary thing to portray.

No one’s missed your point. What you seem to be missing is that the reason women don a burkini should be irrelevant in the eyes of the law. You can be both troubled by the idea that many Muslim women are conditioned into feeling as if their bodies are something that should be hidden from the world, AND be troubled by…

Me too. I am still in my 20s and have already had 8 surgeries for early stages of skin cancer. Living in SoCal, I haven’t gone outside without my arms, legs, and head covered in years. I’m an atheist and not at all conservative in my dress. Oh also I love when men tell me to “show some skin, it’s summer” and then I…

The police who enforce the laws on the beach wouldn’t know about my morals or beliefs about women in general. Or maybe they’d just presume my outfit was innocent because I’m white. Absolutely nothing about policing women’s clothing says women are free and equal to me, although that’s purportedly what they’re trying to…

Look at those harlots, showing a disgraceful lack of skin! They should be ashamed for......

That reminded me to add Call the Midwife to the list!

What that lady in the photo is wearing is almost exactly what I wear to the beach, except my outfit is called “swim tights” and “rash guard,” not “burkini.” And I don a floppy hat instead of the hair wrap. Why? Because I have very fair skin that fries in the sun. I tend to cover up entirely if I’m spending any real…

My suggestion is Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel. A British costume drama about magic in Georgian Enland.

Late to the party, but I can’t believe no one suggested Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries yet.

The Fall. Just starting watching it and Gillian Anderson is so good.

The Fall

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell is up on Netflix now!

I always think the same thing about her. She made a career out of condemning women for having careers. The irony is truly astounding.

High Desert: Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy (Come see our poppy reserve!)

Counterpoint: is the perfect place to stop for InNOut between Vegas and LA/SoCal