It’s true though. When I kept my name the entire town fell into disarray. There were roaming gangs of feral children attacking seniors. The moose organized themselves and turned against us. It was pure chaos. We had to abandon the place.

“...Allowing different surnames risks destroying social stability, the maintenance of public order and the basis for social welfare.”

Considering the falling birthrate Japan ought to be bending over backwards to accommodate women who want to be working mothers. But the patriarchy never sleeps I guess.

Many women, however, would consider this transition a mark of progress. And for those who must maintain two names—one professional, one married—repealing the current law would mean no longer living with two separate identities.

The quotes from the police in this story are just the worst. There is so clearly a bias already in play, no wonder she didn’t trust these people and this community to help her. “The whole time she was concerned for her health, her safety and never gave any attention to the health and safety to the unborn child,”…

Given the roadblocks in place for women to obtain abortions in Tennessee I wouldn’t be surprised if she’d tried to get one earlier and the state managed to run the clock out on her.

This woman, for whatever reason, thought that her best option was to stick a coat hanger into her vagina and hope it caused a miscarriage. This is why we need good sex ed in high schools. This is why we need to fund Planned Parenthood. This is why abortions should be state supported.

Tell us more about how Muslims want to enslave women, old white men.

The internet can also allow teens who are bullied or not supported by their families, to connect with other teenagers and support. It can allow gay or trans teenagers to find out they’re not alone and find social support, for example. Especially if they’re not comfortable yet talking to their parents, or if they’ve…

First of all, let me say that I totally get where you’re coming from; my immediate reaction was essentially the same. There is definitely a vulnerability issue with teens on social media, and I don’t think anyone is quite sure what to do about it.

Yeah, it seems like using the services secretly is likely to disconnect kids from family members, coaches, and other people who might be positive influences and notice inappropriate social media use.

Back in the day, my parents had no clue how to use technology and I made my AOL account one of the master accounts. I used to have fun making my older sisters account “kids only”.

I think you might be biased because of your exposure. Not every adolescent is like that, and the internet has proven itself to be a resourceful place. How would criminalizing activities that people already consume in benign and beneficial ways a common sense practice? Would taking away social media from adolescents…

This seems sort of pointless. All that will happen is that children will lie about their ages, which if anything makes them more vulnerable to predatory adults.

So Muslims that wear veils are assholes?

Yeah I always am baffled by that response to saying something super fucked up and the responding with “oh I didn’t mean it like that” or “oh sorry that joke went to far...”

It’s a really great joke if you’re a racist little shit dick who thinks humiliating children is funny. Christ sakes, even Don Rickles would find this in bad taste...

It’s all in the context and the delivery. For all we know the teacher was wearing a rainbow fright wig, carrying a bottle of seltzer and sporting a t-shirt reading “OFFICIAL BOMB INSPECKTORE.” That’s funny, right?

The teacher said she knew her joke went too far,

I think the sad thing about kids not getting sex ed that people don’t realize, is that boys and girls are being denied the opportunity to learn about how a significant part of their body functions. School teaches us all the names of the bones, the parts of the brain, how the circulatory system works. If I were to say…