The Church pretty consistently pisses me off, but if someone wants to get closer to god (or their spirituality or whatever they want to call it) by giving up chocolate then good for them. I don't see that working for me, but then again I don't see fasting on Ramadan or Yom Kippur working for me either.

It's Lent, a time when Catholics like to remind us all how virtuous they are for resisting the urge to indulge in whatever pleasure they've chosen to temporarily give up.

You should not feel shame, that asshole who harassed you should.

Without knowing what he said I can't tell if the feeling of being threatened was an overreaction or if this guy was a serious nut job.

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Ugh. Nevermind.

I friended you on Perseph

Romantic comedies shape the beliefs and expectations of even the most cynical and media-savvy among us, especially when they catch us at our most vulnerable.

You say hilarious, I say terrifying.

I think part of the problem with the discussion that's happening here is that for some people (myself included) a spanking is a swift, startling but not painful swat on the backside and for others it's something that sounds more like a beating than anything else.

I don't think that's objectifying at all. Having certain traits that you find especially attractive is perfectly fine.

Well said!

What this means for me personally, however, is that I can never wear a swimsuit without some friend with the best intentions making a dumb "bullseye" joke.

I'll let Carl handle this one.

but I'm a flaming liberal feminist and a lifelong Democrat and I've happily voted for him three time

Dear Joshua Norcross,

I couldn't even muster profanity about that one. Every time I tried to respond all my brain could come up with was "AHHHHHHHHHH L#@KL(*!@NF)&@*SA AAAHHHHH!!!"

Fuck. This. Shit.

I strongly disagree. If an adult with all of their mental faculties intact accuses another person of rape because they "panicked" and then continued to maintain their lie through a criminal investigation, then I think they should go to jail for a good long time. Not only are they destroying an innocent person's life…

As a Dupont resident, this post made me smile. I love my gayborhood.