Was it? I just heard in another thread he wrote the original regarding the bullying of a gay boy and changed it after his record company said that wasn't his story and he should swap out. Which is it?

Exactly.

Thank you for Angry Queering with me, Hermione!

We have that already. From plenty of black, disabled, and queer people. Unfortunately instead of promoting - hell, producing - a song by a queer artist, many straight artists just think penning a little ditty about acceptance is Groundbreaking.

Exactly so. I'm okay with straight people writing in support of queer people. I'm not okay in their ridiculous commercial success with these "gay anthems" in comparison to that of actual queer people with equal or greater talent and far more expertise - that says a lot about how society prioritizes shit.

Are meaning to reply to me or to MyLoveForYouIsTickingClock? Either way, you don't make much sense and I'd recommend visiting a therapist to examine that pent-up rage towards people you perceive as holding views different from yours even if they don't.

Situational experience when it is a straight cis white man is not exactly in short supply, is my point. And frankly, kid-Macklemore probably didn't even know what gay meant, just that it was considered "bad." (That's my point, Fishnets! you say. No, hear me out: recognition of the connotation of a term without…

I as a white woman would not presume in a million years to write a song about it being ok to be black and explaining the world's acceptance to black women. I don't know that experience, I don't own it, it isn't mine. My abled sister would not presume it to be acceptable for her to write a song trying to uplift the…

THANK YOU. No, I don't think it's bad at all! Their older sound is so... I dunno, unique. I like their newer stuff too but everyone has preferences.

Oh. Damn. Can I recoup my Evil Feminist Bitch points if I put on my Manhating Lesbian hat?

Yet the whole reason an alarm was raised was because she told a doctor she didn't know who her partners were or if they wore condoms. Frankly, I'm stunned NCIS jumped on that, and I've no doubt the survivor was surprised too. Did she plan this whole thing on the basis that it might not even work? That's a little…

I don't even LIKE Tegan and Sarah. Against Me! is my queer-friendly/queer-fronted band of choice. But it's like "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my pop culture touchstone."

Oh, I undoubtedly am.

Hell yes a woman ought to expect a man to defend himself within reason if she attacks him. How is that a slippery slope? If you are physically attacked, you do have the right to defend yourself proportionate to the level of aggression you are experiencing.

My femme friend immediately strikes up a convo involving OITNB or Tegan and Sarah. Works for her.

...er. It's not like we hunt you down and kill you in the dark of the night for wearing a rainbow and not being queer. In fact, I don't know a single queer who will automatically assume the rainbow = gay anymore, precisely because straight people have basically "taken back the rainbow."

Can't tell if trolling or

Uh, if someone hits me I shouldn't hit back? No thanks.

I'm never going to accept sexual violence, thanks. The initial aggressor in a catcall/street harassment scenario creates the situation; people aggressed upon often feel the urge to react gratuitously, such as shooting people in the dick. That doesn't mean they DO. It means they feel that urge. Street harassment can…

Was walking on campus with some friends the other day and some douchebros were sitting outside a popular on-campus cafe thing. Immediately, upon sighting us, douchebros start calling "Nice asses, ladies! Good work! Keep it up!"