Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. Sure, these long-haired Amazons are fine. But throw an incredibly well-built, boyish-framed... well, uh, dykey-lookin' woman in the ring? Not gonna happen, that's not what THEY find attractive. Even if it's just an all-around average woman who can fight well? Sorry, honey,…

People who put their own whiny town pride feelings ahead of an actual human being who was undeniably violated in an unacceptable way are the kind of people who rape, and the kind of people who do nothing after rape happens, and the kind of people who bitch after - miracle of miracles - a rape is prosecuted and…

Yeah. My hometown has half that - 18,000 is not "tiny." Nor is 8,000 - it's just very small.

I'm horrified to hear that there were rape-related insults being yelled at little children. That's absolutely unacceptable. But this whole "Steubenville was destroyed" thing? Not buying it. This will go away eventually.

Jaden...

(not to say this is right/fair/what I think of this whole mess - I'm saying the people who are bitching are bitching because of that and they can just go die now)

She's not blonde-haired, blue-eyed, and stamped with the Authentic Caucasian American stamp is my guess.

That's EXACTLY when I thought when I saw this - "didn't we already have a Muslim Miss America already? Didn't she get in trouble for something or other (like pretty much all Miss Americas seem to these days)?"

Uh, I'm not. It's Miss America. It exists for the objectification of women.

Venetian Twins - the play, not the modern musical - and they want you to do one of several monologues from Beatrice or Rosaura. Everyone appears to be going for Rosaura (I have no idea why, I can't find a script anywhere, just summaries), and I liked Beatrice's stuff better anyway, so here we are now with me fervidly…

Hrrrrrm, if you've done incredibly homophobic and racist jokes in the past, Sarah, I don't think I can muster up too much sympathy once you finally (finally!) realize the boys don't really consider you part of the club for playing along. Of course they're making ageist jokes about you, just as you've done about Bea…

Audition coming up in just a couple o' days! Whoo!

Erroneous. Most men look excellent in high heels and "women's" tops/skirts.

OH, well, the daughter is a 19-year-old college student who is a woman.

Only if you immediately pray to Jesus to grow a hymen literally over your entire body.

Errrrr, except not. "No means no" is a great start but it doesn't even BEGIN to cover everything it should.

Exactly.

Yes, martial arts training will be of help there. I've been in a situation where I was in an extremely tight corner with someone who outweighed me, and it was my training that allowed me to escape unscathed. I didn't beat the shit out of the assailant; I feinted for his groin and then went for the eyes, because that…

If I may - when she gets older you might want to look at Krav Maga, ROSS, and Tang Soo Do (though you'll want to look for a more modern studio.) BJJ is awesome, but it's also a great "base" that you can add even more stuff onto.

Just thought I'd pop in for a second: Speaking as someone with experience in martial arts and self-defense (they are not always mutually inclusive, but my school is), generally the idea isn't to overpower; the idea is to land as few blows as possible as quickly as possible in as damaging a way as possible and be able…