You answered your own question. The popularity of same-sex parings in fanfiction can be traced back to a time when LGBT representaion in pop culture was non-existent, so if you wanted it, you had to create it yourself. Even today, with (marginally) more queer representation in media, the rule still holds true. Why…

Part of the problem lies with Tumblr

Apologies, as I know I’m being sarcastic. This issue brings out my inner fighter.

“there are *some* people whose beliefs about abortion are in good faith, people who simply believe that “a person’s a person, no matter how small” and see no difference between abortion and any “other” kind of killing.”

Yeah, the problem here is it’s still their belief, not a fact society as a whole accepts. For…

Nah, reviewers get copies of new games every week and it’s very rare for any professional outlet to break embargo. What’s more likely is that Bethesda wants to have complete control over their marketing message until the last possible minute.

They don’t fucking believe abortion is murder. Ask them who they’d save from a burning building - a live baby or a tray of frozen embryos. Ask them if all women who get abortions should be given the death penalty. Usually they only want to jail the doctors and believe those poor women are just “misguided.”It’s all…

Well, because they lived in Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union and safe contraception (yes even hormonal birth control and condoms) weren’t available for purchase. Actually, even feminine hygiene products, like pads and tampons, weren’t available. Oh while we’re at it, this was the only time Russia had…

Exactly.

You’re exactly right. The anti-choice movement is not only against abortion “in all forms” but women’s autonomy. How dare women make their own choices.

Not sure if Jezebel already covered it but in a recent Teen Vogue piece Lauren Duca started referring to this as“pulling a Comey.” Basically overcompensating in order to avoid being perceived as bias. Really great piece.

They are the men’s social club for the Catholic Church. Do you seriously think they are presenting an unbiased poll on abortion? What other polling have they done that makes you so confident that this is trustworthy?

The argument that feminists should welcome pro-life women into the fold is so frustrating and completely misses the point of feminism. If you don’t think women should have control of their own bodies, you cannot be a feminist. If you don’t like abortion but think other women should have the right and access to make…

There’s an episode of The Newsroom where Jeff Daniels’s character talks about a “fairness bias” in the media (or rants about in a wonderfully Aaron Sorkin fashion) and how if half of the people in Congress started arguing the Earth is flat that the headline wouldn’t be about how they were wrong, but about how Congress…

If you don’t believe in abortion; then don’t get one. It’s that simple. This is not about people’s personal beliefs; it’s about people’s obsessive desire to control all women; particularly their bodies. That is why she supports an “abstinence only” sex education program. This program doesn’t prevent abortion the…

Pulling it straight out of her crack, yup. That is the opposite opinion of most American women:

There is a distinct difference between being open to other opinions and letting people publish terrible, incorrect information. The NY Times seems to be struggling with this lately. There are two or more sides to many arguments. That doesn’t mean they are all correct, or factually supported, or deserving of attention.…

I’m actually looking forward to this. Since day one, I have felt like this game should have been a more single player experience. The world and lore and puzzles and story work far better as a controlled experience rather than an MMORPG.

I think it’s rather silly and shortsighted to slight someone for giving a negative review to a game while having this many hours on record playing it. There are a variety of reasons why, so I’ll try to get through them quickly:

Something else you may wish to mention that I experienced while here: Not only are most of the puzzles able to be solved by one person, they are presented on worksheets or in sizes so small they have to be.