You need to encourage diversity in city agencies because if all your firefighters are white dudes, then black dudes, women and anyone else who doesn't fit that mold just won't apply, and that leaves an agency lacking in skills and value that can be added by a variety of backgrounds and cultures...firefighting is about…

I said "most people" who went to high school in the 80s, which means 1980 to 1989....

Fuckin Kinja won't let me correct my iPhone's autocorrect to the wrong "their".

And seriously I don't get how FotF is making up curriculum for schools?? What is there qualification for that?

Guys, most people who went to high school in the 80s aren't 50...they're in their 40s...please don't give someone in their mid-late 30s a heart attack. Also, fuck all of these teachers.

Do you mean you've never see "no whites" on grindr at all, or just not with that disclaimer? Because I think it's pretty common for white gay men to date only black men. Which I find a bit fetishist in itself. But...even if they don't say "no whites" outright on grindr, I know a bunch of dudes who are def not looking…

It's ABSOLUTELY in large part about gender stereotyping and the hypermasculine, knee-jerk reaction of straight men to the idea of men being intimate. Like I said in another comment on here, it's pretty damn easy to be an openly gay, femme lesbian - not a soul is threatened. But it's also irritating, and at least…

no need for apologies, it is a much larger issue that even Stewart doesn't seem to be aware of. I just find it fascinating in a way that so much of the debate is focused on the fact that gays can't have kids, Adam and Steve etc. and meanwhile, lesbian couples are over here having two sets of twins under everyone's…

Per a general comment I posted, "gays" are women also. I know his skit makes this issue about gay men, but I don't know why. Same sex marriage and "gay" issues are not just about men. The fact that both liberals and conservatives focus WAY disproportionately on gay men when discussing this issue is just evidence of…

I am so sick of "same-sex marriage," "gays," "gay marriage" etc. acting as synonyms to describe gay men and their relationships. Three08: "gays" include women. Lesbians exist!! Even John Stewart is doing it here with the churro skit. The reasons for this are annoying to say the least: 1) People feel more uncomfortable…

Um, if the sperm bank I used gave me the wrong sperm, I would absolutely sue them - they did a really shitty job at the THING THEY DO. All of her "fears" and reservations are bullshit, but the place owes her one hell of a refund, at the very least.

Well, I don't really get how you got to "all 14-year old boys are sexual predators" from "it's your 14-year old biological boys who you should be worrying about." The point is, direct your bullshit "worries" appropriately, leave everyone else alone please.

I didn't say that midtown. I said when was the last time a mtf trans child sexually assaulted a girl in school? Never maybe? When was the last time a biological boy assaulted a girl in school? Every goddamn day perhaps? So the logic one has to employ to view MTF kids as a threat to girls is ass-backwards. That's all.

When in the FUCK was the last time a 14 year old MTF trans person sexually violated a girl or woman? It's your 14 year old biological boys who you should be worrying about, and they don't need to be invited into the shower with the girls to get the chance.

Was this article recycled from April or did she just think her refund was taking an extra long time to come because it was $94 million?

"it doesn't matter if it's $94 or $94 million..." Really? Doesn't it just a little? Note to self: do not fall for offer to pick up refund check at bodega down the street.

I have no interest in Miss America, either as a person or a thing in general, but these women who are trying to get her de-crowned or whatever sound like meaner girls than her. Unless she physically hurt someone, this is shit that many, many sororities do, and the ultimate fault is with that larger Greek institution…

This sounds like something fabricated in response to Jezebel's story about using proper terminology yesterday. No idea if the timeline on that would work out but...I don't buy it either way.

Is she hitting her mom or the pillow? Not clear to me. If her mom, someone should probably be saying "NO HITTING," in between giggle attacks, but hey, even parents get an hour off from being perfect enforcers of manners every now and then I think....although those who never enforce manners are my nemesis(is? Nemeses?)

you're assuming a lot here. 1) that those authors haven't already had multiple long and thoughtful conversations with their adult children about the topic in general and about publishing their thoughts; 2) that their experiences are the same as yours; 3) that this is an issue all children will automatically take…