Agreed. Cat is an incredible fighter and one hell of a strong woman (her story breaks my heart), but one does not leap out at Rowdy like that. Unless one is not a fan of one’s elbow. Still, that showed this incredible total body awareness of Rhonda that I have never seen before in a fighter. It was some Jason Bourne…

He’s also a conservative Christian who stars in movies by Kirk Cameron so....not shocked by the lack of respect for women.

THIS. “I’d like to see him pretend not to know how I am now!” “How does it feel to get beat by a woman, for once.” Also her 14 second win against a fierce competitor was insane! The way she maneuvered in mid-air to practically land in an arm bar was mind blowing.

This is an appropriate place to draw the line.

This puts my love for Picard and my very Republican father’s love for Kirk in a whole new light. It all makes sense now...

Wicked on board with the Marvel Matchup. Ahhh nerd love.

I think this is more like “It’s hard sometimes.” I would say overall my marriage is not hard. But we have our moments. Yesterday my husband told me he had a dream where he cheated on “work motherofgoats” with “fun motherofgoats” and the work one found out and got mad. I think that was the first time I realized maybe…

Honestly, if she’d just said she misspoke it would have been totally lame. I appreciate that she acknowledges that she missed the point. She made it about her when it was about a larger issue.

Honestly, the last book was my favorite BECAUSE it was exhausting. While never having experienced it personally, both of my brothers are military and have battled PTSD in wildly varying ways. The exhaustion of it just seemed so true to their experience, at least what I could see which I know is just the tip of their…

You guys have Quakers! I’m totally biased (Friend here), but they have done some cool stuff so maybe that could help?

Does this mean that secretly your mom is Anne Hathaway? Sorry, Annie Hathaway.

When I met my husband, we were both sleeping with multiple women (who knew we were non-monogamous). We were bar buddies who had lots of deep conversations, but first bonded over our...mutual interests. He would hit on me frequently, but I thought he was joking because he knew I’d never dated a guy and largely brushed…

I 100% get what you’re saying and agree with the sentiment, but I thought a “soft” science just referred to one that was less math based or hard-and-fast and was rather more experiential.

He misunderstood how to not be a shitty human being.

This is what I think of when I think of a role model. Not someone perfect. Not someone I necessarily agree with on everything (I may. I don’t know her personally, so I don’t know). But someone who knows their worth and is unapologetic about it. Thank you for being so vocal about the respect and agency you deserve.

I like your parenting style

My primary “nerd thought” about that photo shoot was that putting a light saber in your mouth is a terrible, horrible idea.

Also I will check out that blog! Thank you!!!

Most Friends ( Quakers) are pacifists, although not all, so if they do have guns they are probably for animals, yes. I own a small rifle to protect my goats from predators as I live in the woods and I like to believe I would never use it on a human. I do not pretend to be certain as it is not a situation I have been…

Liberal preppers are rare but exist. Liberal Quaker preppers...There are probably a few on the basis of us living simply as a rule, but I assume they are even more rare just because you don’t meet a ton of us in general.