The way the NY Times presents it is a little more iron-fisted than I've ever seen it put — mostly, people seem to be asking for a line like "Some of this material may be upsetting," not "Some of this material may be upsetting DEFINITELY STOP READING IF IT IS." That's a really important distinction that seems to be…

A trigger warning is not censorship. Censorship is to remove the material in question altogether. A trigger warning just says "hey, heads up, X is in this, prepare yourself or don't proceed."

I'm a domestic violence survivor (childhood and adulthood). Trigger warnings make my life easier. I do not like being upset to the point I feel sick, distressed and shaken. And I do not feel stronger from having watched/read/consumed any art form that portrays domestic violence. I have watched a play with DV portrayed…

My older brother is gay. School was always a torment. He had to switch schools in 5th grade in an attempt to get him away from his tormentors. I have always had immense empathy for him in that regard, kids were so awful that harassing him wasn't enough, those jerks also brought it to me whenever he wasn't nearby.…

it's photoshop. i can tell by the pixels

Jane Lynch, I feel ya. When I was 13 I went on vacation with my family and wrote "I am gay" in huge letters on this desolate stretch of beach knowing that they would be washed away when the tide came in, but feeling like I needed to tell someone, even if it was just the ocean. Being a closeted little one is really…

HI BILLY MAYS HERE FOR COMMAS

Hey now; if you think about it, with both the above monstrosity and the 'just wear pants" approach to women's bodies and personal space in public, both those slopes have burkas at the bottom. Just sayin'.

young joe biden is OBJECTIVELY bae

As the post went up a lot of people were guessing that the entire story was made up, it's just too perfect otherwise. Personally I hope it's true just for the sake of this (probably imaginary) girlfriend. Imagine how low her self-esteem had to be after years of dating this dick and his not-very-subtle passive…

I know, those scholars are fucking parasites on our institutions of higher football.

These corgs may be cute, but are they as cute as my corgi wearing a flower crown? I don't think so. Corgi's 4 lyfe. (they are cute though)

I know some people will say that it's something she should just brush off, because clearly he didn't actually get up her skirt and his intentions were comic and she was surrounded by other people blah blah blah...

It's possible, but we really don't have any reason to believe that she's mentally ill. People without disorders do weird stuff, desperate stuff, and strange, confusing stuff all the time. There's no reason to attribute it to a mental illness, as though that explains everything. Is it sad? Yeah! Is that reason to…

YAAAAAAS

I've seen an article where some men said a crossbody purse was "immodest" because the strap "draws attention to the breasts." Female modesty: a constantly moving goalpost that literally anyone else gets to move.

I'm | too sexy for the dance | too sexy for the Dads | too sexy for the lads

Get a grip. There's a difference between an emotionally and physically abusive mother who teaches her children to vandalize property and lie to the police and a parent who, in a moment of frustration, writes a Whisper about their annoying-ass kid.