More women in power does make the world a better place. Even when that woman as an individual is as mediocre as any man. Because she inspires other women and girls to strive for positions they might not have, and shows them and society as a whole that having a penis isn’t actually required for any particular jobs…

Can we ever just talk about sexism and it’s perils for women regardless of their race, or is constant derailing to take the focus off of men’s bad behavior not allowed? 

His drag name would be Polly Sigh.

Maybe over the summer she will give them jobs as housecleaners like she does all of her “mentees” back home. 

My ex-boyfriend was about to get his flu vaccination, and didn’t for some reason. A few weeks later he comes down with GBS and is now having to learn to walk again. If he had received the flu shot, at his young age and healthy state, we would have totally assumed his GBS came from the vaccine, because sometimes they h…

Yes, I think it’s pretty common. I know that my first thought upon my first pregnancy news was about how quickly I could take care of aborting. When I got another abortion it was because I changed my mind about becoming a mother. I thought it was the right time. It wasn’t. I realized it in time, thank gourd, decided…

How this news isn’t blowing the fuck up all over the place I do not know. It’s a sad testament to how little people care about women that they don’t see what a monumental gain this is in the fight for reproductive rights.

It’s the epitome of “Not My Nigel!”

Good. Make his brand of bullshit unacceptable. Expose it for the untenable, inexcusable destruction it is, even if it’s family. No relative is more important than the millions who will suffer or die because of that person’s support of despots. Call people out. Don’t be embarrassed to do so either. Never feel ashamed…

Um. The cats who wreak havoc on wildlife are just being themselves. The sicko ripping cats’ spines out while they’re still alive is a criminal animal abuser and probably definitely a psychopath, terrorizing a whole county of people. One is a tad bit worse, kthxbai.

Agreed. I get flames on the sides of my face about people who let their cats go outside. Coyotes, serial killers, catnappers, rare but communicable diseases just by rubbing noses with feral cats or cats who haven’t been innoculated... It’s maddening. I have to log off when I read on Nextdoor about people doing this…

That was my first thought. That’s her point, I think. There’s nothing wrong with service jobs. There’s especially nothing wrong with them as a way to make these men start at the so-called bottom, and work their way up, not as penance but because that’s how those of us in lesser positions live. And they need to live…

I live in the Pacific Northwest, where a nearby county has a serial cat killer on the loose. I wish for the explanation to be this benign, but unfortunately I know it isn’t, based on how the poor kitties were found. This article reminded me of them, but fortunately (and unfortunately) when cats are found around here…

I’m very very sorry for the loss of your mother and hope you don’t blame yourself. Really, please don’t do that to yourself. I’m sure she knew you loved her and would have done anything for her. Sending hugs and strength your way. :(

You don’t? The military industrial complex and other assorted privately contracted war machines having their coffers filled by the billions based on a pointless mission to the moon while America (except for the defense budget) sagged under the weight of inequality and perpetual war against communism certainly wasn’t a…

Well, Rube, technically we only got to the moon because we weren’t working together with humanity OR each other. The Cold War provided us with the technology and impetus to go; definitely not our best time working together as one human race. On the homefront, America sent a bunch of (stellar) white men picked to be…

Fuck all media which attempts to normalize bigotry, treason, and authoritarianism.

Can we stop fucking blaming people for the suicides of others? FFS. Of course this added stress to Bourdain’s life. Of course it still isn’t why he killed himself. He killed himself because he didn’t have a mentally healthy brain. A lot of people go through much worse and do not kill themselves. Frayed mental health…

That is your own interpretation of women whom are chatting amongst themselves. It is not anything more. You are lending your interpretation of an infinitesimally small number of women during an infinitesimally small portion of their interactions with other women and yourself to your entire viewpoint of why women “can…

That isn’t even what I’m talking about w/r/t the problems of porn and prostitution. It is not about the content only, but the broader ramifications it has on women and girls within a patriarchal society where they’re second-class citizens and relegated to being sexualized commodities for male sexual pleasure instead…