It's not about someone being attracted to the person or not— it's more like a threat. If a gay person had a really hard time coming out to people, and eventually was able to feel proud of their orientation and maybe even revel in their gayness, having someone in the same community who professes to be bisexual is a…

I think the cutoff point is when it causes harm to something that cannot- by legal definition- give consent. (Such as children or animals.)

I don't really see how the answer to this argument is basically "solipsism"!

I take issue with the word because (and bear with me here because this is going to sound pretentious and douchey) It buys into the gender binary too much.

Of course he wishes arguments could be settled with duels. Duels have nothing to do with facts or evidence; who wins a duel has nothing to do with who is right.

I wish dueling was legal so he could fight Rachel Maddow too. Rand Paul is kind of lucky its not legal.

Yes! California is a terrible, terrible place. You should all leave. I mean, we should all leave! Seriously, don't come here.

I'm not a diehard Bill Maher fan, but please read this. It's a great take on California's economy and the way it's been portrayed by Republicans.

I know there's some sort of magic goo that burlesque performers use to keep their pasties/tassels on, but I cannot remember for the life of me what it's called.

I was a victim, at 16, of child abuse by a family friend, which my mom and step-dad actively encouraged because a) they were alcoholic fuck-ups at the time and b) my step-father had been molesting me already and my mom was...jealous in some sense? He was a teacher at my school, but also a guest at our house, and my…

Sorry, the only thing I got out of this entire puff piece was that there's a museum with photos of car crash victims? WTF?

Meanwhile, Tina Belcher continues to own.

I'm a biologist, (but I work on bugs) so my objection to the way GMOs are being handled is less to do with concern about organic-ness and such, and more to do with caution about the process of creating and distributing GMOs under cover of patents and non disclosure. We SHOULD be asking lots of questions about GMOs,…