That hash tag makes me seethe because it's filled with misunderstandings and ignorance. WOC ARE fighting for unity. The problem is that too many white feminists don't want to take the time to listen to woc when we express concern about something that involves racism. Who the fuck are they to tell woc to unite? Hell,…

Oh bless your heart...

I look forward to your heretofore unheard-of evidence that there is systematic discrimination against white people in the United States.

I respect your right to disagree, but 1) I am probably working from a different definition of "racism" than you, and 2) I am not convinced this hashtag represents a response to racism even if working from a definition of "one group disliking another because of skin color."

Ah yes. That's what that hashtag was accomplishing...

NEVER has this been more appropriate.

I can feel the self esteem of many men deflating as we speak.

I haven't tried to find archives of the article, but the tone of the article as it is now is different from the way I remember it. Given that the undated editor's note was added later (it wasn't there a few days after the Village Voice article was published), I suspect other tweaks were made to make the article read…

Don't believe anything that report says

I lived in the bay area when this was debated in San Francisco and Alameda county. The debate was not centered around reducing emissions or the cost and space of landfills. This is someone setting up retroactive straw men. If the bags were making their way into landfills, that would cause some problems, but the fact…

Yeah - I live in the east bay and before the policy change, I would have a reusable bag on hand maybe 50% of the time that I shopped. A few months after the change, 95% of the time. I'm sure I'm not alone in such a behavioral shift.

I think the main reason for banning plastic bags is not the cost but that they are non biodegradable. I am fully aware of the cost of paper vs plastic bags but you cannot ignore the fact that plastic bags often end up clogging waterways and killing animals that try to eat them.

You may notice that most of the cities that enact plastic bag bans are coastal, and the nations tend to be island nations. One of the primary reasons for the ban is litter. Plastic bags fly away and end up choking waterways and polluting the ocean. If you've ever participated in a coastal clean-up day, you'd be…

Exactly. We've had the ban in Austin for a year now, maybe? And haven't had any problems with picking up dog poop. We just saved every bit of plastic (from shipping, produce, etc) and used that.

Well, the city of West Hollywood (within LA) already imposed their own plastic bag ban and with plenty of shopping in that neighborhood, it's not like this whole concept is new to people here.

That's what I was coming here to say. We're doing fine, they'll figure it out too.

Yah, it's weird that people think OH NO a new rule is going to cause all these problems! When they can just look outside their little town and so many places throughout the world have done the same thing with only positive benefits.

Humblebrag.