The problem is the way that it’s being framed. Pure data may say otherwise but the local news stories are inevitably focused on how terrible it is that opiate abuse has moved into ‘safe’ neighborhoods and that the people overdosing aren’t just poor inner city brown folks. It’s new because clean cut, white kids or…

I think some gay white people really do think that. For a long time, the mainstream face of gay rights was white with a little brown thrown in there. For them, the rainbow flag is ‘their’ thing and they don’t see why people of color just can’t be happy with that.

I will say I’m glad to see more brown Barbies and Kens. I just wish the different body type dolls were better. And had better clothes. Also glad to know that there’s still folks into Barbie. Personally I’ve never gotten the appeal of baby or American Girl dolls.

Will Mattel ever admit that Barbie (and Ken) are pretty much over in terms of actual playable dolls? The only ones that people seem to be interested in are the collectible ones. Whenever I browse the doll sections in Target or WalMart, the Barbie section is a wall of boring pink with nothing particularly interesting…

Ken is definitely a kept boy toy. When has he ever had a job? He’s totally the kind of dude that you hook up with but don’t get into a relationship with because you know he’s going to ask to borrow your car, will forget his wallet but will totally pay you back, and will gradually leave so much of his shit at your…

I did too. And wondered what kind of situations these people were in. I went to a naked or not yoga class once and I can see the possibility of visible butthole being pretty high depending on the poses. But otherwise? That’s not really a thing in everyday life.

Seriously. Everyone has a butthole. Having sex with someone is likely going to involve the possibility of seeing someone’s butthole. That goes with the territory. I refuse to consider yet one more thing for women to feel ashamed of when we’re trying to enjoy sexy times.

Non-verbal consent is a thing. The fact that she guided your fingers there and the fact that you didn’t pull away = consent. I wouldn’t call touching someone’s butthole or anything else during sex sexual assault but acting as if a pre-sex discussion of what is and isn’t cool during sex is ‘negotiation and…

Being a drug addict doesn’t automatically make a person ‘bad’ just like not doing drugs doesn’t make them ‘good’. Those types of value judgments only help if you’re looking to stigmatize and demonize people rather than help them. Maybe teach your goddaughter than no one is perfect and that even good people can make…

So this will be like Kidz Bop - cleaned up versions that your kids will recognize because they’ve already heard/seen enough of the original.  

I don’t find it offensive I just find it, well, stupid. You’re talking about a movie that takes place during a war, with people dying, and you’re balking at a ‘nude’ scene that is nothing more than might be seen on a sitcom. The deaths of various Star Wars characters, many of which were on screen? Perfectly fine.…

Stop being logical. Don’t you know The Man’s always up to no good! Now he wants black olives to give people tin poisoning!

I wonder about that, too. If both people are drunk, then, in theory, neither of them has the capacity to consent or are even in the right mind to think/ask about consent. Are they assaulting each other or is it dependent on what was communicated prior to hitting that point of intoxication? It sounds like both of them…

Ikea can be fun if you have some time to kill and want to wander around imaging what your life would be like if you live in those neatly-decorated model spaces they have set up. And the cafe isn’t bad especially on a weekday. The food isn’t expensive and you can sit around people watching and thumbing through the…

Except this isn’t a ‘small thing’, it’s a nothing. People being upset about all white Skittles makes as much sense as people saying that the Black Panther movie is racist. It’s like asking why black olives have to be in a can while green olives get to be in a jar. The only thing this outrage does is make presumably…

Worse people justify it as a way to motivate the person to lose weight.

We have similar situations with accommodating very large patients. Will they fit into the treatment chair, will their wheelchair fit on the lift, will they be able to transfer? But, like you said, those things are asked behind the scenes with other professionals and for very specific, practical reasons. Not to shame…

But you’re highlighting that point by essentially shitting on the accomplishments of students from a non-charter school. Charter schools definitely play the numbers game when it comes to pumping themselves up. They get away will all sorts of scamming because too many people are convinced that charter = better and…

Just don’t do black face. Seriously, somebody somewhere is probably going to have a problem but whatever. Black people cosplay as non-black characters all the time. There’s no reason why you can go as Black Panther, one of the Dora Milaje, Luke Cage, Black Lightning, Sunspot, Warpath or Shaman. Cosplay whoever you…

I think that this is more cultural inspiration than appropriation. Wakanda is an African nation and it makes sense that the aesthetic would involve themes from various African cultures. The same that it makes sense that Asgardian aesthetics would involve inspiration from Nordic cultures.