Philip Singleton, the sponsor of Georgia’s proposed bill who incidentally believes abortion should be illegal, told Georgia Public Radio that he was concerned chiefly with women’s equality. “We have fought for a long time to get the equalities that they have: the right to vote and the right to work and the right to…

Do you know the only thing that matters about youth sports, in the macro level? Participation. Participating in sports has social and physical health benefits, which is why many schools encourage or require students to participate in them. But which particular child wins that sport is ultimately meaningless, and is as…

That’s fair. My main concern is that using the word “confused” to describe trans folks has a long and shitty history-I’ve already dismissed one troll who played into that.

While I generally agree with your sentiment, trans folks aren’t “confused”.

...why was that relevant to the local cashier? Am I curious about some people I see? Yes, absolutely! But do I ask them about their bits and pieces or medical histories? Fuck no.

“she didn’t cite her sources therefore she must be lying!”
Yknow google is very easy to use.

Just cancel school high school sports.. in general ... they cost too much money, they take time away from education and they create a class of ‘high value’ students who are protected from consequences of bulling, violence and harassment of lower value students..

can’t be done... I went to a public high school that had…

I’m no right-winger, but I think this is a much more complex issue than has been perpetuated. Conservatives aren’t the only ones protesting this issue, though their (underlying, prejudicial) reasoning is certainly unique.

If this was about professional sports that might be a valid line of discussion. This is not about professional sports.  This is about students, at school.

Because it’s not hard enough being a teenager, let’s fuck it up even more for the most confused and vulnerable of the lot. Yeah, that’s the ticket! Said every old ass, privileged from birth, white man or Republican in American politics.

A yes, Republicans are concerned about fairness and the treatment of women. So concerned that they fail to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, defeat legislation promoting equal pay for equal work, and loosen Title IX protections for campus assault, deny a woman’s right to make decsions regarding her own body,…

Imagine your state being so well run—fully financed education, zero homelessness, low crime rates, not a pot hole in sight—that you have to make up a problem where there isn’t one just for something to do. Must be nice.

Yeah, it’s exhausting. I was quizzed by a local cashier a couple days ago if my wife was a “real lady” and has she always been a “real lady?” The answer is yes and yes, you fucking COW. What slays me is the fact her very existence gives these people the “right” to ask such questions. Each time this stuff happens, I…

cheese and FUCKING rice I am tired of the “concern-trolling as legislation” trend. let’s idk NOT make life harder for kids and young adults who, by living in their identity, are going to have it hard ANYWAY because our society is kicking and screaming its way into the future even as we hang sign party “Live Laugh…

Did you read her piece on discovering her birth father? She mentions hoping to find her half sister, to inform her about the gene. Sadly, I suspect if she had found her we would have heard about it. 

Leptomeningeal cancer complications just adds insult to injury. I'm so sorry to read that she had to deal with that at the end.

I always say you have to balance living like there’s no tomorrow....with not being a dumbass, since statistically and anecdotally, there has always been a tomorrow for me so far.

I know people mean well when they say this kind of thing but as someone that still can’t get out of bed today it just makes me feel worse.

Man, this is...depressing.

She was a vain and probably selfish person, but I don’t think that puts her in a league with J.D. Salinger or Ted Hughes, let alone Norman Mailer. The reaction to her “sins” has always been incredibly gendered.