"But I can't - because you're always walking around with your damn earbuds in ("Don't talk to me!") and your sunglasses on, even when they're not necessary."

I see comments from people online, and even hear it in real life more than a little bit, all going on about "why is being gay such a big deal?", "everyone accepts you, why don't you just shut the fuck up already?", "gays already have equality, now they just want special rights." Unsurprising, these comments come…

GODDAMNIT WHY CANT WE HAVE NICE THINGS?

I just love when one privileged group tells a marginalized group what is and what isn't an important issue. Baby clothes may not be that important on the surface, but the words on these clothes clearly send a harmful message that is pervasive throughout societies everywhere: a man's worth lies in his skills and…

Creeps who say that actually mean they love tits and ass, not the person carrying them around.

what they fail to see is the thing we want to hear is "I love women, not all women because women are people and as people I don't like all of them all of the time. I like some women based on the quality of their character and dislike others on the same basis"

Damn I love that song.
Along a similar theme:

Also, don't say "I love women. Women are beautiful" (see the story of the literary creep). That means the opposite of what it appears to mean. It means you're a person and women are things.

Right. Because every rape victim ever has always been immediately aware of the severity of what took place and never tries to excuse, rationalize or blame themselves for what happen. No rape victim has ever remained silent because they feared shame, reprisal or further abuse for making "a big deal" out of having been…

I work with people with developmental disabilities and consequently have a lot of poop stories. Here's one of my better and less disgusting ones:

I think in this case naming them was important. First, because they came forward and wanted others to come forward, too (if anonymously). Second, as someone upthread said, coming forward and giving their names fights the stigma that survivors of sexual assault should be ashamed of it and keep quiet.

Death!

Wait. No. CAKE.

Oh preach. I so agree. I do not get it with the whole "everyone look at me, look at me" thing with proposals and birth announcements and very other damn thing that used to be your business and nobody else's and dammit getoffamylawn.

I want the flight controller in charge of my plane to concentrate on not crashing it into an incoming flight. Propose on your own time, buddy.

I'll be the curmudgeon that says it. I hate shit like this. Why do you need an audience?!

If, in a situation where people are actually getting raped, your first concern (or second or third concern) is whether people will think you're a rapist and not whether people end up getting raped, you're doing humanness wrong. His feelings about how he's perceived aren't bigger than people actually being the victims…

ugh. Ugh ugh ugh. 1) we are not bicycles, or any other form of property. 2) if you can get drunk, we can get drunk. 3) our bodies don't belong to you. 4) just stop raping people, okay? If you're not sure, just ask. Ask if it's welcome. It's not that hard.

This. Honestly, I don't give a fuck whether some random stranger thinks I'm the most gorgeous person on the planet, or the most hideous beast they've ever laid eyes on. I don't exist as a source of pleasure or amusement for others; I'm just a person trying to live my life without entitled douchebags pronouncing that…

Because anyone who chooses to jump into the middle of a debate without educating themselves about the facts is not anyone I choose to spend my time talking to. I don't do it with men because I don't have the fucking energy anymore; why should I do it with women? People I also don't argue with: birthers, creationists,…

I am not speaking about myself; I don't feel particularly upset by typed, anonymous comments. The fact remains that trolls do target female writers, often personally, and that female writers on the Internet are regularly threatened, harassed and attacked on a personal level in a way men are not. In the past year…