I agree, it can be difficult to avoid organisers just picking a random woman to fill their “quota”. There is an interesting movement going on in international peace and security though. Men are pledging to turn down invitations to speak at manpanels (as we like to call them). The idea is when you are invited to speak,…

Umm yeah, that was kinda my original point?

I have no idea which is true, and it really doesn’t matter - but to bridge the gap in a plausible way - it could be that she was semi-consciously lying to herself/in denial about the fact that she was pregnant.

A baby I had been expecting for 10 months came out of me and I was pretty traumatized. I can’t imagine a surprise baby.

If you just sort of glance at it, but don’t look directly at it, it looks like her torso is on backwards.

I think it’s The Nile.

As an L&D nurse, I have seen this a few times. 4 times in 8 years to be exact. The body, the BRAIN... f’n wild. One of the kids was born in the toilet— mom was convinced she was a massive shit.

Guys! True story time, I am currently the owner of Thom’s old bike! A friend of mine does boat repairs and such for him and Thom asked him to get rid of it, ipso facto, I ended up with it. It’s pretty great to have my ass so close to the ass of musical greatness.

Star accepted a plea bargain, copping to aggravated kidnapping in exchange for a 20-year sentence. She is scheduled for release in 2022. (According to the Times, her ex-boyfriend was released on parole in 2013. Star became eligible for parole in 2012.)

This is why I am terrified of getting sent to jail or having anything to do with the legal system. I am trans, and I transitioned almost 20 years ago. But, since I did not get any surgery, I would be put in with the men. I am not a man and never was, and being forced to live with men as a ‘man’ with the potential for…

It’s definitely true that social media is not the best forum for discussing such complex issues, but that does not change the fact that some of the statements she made were provably untrue.

I am with you. So many people on these threads have immediately jumped to “anyone who ever gets a manicure again is a horrible person” - but what does that do to salons with decent wage practices and safety controls? I’m also sure that if you asked people working in salons what they would want, no one getting…

This. I read whoever I like, including white male authors, some of whom are among my favorite writers. I feel like I can love Colum McCann and Jeffrey Eugenides while also loving Junot Diaz and Margaret Atwood. The notion that you cannot love white male authors and appreciate their perspective while also loving and…

I also fucking hate Jonathan Safran Foer. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was insufferable, and I quit only a few chapters in. What I’ve learned, especially after that book and The Goldfinch, is that I hate precocious child narrators.

Donald Glover (who I like a lot, actually) subscribes to the “New Blackness” rhetoric. As does Jaden Smith (not surprising).

Actually she/he is correct. It doesn’t actually exist. Humans are one species, with various varieties in genetic make up, but are basically indistinguishable within the species versus outside the species.

Depending on the state, people under 21 might not be able to handle alcohol at all. At a restaurant last week, the manager had to bring our drinks to the table because the server was under 21. In some states, you can work with the alcohol if you are 18-20, but you can’t consume it.

Oooh! OOOOOH! Does this mean we can use the Sharia Law defense to get rid of the ridiculous and oppressive Blue Laws in Texas? Because not being able to buy hard liquor on Sunday mornings is definitely infringing upon my beliefs!!!

Wish I could find the article I read detailing the obstacles to plus-size manufacturing. But you're right, it basically boils down to the fact that size 6 women are roughly all in the same ballpark (*roughly* of course being the operative word) but size 20 and up are all over the map. The bigger the body you're…

This is sort of true, but the proportions tend to change a bit and some shapes are pretty much just for skinny girls. Speaking for myself, I tended to want a little higher waist and a little longer sleeve (and not a goddamn bat wing sleeve, I mean a not too tight, halfway to the elbow sleeve) when I was very…